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JOHN BULL AND HIS ISLAND. XIX.
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The Hials; t no more.
It is a tringe and remarkable fact, even The theatre of England has fallen during for this untry of contrasts, to avo the nineteenth century as low as it was produced a Shakespeare and to have the possible for it to fall. Flow is this the national epertory begin and end with his accounted for in a country at has creations: Shakespeare, the king of poots, duced & Blakespeare, and which hosts sachinimitable, a sort of dumi-god--and after a galaxy of good peots and novelista?
The fault lies a little with the dece, who, if they are judges of dramatic art,
et show it in polic. It would be bad rm to applaad in a theatre, and wor till to hiss. I have heard asteis sin horribly out to Lane without a d
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his utter sterility! Indien Empiro, or no Indien Empire, anys Churlyle, we unat do without. Shakespeare! Indian Empire will go, at any rate zone day; but this Shakespearu does not go; he lasts for over with us; we cannot give up our Shuke, Lapere," buiur Ixiauil by the dience. John Bull the past three years, our excellent! CHX EUROPEAN HOUSES, Nus. 1, 2, the poor artists who enderem totes of the Cinnétie Françaien have given 3, 4, and 6, ALENANDRA TERKAGE ration
masa bin bot-fails in his efforts; and, pars at the Gatety Theatre during, Moathi, Rent, $350. being of a maganimous turn of mint, he the month of June, forgiven him.
Society decks He does not identify himself with tho action of the play: ha does not forget that Joan Bull is capable of appreciating !
is very much to be doubted whether it is bit a play. The actor who sings with
Our Cugrein. Bitt that does 31 taste, and throws hins f with passat all. When John has paid his his part, appears to himsupremely ridiculoge.
ginen, he
eu hingelf, even if he does Ife regards him as a poet mounte-bank who het waterstand a word, at the following has, to earn a living mad
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shall not be able to play tonight," she The propritor, what is generally the grid to him; have lost my voice, cipal neror of the many, receives What does Dat matter sail the in- or no support from the other. Even the best theatres the two principal June Puri, who thoroughly musterstand his ters are goal or passable; the rest are then the people want to go you; you worthless. There is to school of deshers sal not speak, only gateaiate, they will
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