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Of the two permanently ." legitimate" London Theatres, one has opened, the other has closed, since the date of our last publication. The opening establishment is Sadler's Wells,—which, however, has done no- thing new as yet : the closing establishment is the Princess's,—which last night terminated a season rendered long beyond precedent, by a suc- cess without precedent also. The luck of making two such coups as Mac- beth and Bardanapalus in one year is far above the usual average of thea- trical felicity. However, we should be unjust to Mr. Kean if we did not add, that luck, in his case, has been combined with much wisdom.
Madame Caradori has been going on triumphantly at Drury Lane ; Imt the efficiency of her Norma, on Wednesday last, was counterbalanced by the failure of the l'ollio, who was so utterly bad that his demerits led not only to a mutilation of the opera but to a phenomenon now unusual in British theatres—a "row." This inglorious event will probably be the last recorded of the operatic season at Drury Lane : and the admirers of lyrical drama will for some time have nothing to think about, save the new opera by MM. Scribe and Ilalevy, which, after delay upon delay, was announced for production at Paris last night. As to Mr. Augustus Braham, who has made a debilt at the Lyceum in the character of Ed- garde, lie has achieved just that sort of success which is obtained by de- butante in general when they have the advantage of a good family name.
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