Cirrus@Austlit

Reviews of several performances which were staged the previous Saturday evening.

Theatre Royal: The plays 'Gilderoy' and 'Bride of Lammermoor'

Charlie Napier Theatre: Equestrian and acrobatic performances by Messrs Davis & Leith's Circus Company.

The Criterion Saloon: The first appearance of the San Francisco Minstrels

Star Concert Hall: Mrs Douglas continued her 'tiresome feat', completing a mile on Saturday night in 14 minutes, 45 seconds. (The Star does not reveal what the tiresome feat actually was in this report, but subsequent reports suggest she was intending to walk approximately 1000 miles.)

• Professor Parker repeated his feats of arms at the Charlie Napier Theatre last night. The interest in his feats of skill with defensive weapons has been heightened by awareness of the war in Europe. A hoped-for consequence is a large addition to the ranks of the Rifle Corps.
• 'Fraud and its Victims' continued last night to an enthusiastic audience. The theatre management has adopted a new method of advertisement, consisting of watercolour sketches of one of the best scenes in the play, 'Waterloo Bridge in a Snow Storm'. One of the sketches is displayed in The Star office.
• Mr Holmes, proprietor of the Theatre Royal, took a benefit on Saturday night to a disappointing audience.
• Mr J. Mungall appeared in Gilderoy at the the Princess Theatre. He is so well known that there is no need to comment on his performance, which was immensely successful.
• The Theatre Royal is to be opened this week by Mr Morris as manager. He has secured fresh talent, the two Misses Clifford and an eleven-year-old young lady, Miss Isabel Chalmers, with the intention of competing with the attractions at the Princess Theatre.