SAVOY THEATRE, Savoy Place, Strand (electric light). Gilbert and Sullivan's operettas. Stalls 10s. 6d., balcony 7s. 6d., first circle 4s., pit 2s. 6d., amphitheatre 2s., gallery 1s. No fees. Begins at 8 p.m.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, 150 Oxford Street, between Oxford Circus and Tottenham Court Road. Comedies, operettas, etc. Stalls 10s., dress circle 6s., boxes 3s., pit 2s., amphitheatre 1s. 6d., gallery 1s. Begins at 8 p.m.

ROYAL ADELPHI THEATRE, 411 Strand (N. side), near Bedford Street. Melodramas and farces. Stalls 10s., balcony stalls 6s., upper circle 3s., pit 2s., gallery 1s. Begins at 7.15 p.m.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Strand, near Somerset House. Comedies, opera-bouffes, and burlesques. Stalls 10s. 6d., dress circle 6s., boxes 4s., pit 2s., amphitheatre 1s. Begins at 8 p.m.

GAIETY THEATRE, 345 Strand. Comedies, operettas, farces. Orchestra stalls 10s. 6d., balcony stalls 6s. & 78., upper boxes 4s., pit 2s. 6d., gallery 1s. Begins at 8 p.m. No fees.

OPÉRA COMIQUE, 299 Strand. Operettas, etc. Stalls 10s., balcony stalls 7s. 6d. and 6s., boxes 4s., first circle 2s., gallery 18. Commences at 8 p.m. This theatre is built end to end with the Globe (see below), and like it is partly below the level of the street.

VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, 404 Strand. Comedies (Sheridan), farces, and burlesques. Stalls 10s., balcony stalls 6s., boxes 4s., upper circle 2s. 6d., pit 2s., gallery 18. Begins at 8 p.m.

GLOBE THEATRE, Newcastle Street, Strand. Operettas, comedies, etc. Stalls 10s. 6d., dress circle 6s., upper boxes 3s., pit 2s., gallery 1s. and 6d. Begins at 8 p.m. No fees.

ROYAL COURT THEATRE, Sloane Square, Chelsea. Comedies, farces, etc. Stalls 10s. 6d., dress circle 7s. 6d., upper circle 4s., pit 2s. 6d., gallery 1s. No fees. Commences at 8 p.m.

CRITERION THEATRE, Piccadilly East. Comedies, farces, etc. (Mr. Charles Wyndham). Stalls 10s. 6d., dress circle 7s., family circle 38. Begins at 8 p.m.

TOOLE'S THEATRE, King William Street, Strand. Burlesques, etc. (Mr. Toole). Stalls 10s., dress circle 4s. & 6s., upper circle 3s., pit 2s. 6d., gallery 1s. Begins at 7.30 p.m.

GARRICK THEATRE, Charing Cross Road. Comedies and dramas (Mr. John Hare). Stalls 10s. 6d., dress circle 7s., upper boxes 4s., pit 2s. 6d., gallery 1s. Begins at 8.15 p.m.

SHAFTESBURY THEATRE, Shaftesbury Avenue. Comedies, etc. Stalls 10s., balcony stalls 6s., upper circle 3s., pit 2s., amphitheatre 1s. 6d., gallery 1s.

LYRIC THEATRE, Shaftesbury Avenue. Comedy-operas. Stalls 108. 6d., balcony stalls 7s. 6d. and 6s., circle 4s., pit 2s. 6d., gallery 1s. TERRY'S THEATRE, 105 Strand. Comedies, domestic dramas, etc. (Mr. Edward Terry). Stalls 10s. 6d., dress circle 7s. 6d. and 68., upper boxes 4s., pit 2s. 6d., gallery 1s.

AVENUE THEATRE, Northumberland Avenue. Operettas. Stalls 10s. 6d., dress circle 7s. 6d. and 6s. (last row 4s.), upper boxes 3s., pit 28., gallery 1s. Begins at 8.15 p.m.

PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE, Coventry Street, Haymarket. Comedies. Stalls 10s. 6d., pit 2s. 6d., gallery 1s. Begins at 7.30 p.m.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE, Wych Street, Strand. Comedies, farces, and extravaganzas.

ROYAL COMEDY THEATRE, Panton Street, Haymarket.

ope as. Begins at 8 p.m. Prices from 18. to 41. 4s.

Comic

ROYALTY THEATRE, 73 Dean Street, Soho. Burlesques, farces, and opera-bouffes. Stalls 12s. 6d., dress circle 10s. 6d. and 7s. 6d., upper boxes 6s. and 5s., pit 2s. 6d., amphitheatre 1s. 6d. Performance begins at 7.30 p.m.

NOVELTY THEATRE, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields. GRAND THEATRE, High Street, Islington. Comedies, melodramas, operettas, etc.; pantomime in winter. Stalls 3s., pit stalls 1s. 6d., pit 18., gallery 6d. Commences at 7.30 p.m.

NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE, 204 Shoreditch High Street. Popular pieces. Stalls 4s., balcony 3s., lower circle 2s., upper boxes 1s. 6d., pit stalls 1s., gallery 6d. Begins at 7 p.m.

MARYLEBONE THEATRE, Church Street, near Edgware Road Station. Dramas and farces. Begins at 7 p.m.

PAVILION THEATRE, Whitechapel, with accommodation for nearly 4000 persons. Nautical dramas, melodramas, farces. Admission 18. 6d., 1s., 6d., and 4d. Begins at 7.15 p.m.

IMPERIAL THEATRE, Royal Aquarium, Westminster (see p. 218). Comedies, burlesques, and farces. Stalls 78., dress circle 5s., boxes 3s., pit 2s., amphitheatre 1s. Begins at 8 p.m.

NEW SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE, St. John Street Road, Clerkenwell. Standard plays. Stalls 4s., dress circle 3s., boxes and pit 1s., gallery 6d. Begins at 7.30 p.m. No fees.

SANGER'S AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth, built in 1805 of the wood of an old man-of-war, burned down in 1841, and re-erected in 1850. Equestrian performances, spectacles, and farces. Dress circle 4s., orchestra stalls 2s. 6d., boxes 2s., pit 1s., gallery 6d. Begins at 7.30 p.m.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, 124 Blackfriars Road. Melodramas and farces. Stalls 3s., dress circle 2s., boxes 1s., pit 6d., gallery 4d. Begins at 7 p.m.

BRITANNIA THEATRE, Hoxton Street, in the N.E. of London, holding nearly 3400 persons. Melodramas. Admission 2s., 18., 6d., and 3d. Commences at 7 p.m.

ELEPHANT AND CASTLE THEATRE, New Kent Road. Popular performances. Prices 3d. to 28.

Many of the theatres also give afternoon performances.

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13. Concerts and other Amusements.

Concerts.

WILLIS'S ROOMs, formerly called Almack's (see p. 220), King Street, St. James's, for concerts and balls.

ST. JAMES'S HALL, with entrances from the Regent Street Quadrant and Piccadilly, used for concerts, balls, and public meetings. Among the concerts given here are the Philharmonic Concerts, those of the Musical Union, those of the Sacred Harmonic Society (oratorios) and the favourite Monday and Saturday Popular Concerts, held every Monday evening at 8 o'clock and every Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock during the season, at which classical music is performed by eminent artistes. Admission to the last-named concerts: stalls 5s., front gallery 3s., other parts of the hall 18.

ROYAL ALBERT HALL, South Kensington (p. 270), for musical fêtes and concerts on a large scale, but at uncertain intervals. CRYSTAL PALACE, Sydenham (p. 305); numerous concerts by a good orchestra and celebrated artistes.

ALEXANDRA PALACE, Muswell Hill (p. 316); concerts and theatrical performances.

AGRICULTURAL HALL, Islington. Occasional concerts, which are advertised in the daily papers.

ST. GEORGE'S HALL, 4 Langham Place, W.

STEINWAY HALL, Lower Seymour Street, Portman Square.
STORE STREET HALL, Store Street, Bedford Square.

PRINCESS'S CONCERT Room, at the back of the Princess's Theatre

(p. 41); occasional concerts.

ALBERT PALACE, on the S. side of Battersea Park.

PRINCE'S HALL, Piccadilly, opposite Sackville Street.

INTERNATIONAL HALL, above the Café Monico (p. 13).

Music Halls, Public Gardens, Concerts and Comic Operas, and

Circuses.

ALHAMBRA, Leicester Square (elaborate ballets). Begins at 7.30 p.m. Fauteuils 5s., stalls and promenade 3s., pit stalls 18. EMPIRE THEATRE OF VARIETIES, Leicester Square (also with good ballets). Prices 58., 38., 28., 1s., 6d.

LONDON PAVILION, Piccadilly. Begins at 7.30 p.m. Prices 18., 1s. 6d., 3s., 5s.

CANTERBURY THEATRE OF VARIETIES, 143 Westminster Bridge Road. Entertainment begins at 7.30p.m. Adm. from 6d.

TROCADERO (late Argyll Rooms), Great Windmill Street, Shaftesbury Avenue. Admission 1s., 28., 38. Performance at 7.30 p.m. ROYAL VICTORIA COFFEE MUSIC HALL, Waterloo Bridge Road, Lambeth, formerly the Victoria Palace Theatre. Open at 7 p.m. Prices from 3d. to 10s. 6d. (private box).

FORESTERS' HALL, 93 Cambridge Road, E.

METROPOLITAN MUSIC HALL, 267 Edgware Road.

THE OXFORD, 14 Oxford Street, near Tottenham Court Road. PARAGON THEATRE OF VARIETIES, Mile End Road. Begins at 7.30 p.m. Admission from 6d. upwards.

PECKHAM THEATRE OF VARIETIES, Commercial Road, Peckham, S.E.

CAMBRIDGE HALL OF VARIETIES, 136 Commercial Street, E. Adm. from 3d.

