the Lyceum Theatre, New York; supported by the following cast: Sir Charles Pomander, J. E. Whiting; Ernest Vane, E. H. Sothern; Colley Cibber, Joseph Wilkes; Quin, G. F. Devere; Triplet, John Howson; Snarl, J. G. Saville; Soaper, Frank Rodney; Burdock, William Payson; Colander, Walter Osmond; Hunsdon, Gus. Brooke; Call Boy, Master Brown; Lysimachus, Daisy Dean: Pompey, Master Stevens; Mrs. Vane, Ellie Wilton; Kitty Clive, Enid Leslie; Mrs. Triplet, Isabella Preston; Cleopatra, Bijou Fernandez.

Rose Coghlan presented "London Assurance" at the Union Square Theatre, New York, appearing as Lady Gay Spanker; supported by the following cast: Richard Dazzle, Esq., J. H. Gilmour; Sir Harcourt Courtly, Charles Walcot; Charles Courtly, A. S. Lipman; Max Harkaway, Verner Clarges; Mark Meddle, John G. McDonald; Adolphus Spanker, G. Herbert Leonard; Cool, Charles Edwin; Solomon Isaacs, Malcolm Bradley; James, W. F. MacNichol; Martin, Adolph Bernard; Grace Harkaway, Clyde Harron; Pert, Maude Peters.

Revival of The Marble Heart," by Bidwell's Star Dramatic Company, at the St. Charles Theatre, New Orleans, La.Robert Mantell essayed the rôle of Raphael in "The Marble Heart," at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York.- -James H. Wallick appeared for the first time in New York in a melodrama entitled "The Cattle King," at the Windsor Theatre.- -Herr Anton Schott, the German tenor, appeared for the first time during the season in the opera of "Rienzi," at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York.- -Death of Carola Rahmig, German actress, at Panama, aged 30.

First representation at Hamburg, Germany, of "Merlin," romantic opera, libretto by Siegfried Lipiner, music by Karl Goldmark.

FEBRUARY.

1. Production of " Franc-Chignon," parody in three tableaux, by William Busnach and Albert Vanloo, at the Palais Royal, Paris, France.- -Opening of the new Academy of Music, at Danville, Va.- -Opening of the King Street Opera House, at Lancaster, Pa.

2. First representation in London of "After Long Years," comedy-drama in three acts, story by Mrs. Herbert Purvis, construction and dialogue by Arthur Law, at the Criterion Theatre. First production at the Theatre Royal, Torquay, England, October 20th, 1886. Fin Maccool," comedy, by Dion Boucicault, was performed at the Elephant and Castle Theatre, London, England, for copyright purposes.First representation at the Residenz Theatre, Munich, Bavaria, of "Alexandra," drama by Richard Voss. -"Faust," which was being surg at the Opera House, Paris, France, was heard by the Queen of Belgium, at Brussels, Belgium, through a telephone.Death of George Unger, operatic singer, at Leipzig, Germany. 3. THE NEW YORK MIRROR announced, editorially, that the $2,500 needed to complete the Memorial Monument for the Actors' Fund Plot, in Evergreens Cemetery, had been subscribed, the total amount of subscriptions sent to the Editor of THE MIRROR reaching $3,191.20-just $691.20 more than was actually needed to pay for the shaft. The success of THE NEW YORK MIRROR in collecting the necessary sum to complete the monument was announced at the monthly meeting of the Actors' Fund. Production of "FinMaccool" (revised version of "Belle Lamar'), drama in four acts, by Dion Boucicault, at the Hollis Street Theatre, Boston, Mass.; with the following cast: Isabel Bligh, Georgia Cayvan; Cuba, Julia Stuart; Philip Bligh, H. J. Lethcourt; Little Phil, Lulu Pendleton; Chauncy Lamar, W. J. Ferguson ; Dr. Merry weather, Mr. Padgett; Uncle Dan, Dan Maguinnis; Jakey, Fritz Williams; Schuyler, Fred Corbett; Rhett, Walter Treville; Poindexter, Mr. Colby; Sentinel, Mr. Jones; Pat Dwyer, Mr. Welch; Katie, Marion Elmore; Fin, Dion Boucicault; Doris, Lou'se Thorndyke.

Production of "Ned Knowles," comedietta, by T. G. Warren, at the Opera Comique Theatre, London, England. - -"Der Vagabund," a comic opera, with music by

Carl Zelber and libretto by M. West and L. Held, was presented for the first time in America at the Thalia Theatre, New York.

