We were too late to see the antics of Punch
played off by KEELEY at the new Strand ; and to hear Mrs. KEELEY, as the showman's wife, mimic the airs of a peripatetic prima donna. We recommend the reader who loves fun to be in time, for the echoes of the roar of laughter gave us a hint of the merriment.
Miss J. 31ouneuNT has been playing in two or three popular after- pieces at the English Opera-house. She is clever and sprightly ; but her pointed attention to the audience diminishes the effect of her acting materially.
Mr. BALFE the composer takes a benefit at the Italian Opera-house on Wednesday, which is to be opened on that occasion at playhouse prices. The performances are to be Othello, by the " Shaksperians," a party of amateur actors ; and a concert, in which the Italian artistes now in London will assist. We hope the public will, by a flowing bumper, show their sympathy for the losses incurred by Mr. BALFE in a recent meritorious enterprise.
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