Theatrical And Musical Notes.

continue with "Ages Ago , " and " Cox and Box ; " and at St . James ' s Hall the Christy Minstrels have issued "an entirely New Programme , " and announce the re-appearance of the inimitable Moore . Mr . Woodin is at home at the Egyptian Hall with his " Carpet Bag and Sketch Book . " The managers of the Gaiety celebrated last week the

anniversary of its opening by the production of a new operatic extravaganza b y G . A . Sala , entitled " AVat Tyler , M . P ., " wliich drew a large audience , including a number of literary notabilities , curious to witness what generally was considered his first effort in this department of Literature . This , however , is not the case , as some productions of nis have been represented so far

back as 1851 . The piece was well received , and the author was rewarded with an enthusiastic call . The following houses have kept up the time-honoured customs , and have produced extravaganzas , burlesques , pantomimes , or some special Christmas entertainments .

DRURY LANE . At Drury Lane Mr . E . L . Blanehard has illustrated Persian mythology , and under the title of " Beauty and the Beast , " or , "Harlequin and Mother Bunch , " in which Mr . AVilliam Beverley has found ample opportunity for a display of oriental fancy and magnificence . The induction presents Mother BunchMiss Hudspeth

, as the custodian of a number of ancient relics , and as the exhibitor of a series of modern improvements , of which the Suez Canal is the most conspicuous . We have a reminiscence of Moore ' s famous poem of " Paradise and the Peri . " Eorth from the vale of Cashmere goes the Peri , Azalea , disguised as a servant , she enters the service of Ali , who , with his three daughters meet at a

caravanserai on the borders of the Persian Desert . The merchant and his servant depart with the caravan , and are assailed and plundered by Arabs . Left in a forest of banyan trees at night , they encounter an enormous number of monkeys , aud finally have an interview with the Beast . The merchant is allowed to return iu safety if Beauty will take his placeand it is to secure this

self-, sacrifice of the daughter for the father that the influence of the Peri is exerted . All , of course , ends happily . There are some very novel effects introduced , and the opening extavaganza is of an unusually elaborate kind . Tho harlequinade comprises a scene of the AVimbledon review , entirely performed by children and , invented by Mr . Cormack .

COVENT GARDEN . Mr . Augustus Harris has chosen for this year ' s subject "The Yellow Dwarf . " The grotesque is introduced in the kitchen of an immense hotel , in the midst of a carousal , where he receives a visit from the Desert Fairy . This eccentric Girl of an imaginary period—is mistress of a select managerie of zoological

monstrosities who guard her sacred person . A moral lecture ensues on the merits of wickedness , specially directed to the dissolute Dwarf . The Boy in yellow retaliates wrath - fully , asserts ho is quite independent of assistance or advice , claims a dospostic power over everything ho pleases . Challenged him to justify his boast by providing himself with a spouse . And taken by a magic flight

to the Bureau de Cupidon . Eros receives telegraphic information of a princess insensible to his influence , ho calls a han . _ om cab and by express train starts for the Gardens of the Palace . The Princess Allfair persists in a partiality for Toffey , and admires her doll more than Dulcimer , a prince possessed of fabulous ways and means . As a last resource , it is agreed by all to implore

the potent aid of tho desert fairy , Twifcterino . That lady is busy at her toilette engagingly employed improving her native graces . The Dwarf is determined to go in and win the princess . We enter the Hall of the palace we encounter Cupid busy making hearts uneasy . The Princess having escaped the Dwarf , accepts Dulcimer , to

the extravagant joy of pa and ma . The irrepressible Dw arf miraculously projects himself through the staircase under their royal noses , and in spite of an Amazonian arm } ' claps a damper on the whole affair by whipping his promised bride off in a most oiFhand and ungentlemanly manner , amid the applause of thunder and lightning from the disturbed elements . Wo must notice an

extraordinarily endowed dog . Certainly of the mail sex of judging by coat . In a canine encounter with the now heroic Tv . itterino , this monster is curiously changed from a quadruped to a biped . In the dungeon of the Castle we find the princess again a prisoner . The Dwarf comes to grief through an unexpected discomfiture . An elaborately painted view of the River and

