“Niobe" failed to stand her second term of revivification at the Strand, and the new management have de cided to give “On Change " a trial. Mr Felix Morris will appear in the character of the guileless professor, ip which he made a great hit ton years ago. At Terry’s “ Miss Brown" is nearing the end of her “ adventures," and new pieces are in rehearsal at the Vaudeville and the Avenue. At Terry’s “ Jedbury Junior," a three act comedy written by Madeline Lucotte (Mrs J. H. Eyley) for Mr John Drew, who has been playing the piece with great success in America under the title of “ Christopher Junior," will be pro duced. At the Vaudeville Mr Weedon Grossmith will also produce a three-act comedy called “ Tho Romance of a Shop walker," a cumbrous title which points to Robert Buchanan as the author. He, however, is not wholy responsible for the play, a mysterious person called 11 Charles Marlowe" having collaborated with Robert. After all we are to have a theatre on the site of Her Majesty’s. Tho opera house scheme to which Lord Kilmorey and others of the upper ten gave promin ent support has fallen through, and the sum of £IO,OOO put up by the promoters by way of “ caution money," has presum ably been lost. The site has now been acquired by the syndicate which runs the Grand Hotel in Paris, and it is intended to build there a theatre with a large restaurant attached. What space is left will be given over to residential cham bers.
