THE THEATRE& The stagnation of things theatrical has lasted this
year for a period un- usually long. We have only to record that the Haymarket (with the Adelphi company), the Olympic, and the Marylebone (with Mr. and Mrs. Keeley), are all open, and precisely—as they were. However, there is no doubt that the Adelphi and the Haymarket will soon commence their re- gular winter career, and thus interrupt the continuous dulness.
That natural affinity which exists between Druiy Lane Theatre and the brute creation will, it is said, again be manifest after Christmas, and the troupe of French equestrians who amused the idlers at the commence- ment of the present year will resume their lively functions. An English pantomime company is to perform at the same time with the Galliean artists, in order to conciliate that "national " spirit which awoke with such might in the Monte Cristo days, and discovered classicality in a soil which has had as many unclassical occupants as the island of Sicily.
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