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THEATRIcALs.-With the exception Of the eques.
trians at the Park-which are really superb in their
way-there is literally nothing in our city theatri
Gals worthy of the slightest commentator, not
withstanding that one would think, from the STE
reotyped puffs in some Of the papers, that there
was Kemble, Talma. and Siddons, with lots
of the most unparalleled minor talent at every
theatre in town. The reality, however, shows
night after night the same eternal succession Of
inane bombast and exaggerated rant, destitute OF
meaning or morals, and the very opposite of every
thing truly pertaining to the dramatic art. At the
Chatham they are doing a sickening piece of
raw-head and bloody bones, called sThe Drovef
Boy" tagged of with secondhand farces, while
the Bowery still runs it's "Operatic Drama" of the
Bohemian Girl. The Olympic is going over, for
the foreh time, its old stock Of farces.
such as "Adgate Pump" " Boots at the Swan. .
&c., Nc Ii is really surprising that, in CITY like
this, nearly the whole of an unusually gay and bril-
liant season, among all ranks Of society, is permit
ted to pass away with nothing in the shape Of
theatrical entertainments of the least claim to
public patronage. But so 1t is and, until thorough
regeneration in theatrical management and the
mode OF conducting the affairs of tie stage, takes
place, so it will be. The theatre is become bye
word, and reproach upon public taste.