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Show Boston hns now five theatres iu operation aud they are all liberally patronized. A quarter of a century ago Boston had two theatres; but what a change from tho old Trcmont and the old National, say the "oldest inhabitants.1' The old Tremont stood on the site now occupied by the Baptist Tremont temple, aod an immense horse ' mart stands where the old National used to hold forth. Wheu the Tremont went down everybody declared that the drama was killed in the city. But this is hardly so. The city now supports the drama handsomely, hand-somely, be it the legitimate or the leg-ithnate "Othello" or the "Black Crook." The season of opera is now close upon ua a season which attracts , the wealthy, the cultivated and aesthetic classes. Yet the opera has declined in point of meritorious representation re-presentation as compared with fifteen - years ago. For years wo have not had a first-class opera in Boston only "sticks." |