25 DECEMBER 1847, Page 9

The theatres generally are in their usual state of activity

to furnish holyday entertainment for Christmas. At Drury Lane, we are to have a pantomime by Messrs. Alfred Crowquill and Albert Smith, called Friar Rush. The Lyceum has removed from the Haymarket the prince of bur- lesque writers, Mr. Planche; who, in conjunction with Mr. Charles Dance, will give us a " Christmas piece " called The Golden .Branch. The Hay- market, however, is not destitute, but promises a burlesque entitled The World Under-ground. The Adelphi deviates from the old track of English pantomime, and undertakes to exhibit an " Italian " pantomime, in which Pierotto and Poloinello are the principal personages. The St. James's gives— nothing, as it is to remain closed during the Christmas week.