The "New Strand" has been reopened, with the new name
of " Punch's Playhouse," by Mr. Copeland, manager of two Liverpool the- atres, and 'brother of Mrs. Fitzwilliam. The opening piece, in which the squabbles of two ne.tt-door neighbours are circumstantially set forth, is called a "proverb," because it is Entitled -on the old adage about Living- in Glass Houses, from which it derives its title ; but it is very different from the sort of " proverbe" which M. Alfred de Musset is in the habit of writing. The other novelty—a burlesque—shows a visit of the Scan- dinavian deities to the Crystal Palace. Both these pieces are pleasant— no more ; and the chief interest at present connected with the theatre is the assemblage of a number of provincial actors, scarcely known to the London public, but working well together, and by no means destitute of talent.
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