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for 1884" (5 January 1884):
Return of theatrical st.ro from America.
Mr Irving welco.c b;; the entire channel cquadron
off Bantry Bay, rcc-deved with a salute of one
hundred and four gui.a at cover; 1 stations on his
way to town, and made a Duke on his ; rrival at
Buston Square.
An indignant meeting of actors, held the next
morning in Hyde Park, condemns the limited
character of the honour aa an ineult to the
Profession.
The Premier, after taking the advice of a
distinguished artistic judicial authority,
counsels Her "tojesty to create one hundred
and thirty-six Theatrical Peers.
Simultaneous production of twenty-two original
five-act pieces by Cabinet iinisters, at
leading ./est-ijticl theatres*
Great Reaction in public feeling. Three
dowager duchesses playing the three witches
in JTacbeth at Nov.haven Theatre, are hooted
off the stage amid a shower of oyster-shells.
Most of Punch's jokes about actors, actresses and authors
followed this pattern, with the occasional avuncular rebuke
for good measure. Thus He