4. Production of "Mädchen von Schilda," comic opera in three acts, libretto by Rudolf Bunge, music by Alban Förster, at the Court Theatre, Neustrelitz, Germany.

First representation, at Schwerin, Germany, of "Der Räthselhafte Liebhaber," farcical comedy in three acts, by Maria Günther.

Mme. Fursch-Madi commenced a suit in the Supreme Court against Charles E. Locke, manager of the American Opera Company, for $3000 of unpaid salary.-- -A benefit entertainment was given at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in behalf of the Actors' Fund of America, under the management of A. M. Palmer, H. C. Miner, W. E. Sinn, Edwin Knowles, and John P. Smith. -Death of Hal Louher, actor, at London, England.

5. "Otello," lyric drama in four acts, adapted from Shakespeare's tragedy, with music by Giuseppe Verdi and libretto by Arrigo Boi o, received its first representation at the Teatro Della Scala, Milan, Italy. - --Production of "Um Kopf und Herz,"

comedy in four acts, by Lothar Clement (Dr. Ortleb), at the Court Theatre, Dresden, Germany.- -First representation at the Wallner Theatre, Berlin, Germany, of "Unser Doktor," musical comedy, text by L. Treptoro and L. Herrmann, music by F. Roth.

6. Production of "First Class," melodrama in five acts, by F. A. Scudamore, at Galveston, Tex., with Oliver Byron in the principal rôle.

7. First representation in New York of "The Humming-Bird," adapted from a German farce by Fred. Williams and George Stout, at the Star Theatre; with the following cast: Mr. Joseph Brass, Nate Salsbury; Mr. Augustus Honeymoon, George Backus; Mr. Robert Rackett, John Webster; Jerry McLaughlin, F. B. Blair; Sallie Styles, Nellie McHenry; Mrs. Fanny Honeymoon, Leonora Bradley; Mrs. Matilda Fullalove, Marie Bockel. The piece is in three acts, and hinges upon two advertisements in the Herald. which lead to innumerable mistakes that embroil Mr. and Mrs. Honeymoon, Mrs. Fullalove, and Mr. Rackett in all sorts of unpleasant misunderstandings, through most of which figures Joseph Brass, a broken-down barn-storming manager.

First representation in London, England, of "Jack-in-the-Box," "musical variety drama," in four acts, by George R. Sims and Clement Scott, at the Strand Theatre.

-Production of "The New Rush," drama by George Darrell, at the New Opera House, Sydney, Australia.- -Rose Coghlan appeared as Peg Woffington in "Masks and Faces," at the Union Square Theatre, New York.-J. K. Emmet appeared in a revised version of "Fritz, Our Cousin German," at the People's Theatre, New York.- -Marriage, at New York, of W. H. Clark, of the Boston Ideals, and Gertrude Toussaint, formerly a member of the same company.

8. Death of Mrs. B. A. Hudson, mother of Harry B. Hudson, of the Oliver Byron Company, and Eliza Hudson, of the Maggie Mitchell Company, at New Lisbon, Wis.

9. After the evening performance of “The Mascot," at the Bijou Opera House, New York, Nat C. Goodwin and his whole company took the half past eleven o'clock train for Boston, Mass., appearing twelve hours later (February 10th, 11.30 A.M.) in an act of "Turned Up," for the benefit of the local Elks' Lodge. The company returned to New York the same day in time for the usual evering performance at the Bijou. -Production of "L'Absente," drama in five acts, by Villemer and Segonzac, at the Château d'Eau Theatre, Paris, France.

10. THE NEW YORK MIRROR began a vigorous crusade against play-piracy, calling attention to the fact that the Bureau of Stolen Plays in this city and wicked Chicago, which THE MIRROR some years ago exposed and temporarily broke up, was again in full blast, and that the meandering pirates secured their copies of мs. pieces from this source; and that our National Legislature must be brought, sooner or later, to see the necessity of amending the domestic copyright laws, so that play-stealing will be a criminal misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment as well as fines. Production of "A Father's Sacrifice," drama in two acts, by W. R. Varty, at the School of Dramatic Art, London, England.- -Production of "Ma Gouvernante," comedy in three acts, by Alexandre Bisson, at the Renaissance, Paris, France.Production of "The Royal Riddle," burlesque, by Horace Mills, music by Arthur Mills, at the New Royal Theatre, Woolwich, London, England.- -Production of "Die Stütze der Hausfrau," musical comedy in three acts, by Engelbert Karl, at the Thalia Theatre, Hamburg, Germany.- -Dr. James Hodge, an English anarchist, took a small bomb to au Adelina Patti concert, at the Grand Opera House, San Francisco, Cal., with the intention of killing J. C. Flood and other influential citizens; but no one was injured besides Hodge, owing to premature explosion of the bomb.- -Rose Coghlan appeared as Rosalind in "As You Like It," at the Union Square Theatre, New York.