SOUTH LONDON PALACE OF AMUSEMENTS, 92 London Road, St. George's Fields, near the Elephant and Castle. Concerts, ballets, etc. This is the largest concert room in London, seating 5000 persons. Admission 2s., 1s. 6d., 1s., 6d., and 3d.

ROSHERVILLE GARDENS, Gravesend. Music, dancing, theatre, zoological collection. Admission 6d. Reached by rail or steamer. Open in summer only.

HENGLER'S CIRCUS, 7A Argyll Street, Oxford Circus. Begins at 8 p.m. Prices 1-5s.

There are also various public dancing rooms in different parts of the town, the company at which is far from select.

Exhibitions and Entertainments.

MADAME TUSSAUD'S WAXWORK EXHIBITION, Marylebone Road, near Baker Street Station, a well-known and interesting collection of wax figures of ancient and modern notabilities. The best time for visiting it is in the evening, by gaslight. Admission 1s. At the back (6d. extra) is a room with various memorials of Napoleon I. (including his travelling carriage, captured by the Prussians at Genappe, and bought by Madame Tussaud for 2500l.), and also the 'Chamber of Horrors', containing casts and portraits of executed criminals, the guillotine which decapitated Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette, and other articles of a like ghastly nature.

Mme. Tussaud, a Swiss by birth, came to London in 1802, lost her first collection of waxworks by shipwreck on the way to Ireland, started a new one, and died in London in 1850 at the age of ninety. The exhibition is still under the management of her great-grandson.

MR. AND MRS. GERMAN REED'S DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, St. George's Hall, 4 Langham Place. Adm. 1-5s.

EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly, opposite Burlington Arcade. Maskelyne and Cooke's conjuring and illusionary performances (at 3 and 8 p.m.; 5s., 3s., 2s., 1s.), concerts, art exhibitions, etc.

MOORE AND BURGESS MINSTRELS (Christy Minstrels), St. James's Hall, Regent Street and Piccadilly. Adm. 58., 38., 2s. and 1s. At 8 p. m. daily; and on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays at 3 p.m. also.

ROYAL AQUARIUM AND SUMMER AND WINTER GARDEN, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster (p. 217). Theatre, concerts, ballets, acrobatic, pantomimic, and conjuring performances. Adm. 18.

NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL HALL (OLYMPIA), opposite the Addison Road Station, Kensington, a huge amphitheatre, holding 10,000

people, for equestrian and spectacular performances, shows, exhibitions, etc. Adm. 18., 1s. 6d., 2s. 6d., 5s.

AGRICULTURAL HALL, Liverpool Road, Islington. Cattle shows, military tournaments, lectures, dioramas, concerts, etc. PICCADILLY HALL, exhibitions, etc.

NIAGARA IN LONDON, York Street, Westminster (near St. James's Park Station). A cycloramic representation of the Falls of Niagara, by Phillippoteaux; open daily 10-10 (adm. 18.).

The large open space between West Kensington, Earl's Court, and West Brompton stations (see Pl. G, 1, 2) is used for Exhibitions of various kinds (in 1889 the Spanish Exhibition).

Exhibitions of Pictures.

ROYAL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, Burlington House, Piccadilly (p. 221). Exhibition of the works of modern English painters and seulptors, from first Monday in May to first Monday in August. Open daily 8-7; admission 1s., catalogue 6d. Exhibition of the works of Ancient Masters in January and February. Diploma galleries, open throughout the year (see p. 221; entrance to the right of the main entrance).

GROSVENOR GALLERY, 137 New Bond Street. Summer and winter exhibitions. Admission 1s.

THE NEW GALLERY, 121 Regent Street. Summer and winter exhibitions. Admission 1s. Paintings by Mr. Burne Jones, Mr. Watts, Mr. William Morris, and others.

EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATERCOLOURS, 5 Pall Mall East. Open from Easter to the end of July, and from December to March; admission 1s., catalogue 1s.

ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PAINTERS IN WATER-COLOURS, Piccadilly Galleries, 191 Piccadilly. Exhibitions from Easter to the end of July (9-6; 18.) and from 1st Dec. to end of Feb. (10-4; 1s.). DUDLEY GALLERY, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. Various exhibitions.

ROYAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS, 6 Suffolk Street, Pall Mall. Exhibitions from 1st April to 1st Aug. (9-6) and from 1st Dec. to 1st March (9-5). Admission 18.

SOCIETY OF LADY ARTISTS. Summer exhibition in the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly; admission 1s., catalogue 6d.

DORÉ GALLERY, 35 New Bond Street (p.226). Open daily from 10 to 6; admission 18.

There are also in winter and spring various exhibitions of French, Belgian, German, and other paintings at 120 Pall Mall (French Gallery), 39 Old Bond Street (Agnew's), 47 New Bond Street (Hanover Gallery), 116 & 117 New Bond Street, 148 New Bond Street, 5 Haymarket (Mr. Tooth), the Conduit Street Galleries (Nineteenth Century Art Society), the St. James's Gallery, King Street (Mr. Mendoza), etc. Usual charge 18.