1 MAY 1852, Page 12

The Hectors and Penthesileas of modern theatrical wars if they

are without their Homer, are not without their Sophocles. The tragic bard of the Marionettes, Mr. Hugo Vamp, sings of contumacious tenors, who will be ill whether they are so or not, and of faithless eantatrici, who en- gage themselves at two theatres at once. The piece in which these griev- ances are set forth, and which is entitled The Happy Manager, is played with great spirit by the wooden actors ; and the representation of a thea- trical row is an illusion, of its kind, perfect.