2 AUGUST 1851, Page 10

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The profits of the theatres are said to be now enormous. The throngs of people drawn to the Metropolis by the "shilling days" of the Crystal Palace seem determined to go to some theatre or other, and the mere opening of the doors is sufficient to bring in a crowded audience without an attempt at novelty in the evening's entertainment. All the houses are prosperous, and yet a less striking set of programmes was never seen.