Thames Embankment , a panoramic view of the Crystal Palace , and a busy , bustling scene from , the centre of commercial life , The Poultry , are most effectively rendered . The cast includes Mesdames Julia Mathews , Nelly Power , Mrs . A . Cooke and Maria and Nelly Harris ; Messrs . Sfcoyle , Aynesley Cooke , and the Paynes , a premiere danseuse , Madlle . Blanch Ricois , Madlle .

d'Esta , and a brilliant coup de ballet . The pantomime is from the pen of Henry J . Byron . The ballet and dances invented by Mous . Desplaces . The costumes are from designs furnished by Mr . Matt Morgan . The whole of the musical arrangements are under the direction of Mr . Betjeman .

GLOBE . Under the management of Jliss Fanny Josephs , "Lord Bateman and the Fair Sophia" has been produced . SADLER'S AA ^ ELLS . The subject of this year ' s pantomime is entirely local , and is written by Mv . F . G . Cheatham . It is entitled , " Ye Faire Maide of Jlerrie Islihton ; orHarlequinthe Cruel Prior of

Canong , , bury , and the Chivalrous Knights of St . John . " Penton deAllle , a bowman in the King ' s service , is in love with Iselden , ye Faire Maide of Jlerrie Islington , but her father , old Barleymow , landlord of the Angel Inn , opposes the union , in consequence of his forwarding the pretensions of the Baron of Baguigge Wells ; Iseldon , however , not consenting to his choice , a wrestling match is proposed to take place on Islington Green , iu which the Baron , being a man of extraordinary strength , they make sure of

gaining their ends . Penton de Allle , by the aid of the Fairy Queen , m the mean time performs a great service to the Grand Master of the Knights of St . John , and for his reward receives a magic belt , which endows the wearer with superhuman powers- By some means Penton overcomes nil his foes in the wrestling match except the Baron . Iselden , thus lost , is conve _ ed to Canonbury Tower iu charge of the Cruel Prior , but is discovered by Penton in ihe disguise of a pilgrim , and both make their escape . They

are , however , pursued , and overtaken at the Gate of St . John , and Penton is marched olf to the Clerkenwell Sessions House . A rescue takes place , and the total discomfiture of the Baron and Prior and the appearance of the Fairy Queen is the signal for transformation . Canonbury Tower , the Angel Inn in the Olden Time , St . John ' s Gate , and the Clerkenwell Sessions House , are beautifully repoesentee by Mr . Cowrie . There is also an introductory scene , in which Mirth , Fan , and Jollity raise the spirit of Joey Gr ' nnaldi , who assists them with a subject for the pantomime .

NATIONAL STANDARD . The pantomime at this theatre is produced with a hivishnes 3 of expenditure , one scene alone having cost upwards of £ 1 , 200-The burlesque opening is by Mr . John Douglass , jun ., The "Story of the Beanstalk ; or , Harlequin Jack the Giant Killer and the Seven Champions produces of subject of the opening . In the first scene an introduction is given to the Tangled AA oods . Jack having oll'ended his mother , has been sent by her to sell the

cow—their last resort to obtain fire ancl wood . The AVoop Demon oilers in exchange some common beans , which Jack accepts ; and the Devon exulting over his triumph , is crestfallen on hearing Old Father Time declare that he will charm the beans so that they may prove a fortune to Jack . The Demon endeavours to overthrow this protege of Time . In the second scene , a Glade of AYafcer Iris , a ballet takes place by eighty ladies on the Baron's estate . Baron Slim ( Jlr . AAllliaui AA allace ) is introduced , dunned by his creditors , without the smallest prospect of