11. Production of "Les Mystères de Paris," drama in five acts and twelve tableaux,

adapted by M. Ernest Blum from the novel by Eugène Sue, at the Ambigu Theatre, Paris, France. -Death of J. Frank Dunne, an old-time minstrel favorite, at Cin-Death of Clark Rose, circus manager, at Denver, Col.

cinnati, Ohio.

12. Production of "Les Vacances du Mariage," comedy-vaudeville in three acts, by Albin Valabrègue and Maurice Hennequin, at the Menus-Plaisirs Theatre, Paris, France. -Destruction by fire of the Masonic Theatre, at Augusta, Ga. -Death of Edward Sands, actor, at Boston, Mass.--Death of Francis Warren, known as 'Pop" Whittaker, an old circus rider and sporting man, at Greenville, N. J. 14. First representation in New York of "Pa," by Colonel Wallace, at the Standard Theatre; with the following cast: Perkiomen Guinney, Sol Smith Russell; Raymond Dawsey, Fred. Percy Marsh; A. Spartacus Hubbs, Frank Lawton; Sydney Bumpps, Fred. P. Ham; Captain Startle, U. S. N., Albert H. Warren; Mrs. Hal Rymer, Mattie Ferguson; Hope, Virginia Nelson; Sybi', Emily Bancker; Beatrice, Emma Hagger. Production of "Missing Evidence," by Mrs. H. D. Birdsall, at New Haven, Conn., with Charlotte Thompson in the principal rôle. Jack," by Mrs. Harry Becket, was brought out at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York.— -Members of the Seventh Regiment attended in a body the performance of "McNooney's Visit," at Harrigan's Park Theatre, New York.- -Frankie Kemble appeared for the first time in New York in "Sybil: A Romance of Dublin Lights," at Poole's Theatre.- -Production (by amateurs) of "Coals of Fire," drama in four acts, by Lucy E. Coffey, at the Madison Square Theatre. -A benefit performance of "The Taming of the Sbrew was given at Daly's Theatre, New York, in aid of St. Joseph's Home for the Poor.

15. Production of "Numa Roumestan," comedy in five acts, by Alphonse Daudet, at the Odéon Theatre, Paris, France. -Production of "The Professor's Wooing," comi

cal pastoral in four acts, at the Royalty Theatre, London, England. (Matinée-single performance.)-Production (by amateurs) of "Mermaid," drama in three acts, by Stebbings Heath, at Ladbroke Hall, London, England. Opening of the People's Theatre, at Wichita, Kan.— -Marriage of David G. Edwards and Inez Miles, daughter of Manager R. E. J. Miles, at the latter's country residence, Lichillas, near Cincinnati, O.- -Marriage of Emil Habercorn and Margaret Mather, -Death of James L. Gallagher, an old-time actor, at Baltimore,

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16. Production of "Rigobert," comedy-bouffe in three acts, by Paul Burani and Grenet Dancourt, at the Cluny Theatre, Paris, France. -Rose Coghlan appeared as Pauline in "The Lady of Lyons," at the Union Square Theatre, New York.— -Marriage of J. Wesley Rosenquest and Minnie Thompson, daughter of Lysander Thompson, at New York.

17. The amount collected by THE NEW YORK MIRROR for the Memorial Monument of the Actors' Fund in Evergreens Cemetery reached $3,838.60. ——————— Fay Templeton, who had been engaged for the run of the burlesque "Monte Cristo, Jr.," at the Gaiety Theatre, London, England, obtained a preliminary injunction from Lord Chief-Justice Coleridge forbidding the manager, who had dismissed her, from employing any one else, which resulted in her resuming the part of Fernand until the rule had been argued in court.

Production of "Le Coup de Foudre," comedy-vaudeville in three acts, by Ernest Blum and Raoul Toché, at the Variétés Theatre, Paris, France.- -A dramatic and musical entertainment, under the direction of George Clarke, was given at the New York Academy of Music for the benefit of the new De La Salle Institute of Christian Brothers.- -"Der Stabstrompeter," a comic opera, with music by G. Steffens and libretto by W. Mannstaedt, was presented for the first time in America at the Thalia Theatre, New York.---Lester Wallack started from New York to spend several months in Florida and elsewhere in the South, in order to recover his health.

