Then Mr. Frederick Strange, who had been connected with the Crystal Palace, became manager and introduced ballet, his most notable production being one called “L’Enfant Prodigue,” which was adapted from Auber’s opera. Mr. Jules Riviere was the conductor of the orchestra; and among those who became responsible for the arranging of the ballets were the brothers Imré and Bolossy Kiralfy, assisted by their sister Aniola, one of their most successful productions being one entitled “Hungary.” At this period the old quarrel between the young “music-halls” and the “legitimate” theatres was growing serious. A ballet might be produced so long as it was called and was, in effect, a mere _divertissement_. Anything else, a musical sketch, or opera--in which words were said or sung--was held an infringement of the rights of a regular theatre, and when John Hollingshead, as stage director during 1865-1867, produced in 1866 a pantomime called “Where’s the Police?” the management were fined by a magistrate some two hundred and forty pounds. Apart from ballet and such a production as this pantomime, there was, of course, plenty of the “variety” element, contributed by such performers as Leotard, the Farinis, and the Foucarts, gymnasts; and various vocalists known to their period. With the dawn of the ’seventies came a new taste for ballet and “Les Nations” was staged at the Alhambra with a Mlle. Colonna and other dancers, including Esther Austin (a sister of Emily Soldene) in the cast; and a “Parisian Quadrille” became a feature of the production. Then came a season of “Promenade” Concerts, and during the Franco-Prussian war the conductor, Mr. Jules Riviere, gave the “War Songs of Europe,” those of the French and Prussian nations evoking such passion that free fights occurred, and the theatre lost its music-hall licence; and the Directors of the Alhambra Company promptly secured a regular theatre licence from the Lord Chamberlain! So on April 24th, 1871, the place was opened as the Alhambra Theatre, with an evening’s entertainment including a farce, “Oh, My Head!”; a comic opera, “The Crimson Scarf”; and two ballets, “The Beauties of the Harem” and “Puella.” Then followed another ballet “The Sylph of the Glen”; and then “A Romantic Tale,” by J. B. Johnston, and an extravaganza, “All About the Battle of Dorking.” In September of the same year the Vokes, a famous family of dancers, made their appearance, the programme including “The Two Gregorys,” a comic ballet, and “The Mountain Sylph,” and “The Beauties of the Harem,” in which a Mlle. Sismondi appeared with much success. The Christmas pantomime which followed, with the title “Harlequin Prince Happy-go-Lucky, or Princess Beauty” (a title quite in the good old pantomime style), included a ballet, with such performers as Mlles. Pitteri, Sismondi, and another well-known dancing family, the Elliots.