The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-18 00:00:00

EASTER AMUSEMENTS.

DRIIIIY.LANE.

Although we hold it to be a mistake to suppose
that the revival of Milias besatibal ellegoried maps, si
Comas at Drwydanelast dead( has any important bearing
upon the question of the relative stescdoes el peaky sad
" eensatioe" upon the stage in our times, ft knot the Los •
dramatic event of considerable Wed* It is hoped**
not to share in the enthusiasm with with* the managemed
appear to regard the peemetation of this initiate
poem—so lofty is It them. end so rich in its poetical
imagery-4o the large est mixed sadism* of • Leaden
theatre in these days ; and few samaras of Mild* can be
without some middy to Irmo bow the entoellegemgeei
enchanter sod his modal crew the noble liedleme,
and the gentle lady, where purl; and budosold
tees her Mu a celeslisl snood through
bear the darlomem
sad perils ;of the =cheated wood, the hid
of enibodiment In the forms of living actors.
The make prodded last night is neither that of Dalton
nor Colseen. The whole of the play is now compiled, as
in Minos, is one set. Very deddemble eartalliomits de
made, and alp ere added, bas to every web words
*elided feed Make, with the ineeptioa of on, sag, which
is perspheased witly mach hide from Spenser and Millen
*Mr. Edema Eskead. The music oompriass the elm
I of Dr. Am, with others of Mendel and Bishop.
With the *merry, music, and elaborate desseorim of
led night, Coneys is pretty certain to be popular ; but it
would be aboard to treat its mosses as a• evidence that
modem audiences can ',joy poetry upon the stage without
the mecomitants of drove lam= interest and • dramatic
eon. NO we knows better than Mr. Falociaer that DO
audio°, could be expected to sit patiently to hoar in
ita entirety the elaborate argument on the subject
of chastity end taniperiagie between Comas sad the lady,
sparkling as it is with poetical beadles. Milton's Stumm
Agonirtee is certainly • more dramatic peeked" the
characters of Samson, of Hemp* sad of Delilah bong
draws with • creative power almost Shakespearian ; but even
a management which has made Manfred • dramatis suedes
will not be likely to fall into the mitthe of treating Samosa
Ago/sides as an acting play, and for the simple reason that it
is lees susceptible of thorns elaborate additions of scenery and
music which, if truth is to be told, have much more to do
with the dome of last night than Milton's immortal verse.
This, foamed, is caufemed by the amount of " re-editing" to
which the post has been compelled to submit.
LYCEUM.
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The piece produced by Mr. Fechter at this house
bat eight, before . compaot sad eathasiastio audios's, is
the last of • great may adaptations from Pailkase, a ffse
act drama, by Messrs. Dummy mid Paul Foamier, produced
nearly twenty years ago at the Geist&

ST. JAMES'S.

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It never rains classical burlesques but it pours,
and Mr. F. C. Barnand is spin is the field with a
humorous perversion of the" Odyseeje called Ulmer; or
the Iron-clad Warrior and the little Tug of War.
Mr. F. Robson, who made his first appearance in London
in this piece in the character of Ulysses, Is an exact physi-
cal counterpart of his lamented father. He has had coma-
derable megrims u a low comedies i• Dablis and other
cities, S • fair singer, sod's good dancer, and has a cotes
maid of some of the mostaalient points of his tether's style.
He is young and wants mellowness, but he is far
from being deficient in fancy and expronsion.
He appears to want the necessary degree of intensity for
trael.comic acting, and it is hardly wise to give him one of
those mad burlesque semen is which his father often mated
• painful, though powerful sesmatise. He was very warmly
—almost affectionately—received, sad he may be congra-
tulated on having obtained a good foothold.
STRAND.
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Mr. Henry Craven's new piece produced at this
house last sight is called this Stet Bill- a title somewh►t
suggestive of Easter Monday—and is of the same class as
moot of the other productions by which he is favourably
haowh as • skilled and self-demoodest dramatic writer.
The moms of the piece was decided.
PRINCESS'S.
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Mr. Boucicault's new Irish drama, Arrah na
Pogue, increues in popularity, and is found sufficient to
attract holiday playgoers at this holm without ths usual
East*, burlesque.