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"ambrose Applejohn's Adventure" At The Criterion Theatre.

Mn. CHARLES HAWTREY appears in what we are told is a new and great success. The play as a whole is silly, but it certainly has amusing features. There is a "dream scene" on......

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Swallows.

(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—From the letters in the Spectator on the decreasing number of swallows that visit our shores, most of your corre- spondents write as if......

The Theatre,

THE IRISH PLAYERS IN "THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD" AT THE COURT THEATRE. I HAD never seen Mr. Synge's The Playboy of the Western World before this production, though I......

Poetry.

A LODGING FOR THE NIGHT. I saw him raise two fingers to his chin, A lean, tall figure, careless of cold sleet, The stranger who had come with silent foot And paused to choose......

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WHAT REALLY HAPPENED AT PARIS.* Tins is a very interesting book, and we are sure also a very sincere book. It attempts to put down for the information of American and English......

The Age Of Snakes.

[TO THZ EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."] St,—As a question relating to snakes has been raised in your columns, may I ask if anybody can tell me what is the maximum age which snakes,......

Some Plays Worth Seeing.

Amnasainosts.—If • • • • • • 8.30-2.30 [Lord Dunsany's play, Mr. Lovat Fraser's setting, and Mr. Ainley's acting make a thoroughly delightful whole.] Lirrr.E.—The Grand Guignol......

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