A benefit performance in aid of the Actors' Fund of America was given at the Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, Pa.

18. Production of "Her Jealousy," a musical comedy in two acts, by Elsie J. Serrano, at Everett Assembly Rooms, Brooklyn, N. Y.; with the following cast: Visionary Mood, Herbert Jones; Jack Bromley, Frank Oakes Rose; Brittlehead Canary, Thomas K. Serrano; Kitten Mood, Ada Bushell; Jessie Styles, Elsie J. Serrano; Peggy, Ethelyn Friend.

Production of "Le Ventre de Paris," drama in five acts, adapted by M. William Busnach from Zola's novel, at the Theatre de Paris, Paris, France.- Production of "Fransouillon," parody in one act, by A. Verneuil, Maxime Guy, and Millot, at the Déjazet Theatre, Paris, France.

19. Production of "La Vie Commune," vaudeville in three acts, by Jules de Gastyne and Henri Fugère, at the Palais Royal, Paris, France.- -Production of "Dimity's Dilemma," farce, by Malcolm C. Salaman, at the Gaiety Theatre, London, England. -First representation at Weimar, Germany, of "Die Weisheit Salomo's," drama in five acts, by Paul Heyse.

Judge Andrews, of the New York Supreme Court, appointed Thomas G. Rigney Receiver of the American Opera Company, in consequence of judgment for $7909 having been granted to Charles H. Meigs, and returned unsatisfied.- -Destruction by fire of the Opera House, at Titusville, Pa.-- -Death of E. D. Davis, oldest theat. rical manager in England, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, aged 80.

Production of "Monsieur de Pictordu," comedy in four acts, by A. Le Roy, at the Beaumarchais Theatre, Paris, France.

21. Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera, "Ruddygore," was presented for the first time in America at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York; with the following cast: Robin Oakapple, George Thorne; Richard Dauntless, Courtice Pounds; Sir Despard Murgatroyd, Fred. Billington; Old Adam Goodheart, Leo Kloss; Rose Maybud, Geraldino Ulmar; Mad Margaret, Kate Forster; Dame Hannah, Elsie Cameron; Sir Roderick Murgatroyd, F. Federici.

Production of "A Shadow on the Hearth," drama in three acts, by Walter Maynard, at the Opera Theatre, Crystal Palace, London, England.- --Production of "The Three Years' System," farce, by Walter Maynard, at the Opera Theatre, Crystal Palace, London, England. -Production of "Infatuation," comedy-drama, by How. ard P. Taylor, at Matteawan, N. Y.

Revival of "The Duke's Motto," by Bidwell's Star Dramatic Company, at the St. Charles Theatre, New Orleans; with the following cast: Henri De Lagardere, Osmond Tearle; Carrickfergus, Charles Wheatleigh; The Prince Regent, Hart Conway; Prince De Gonzagues, W. A. Whitecar; Duc De Nevers, Barton Hill; Peyrolles, Luke Martin; Æsop, Edgar Selden; Chavernay, J. B. Booth; De Breant, H. C. Brinker; Lemuel, Louis Mitchell; Lippardo, II. Brown; The Notary, A. Murray; Malicorne, G. Scriven; Bannerman, F. Hutton; Tonio, T. G. Mawley; Trumpeter, Pauline Duffield; Blanche De Nevers, Minnie Conway; Zillah, May Brookyn; The Princess Helen, Isabella Waldron; Madelon, Idele Long.

In the case of Templeton v. Edwardes, of the Gaiety Theatre, London, England, the judicial decision held that Fay Templeton's remedy lay in an action for breach of contract, and that therefore the injunction which the lady had recently obtained should not be continued.- -Destruction by fire of the Grand Opera House, at Columbus, O.Death of William Merritt, actor in Edward Harrigan's Park Theatre Company, at New York City.

23. The Haymarket, St. James', and Lyceum Theatres, of London, England, remained closed, despite the repeal of the law against playhouses being open on Ash Wednesday.Henry Irving gave a reading of "Hamlet," at the private theatre of the Birbeck Literary Institute, London, England, for the benefit of that Institute.- -Marriage of J. H. Barnes and Tillie Chambers, at St. Louis, Mo.