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There is little to record with respect to the theatres, beyond the fact that the sudden hot weather keeps people out of them. Mr. Harley's benefit at the Princess's was signalized by a very agreeable performance of Much Ado about _Nothing; but neither the attractions of the pro- gramme nor the deserved popularity of the beneficiaire resulted in a full house.
The once famous Jack Sheppard is to be revived at the Adelphi on Monday ; and if the histrionic Jack shows the same talent at getting people into a place of confinement as the real Jack showed in getting out of one, he will have proved himself a clever fellow. With the sun burn- ing over our heads, and a thermometer challenging comparisons with the thermometers of fourteen years past, the London mind shrinks in- stinctively from the thought of a theatrical pit. But Mrs. Keeley will be Jack Sheppard, and who shall set bounds to her miraculous powers ?
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