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Show LOW PRlCfiS AND FULL HOUSES. It was the younger Tirnon who said that when the pit of the theatre be came the oruiiestra chairs, and was hi ltd wilh bo an tie, and prices went up lo a dulUr and a hall fur a seat there was an end uf gret actors, and evon of good crilicism. Fur the day of scenic t-rlects wardrobe, ao to apeak, ol suge and plnynr, u challenged chal-lenged ttm attention uf tlie iimlieuce that wh;it he haid or how slm Baij ,t was imuialunal, and id the g.'nertl dazzle the meagre old tuVi-ia mni j)r(J. perties ibul lind eiiJriut(j n-id tie manded tue bigtit-sl drtiii.tUi: art were reformed UogLliur, u.id with them the necessity inr Hi" highest art. When Hamlet is renoU.! mi0 series of exquisitely Rnu vlul ui.ieaux the diamonds ol Bent-rice ,Vri the sparkle Lliat bblnngri to bur tongue wheu the French tl-t pt.v: i: ,f1M, which form the lupit ut hh .11 iny 0 our 1 country's pUya,driiiul ; Hh luxurious 1 StLUng and man mtllitirry mat ' characterise a period ol de ud.: ie, the prices paid are not t-xorbiinn-. in view ot the show, pnrhap.i, and the l audirnra gels what it wpiU nut lo -ee. ' Whether a returu u th- !r .-k-- 1 would IrsT) the tn.gn ifk. nee nod possibly enhance some utnrr point of . the drama, it would be interesting to have tried for more reasons than one. Th experiment of reduced prices was tried by Mr. Fugh a lew weeks ago in bis short but very tuccesslul season of German opera at our academy; aud is lo be tested in Loudou wheu the queen's theatre, lu be reopened as the "National," will proceed upon the principle of large sales and small profits. In (tie latitude uf the west end of Loud 00 the large theatres, it is said, have a p.tytug audience; usually a little more lhari one tnird the house, which is Bulbciem, n the prices asked, to secure a profit to tue leece. To save the appearnuco at an empty house the real is Dlled with "oiders." Thus lae high price admission people pay for alt the rest and tlie reduction in price ot ticket and abolition of tho "paper" system, would be a direot gain to Ihe first, aud certainly 00 loss lu the managers, by fne ordiuary rulW'of trade. In adoptiug business priuciples inslrad ot Hie traditionary methods of the bux titfiur, tlioreseems reason lo suppose tiiul Hie manage mi-lite should at leu-si he able to BUuw as comfortable balance sheets as before, lu this case tne weaiueg8 of extravagant stage miiliuery and showy "ehVcta" would have lo be considered irom anotlmr point of viw thau their expeuaiveneas to the trexsury. It will, perhaps, be a difficult matter to educate a popular taste, vi tin ted by bon-bons, to enjoy the salt ellacts of scvero and simple excellence, but it is posiible that another sort of assemblage assem-blage might be attracted if these were presented, anil that the lively discussion discus-sion in the recent church congress in New York over the drama as a means of iuro and clean atnusemeut and relaxation, re-laxation, might be carried on still further, were there opportunity for the matttr to be considered from both aidrs. Philadelphia Ledger. |