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Sir Henry Irving's Visit.…

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Sir Henry Irving's Visit. HISTORIC EVENT AT CARDIFF. The Revival of Becket." As already announced in our columns, on ^Jonday next, at the Theatre Royal, Cardiff, Sir "enry Irving starts hia farewell, previous to his retirement from the stage which he has so long idorned. The event is one of national—even international—importance, for no one has done Jiore to bring together and cement the good •eelings of foreign coantriea than Irving by his "rt. On the theatrical stage he stands supreme Oy reason of the magnitude of hia achievements, :he magnetism of his personality, and his genias. There is no progressive series of farewells in living's leave-taking of tbe stafte. His retire- ment in two yaars on the attainment of his Jubl. Jse as a player is absolutely certain, and there IS no possible prospect of Irving's return to tbe Welsh theatres after hia forthcoming visits to Cardiff and Swansea daring the next two weeks. Even by this engagement and the arrangement of a season at Drury Lane Theatre, London, in the spring, to be followed by a tour through; A-ffierica, several other important English towns *nd cities have had to be sacrificed for the sake of Sir Henry Irving's return to this neighbour- hood, where be is so deservedly popular and has always met with the most enthusiastic reception by Shakespearean students and lovers of the intellectual drama, while the man in the street is not forgotten in the wide embrace of Irving's art. Sir Henry will start bis engage- ment at the Theatre Royai, Cardiff, on Monday toy a revival of his favourite Shakespearean pro- duction, The Merchant of Venice," in which ^8 Shylock, the Jew that Shakespeare drew." .rvlng has charmed and convinced succeeding generations of playgoers the world over. The Merchant of Venice will be repeated on Friday hight owing to tbe demand fot this popular play. Grand Revival of Becket." One of the chief features of Irving's farewell Visit will be his grand revival of Becket on that 8cale of scenic splendonr that marked its original production in 1893 at the Lyceum Thea- tre, London, which will aways be associated with the name and fame of Henry Irving. The late Poet Laureate's poetical combination of history and drama has been Bkilfully adapted for the stage by the great actor, whose superb portrayal Of the coureier-Churchman, with hiB subtle and intellectual embodiment of the struggle between taind and power, is beyond all praise. The beauty of the scenes is only equalled by the Poetical imagery; of the language and dramatic-, sequence of the story, which reveals the hand and intellect of a master of stage-craft, for, though Becket took Tennyson a whole year to write *nd another to revise, Irving was responsible for its preparation, production, and success as a stage-play. The Lyons Mail." Another most attractive revival will be a per- formance on Wednesday for the only time of !*The Lyons Mail, as adapted by Charles Roads from the French, and the origin of the; May is particularly interesting in view of a IlJrniJar if not quite so fatal an error of identifica- tion in the case of Adolf Beck. In the cemetery of Pere Lachaise in Paris there is a marble mona- ment erected near the historic tomb of Abelard and Heloise, bearing the following inscription ■j-" A la memoire de Joseph Lesurques victime la plus deplorable des erreurs humaines. 31st October, 1796." This Lesurques proved, after his Execution, to be an innocent man, with an unfor- tunate striking facial resemblance to a criminal ?od murderer named Duboac. and the mistaken 'dentity and persecution of the innocent man Without, however, the unjust ending—was woven a particularly powerful drama by the novelist, Reade. Irving in his por- trayal of this "double" character, with a simi- larity to Stevenson's famous Dr. Jekyll and ~fr Hyde," lias excellent opportunities for the •hsplay of his wonderful power, pathos, and dis- tinctive humour, while his remarkable versatility in presenting two entirely different studies m Jae play is nowhere more evident than in The kyous Mail." On Thursday, and again on Saturday night, Henry Irving's visit will appropriately, •hou^h regretfully, terminate with his woria- Jenowned and most famous impersonation o "athias in The Bells," preceded by that Pathetic little sketch by Conan Doyle, Water- *°o," in wbich, as a veteran warrior, Irving wi *Ver be remembered by all who have seen im i •"is masterpiece of characterisation. Wee ess to say. Sir Henry will ba acc\mpanied by that eXcellent organisation which Das always been with his name, and no fewer than $ree leading ladies-to wit, a Welsh one, Miss Judith Wynne-Matthison an English one, Mrs Qecil Raleigh and an American one, Miss Mand fealy—will portray the prmcipal femmme parts in the various plays presented. There should be bo doubt about the emphatIc and unprecedented IIU<:ces8 attending Irving's farewell visit, and the Nhusiasm of local playgoers will Burely result ill record houses at the Theatre Royal, Cardiff, this historic occasion. Sir Henry and Cardiff Infirmary. Councillor J. Stanfield has been in commnni- Jjion with Sir Henry living in order to try to his aid on behalf of Cardiff Infirmary his visit to the Tbeatra Royal next week. dn suggested that a matinee would no Xfan t *esn" ?n.a substantial sum being raised. ^as„ ^» 'hrouRh his see- that haV under Sir Henry asba me to say to meei8 VerT sor-rywlU »ot be ,n his DOwer to meet your wishes regarding bis giving a Bpecial matinee at Cardiff, as be has already undertaken to give seven performances, whictT is all that it is in his power to undertake in one week. In any case, the Festival week would be a bad time for such an event. If at any future iimehemaybe able to help the Infirmary it Will be a pleasure to him." To Create No New Parts. A London correspondent writes that An official denial comes to me of a report that Sir Henry Irving bad commissioned the dramatising Of a story in a magazine, which was said to bs I a companion picture to Sir Henry's Waterloo." The chief interest of the denial ies in the remark at the end that Sir Henry "oea not propose to create any new parts before, 18 retirement."

ROBBED AND MURDERED.

LARGE COAL CONTRACT.

ROOSEVELT'S CHALLENGE.

MECHANIC'S FATE.

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" Eisteddfodic Dry Rot." .

AWKWARD ADMISSIONS.

GLAMORGAN & DRUNKENNESS.

PERSISTENT NEGLECT.I

GAMEKEEPER'S FATE.

.,...,> "é"THE RABBIT-TERRAPIN…

THE " TIV§LI'S " STATUETTES

A BELATED ACCOUNT.

ESCAPE OF AN EXPRESS.

CORPSE IN RESERVOIR.

CHASING A WIFE.

HUSBAND AND WIFE.

MERELY SKIN AND BONES.

ABERTILLERY COUNCIL.!

TWO LIVES SAVED.

SKULL CRUSHED.

BARON IN THE DOCK.

JAPAN AND CARDIFF COAL.

MURDEROUS STREET ATTACK.

EXCITING ESCAPE.

DOWLAIS JEWS IN CANADA.

PARIS LOVE TRAGEDY.

SUBSIDENCES AT BRIDGEND.

PENTREBACH FATALITY.

ALLEGED CONGO ATROCITIES.

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THE LATE'MRS EVANS, NEWI TREDEGAR.,

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DEATH OF MR JAMES LOWTHER

MILITARY BRAWL IN IRELAND,

ATLANTIC RATE WAR.

THE MULLAH'S PLIGHT.

PEACE IN TIBET,

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i., Cardiff's Festival.

RUNAWAY RAILWAY ENGINE.

COUNTY SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS.

"NOT UNDER COMMAND."

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