The play itself, with its rather foolish figures from the Court and the easy buffoonery of its peasants, does not offer great chances of acting; and Miss LAURA COWIE was the only one in the cast who added to her reputation. Her _Hermia_ was a delightful performance full of charm and piquancy and real intelligence. Miss LILLAH MCCARTHY sacrificed something of her personality to the exigences of a flaxen chevelure. Mr. HOLLOWAY'S _Theseus_ was wanting in kingliness, and his hunting scene was perhaps the worst thing in the play. He was not greatly helped by his _Hippolyta_, for Miss EVELYN HOPE never began to look like a leader of Amazons. Miss CHRISTINE SILVER'S _Titania_ had a certain domestic sweetness, but even a queen of fairies might be a little more queenly. Mr. DENNIS NEILSON-TERRY as _Oberon_ was a curiously effeminate figure for those who recalled the manly bearing of his mother in the same part. Of the two bemused Athenian lovers, Mr. SWINLEY, as _Lysander_, bore himself as bravely as could be expected. Mr. NIGEL PLAYFAIR had, of course, no difficulty with the part of _Bottom_, and Mr. ARTHUR WHITBY'S _Quince_ and Mr. QUARTERMAINE'S _Flute_ were both excellent. It is to the credit of the whole troupe of rustic players that nobody tried to force the fun. Apart from a slight tendency to hurry, a trick that, except in swift dialogue or passionate speech, gives the effect of something learnt by heart and not spontaneous, the delivery of the lines--and some of SHAKSPEARE'S most exquisite are here--was done soundly. Finally, no one who wants to keep level with the table-talk of the day should miss this interesting and intriguing production, especially if he hasn't been to _Parsifal_. O. S. * * * * * HOW TO GET YOUR PHOTOGRAPH INTO THE ILLUSTRATED DAILY PAPERS. [Illustration: Be the only lady fireman In Yorkshire.] [Illustration: Or be the only wooden-legged roller-skater in Holland Park.] [Illustration: Or be the double of some celebrity.] [Illustration: Or become unexpectedly heir to a large fortune left by an uncle who emigrated to America at the age of six with half-a-crown, and lived to become the Hairpin King. It is usual in this case to be photographed just after you have realised that the fortune is in dollars, not pounds. Sometimes the lawyer who discovered you, and assisted you to establish your claim, is included in this photograph.] [Illustration: Or make a musical instrument out of something else.] [Illustration: Or you might be a foster-mother.] [Illustration: Or you might, owing to lack of funds, sweep the chimney of the Sunday-school yourself.] [Illustration: But, after all, the pleasantest way is to back the winner of a double and get L40,000 to 5/-.] * * * * * OVER MONT BLANC BY AEROPLANE. _"'Thou, too, hoar Mount! with they sky-pointing peaks, Oft from whose feet the avalanche, unheard, Shoots downward.'"_--_Daily Chronicle._