The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-22 00:00:00

II tY MARK ET TREATER.

Brough now regularly. supply the beguantsm GC ddi
theatre. On this occasion Messrs. Balk and Bean have
been made to suffer, the travestie being upon the " Bohe-
mian Girl." The Brothers Brough excel in the primary
M~aiastte in successful authorship—in the choice of subject ;
soul In their last production they indicate progrenive ability to
MK adequately the taste of the public in performances
of this nature. The popular opera, the " Bohemian Girl,"
mos exactly suited to their purposes, inasmuch as, while all
are still perfectly familiar with the story, it has
Vlrsser enough a stranger from the stage to render its
lise.produetion,through the agency of burlesque-writes, very
asseptable.
" Arline," which is the title of the new piece, is a perfect
treodLoiffe,M. rm. Bonn's ismlibretto ; and
been e very o
use of. pheer then
is left intact, and we have scene for scene with
tle " Bohemian Girl," the whole change consisting
la a clever cast of the characters in a "lower key." Count
An heirs. (Mr. James Bland) a domestic Haynau, in a coun-
try supposed to he under the Austrian crown, from the
white uniform of the landscape in which his castle is
situated, and the presence, in the neighbourhood, of jagers
in great abundance, is found, in the tint scene, mining
innumerable sons to a devoted chorus of personal attaad-
anti, and delivenog unexpected rhymes upon his Minden
I for his little daughter Arline. This young lady,
neglected by her nurse, strays into proximity with t=
boar, which is seen by the audience to cross abridge in the
background' in a peculiar jerking manner. The Count and
his chorus are in an agony of vocal apprehension, when
Thaddeusof Warsaw (not Miss Porter's hut Miss P. Hoe-
ton's) rushes forward and then backward, and, after a little
time, devoted by the Count and the jagers to very_ loud
lamentations, re-appears with the lost child. Thaddeue is
a Pole, of republican principles, and with an imperial
on his lip, who is in a state of absconding from
Warsaw on account of an extension of the Runian
county court legislation, which is supposed to have placed
him in imminent peril from his creditors ; and in his flight,
probahly to the English metropolis, he encounters the
vague locality of the Arnheim Schloss. He here meets a
gipsy party, headed by Deritshoof (Mr. Buekstone), a per-
son of bathetic ferocity of aspect and easy manners, who
first plunder him and then enlist him in their corps ;
becilshoof engaging that the nights of his future ex-
istence shall be spent in sleeping in " nettles "
a plant mentioned in order to rhyme with " ket-
tle+, ' the mending of which, according to Deri/shoofs
anti-romantic description of gipsy life, is usually the occu-
pation of Z; era in the day-time. In reward for the ser-
T 10.14 rendered by Thaddeus, he and Derilshoof, by whom he
is accompanied, are invited by the Count to a banquet.
While the free is proceeding, the conversation turns
upon polities., and I haddeus having expressed opinions
in reference to Smithfield Market nut in accord-
ance with the city of London view, the Count insists
that he and his friend must be anarchical propagandists
and so gives orders that they lie taken into euetedy. But
the custodians are carelms, er too intent in listening to the
Count's singing ; and Deritshoof, getting away with Thad-
deus, enters the castle by a stage balcony and rushes away
with Arline in his arms. The jagers pursue. but (kriti-
kus., break. down the bridge after passing over it, declines
all connexion with " over the way," and, as the curtain
falls on the first act, is concluded to have escaped. In the
neat act Arline (at this point represented by Mist
Annie Homer) is found to have grown greatly, " the lapse
of twelve yeare," requested by the bill, having been spent
by her among the Femmes ; and Thaddetu, who looks very
little older than in the first act, is perceives' to be her be-
trothed lover. The gipsy queen (Mr. 11. Bedford) dis-
covers the attachment, to which she is averse, preferring to
offer her own hand to Thaddeus, and by way of
punishment, she, at the suggestion of Deritelusql,
gives a special license and marries the offending parties on
the spot. Then conies the denom ulna as arranged by Mr.
Bunn. Count Floresline (Mrs. L. S. Buckingham) nephew
of the Count, and nn "exquisite" of the class too well-
known on the stage. sees Arline at a fair, and perseveres in
a flirtation, which is interrupted by his attention being
called to a chatelaine Arline is wearing, and which he re-
cognises as property recently stolen from his own person.
She is arrested ant taken before the Count. Thaddeus
then declares her birth ; the Count rejoicing. enters into
an agreement with his household that lie will never more
allude to the fact that his heart is " bowed down with
weight of war"; and the piece concludes with fireworks I
and a polka, as the dance least recondite in the native place
of the " Bohemian Girl."
The dialogue and songs are of the usual character;
and, for a first night, the jokes were tolerably
well attended to by the actors. Miss P. Horton
and Miss Annie Romer sang and acted most
admirably. Mr. Buekstone did more with his part than
the author could ever have contemplated—suiting the words
to unlimited gestures, which were greeted as not less comic.
Mr. Bland, the legitimate hero of Haymarket burlesques,
was as grim and as funny as could have been desired.
Mr. IL , Bedford " made up ' with marvellous results. He
had the best " part,' though not the longest,
and he was very successful in it. The whole point of the
piece depends upon the transmutation of Mr. livan's high-
flown references to the gipsy career into more prosaic lan-
guage; and this has led to a surplus of " slang" with all
the dramatis pentium. There is, however, throughout great
smartness and point ; and these qualities, with the attrac-
tions of the " scenery and dresses," which are excellent,
will doubtless secure " Arline" the Caine popularity which
has attended all the other creations of the same clever pens.

Mr. Webster, last night, at the Haymarket, pro-
duced bat a bionic nordty—limiting Ilk exertions to the
routine Eaater •• burlesque" with which the Brothers

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1851.

This awakened deeps mil • giant to demand the
damsel, either as • beide or as • bonne batch*.
She chooses the latter alternative, and is bound
to • tree stamp, in the midst of • marsh •
but fortifying himself with the precedents of Andromeda,
and of St. tieorge, together with those of sundry other
dragon-ltaguered damsels rescued by gallant knights,
site awaits the molt with much fortitude.. Why should
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has bv-

we delay-
the catastrophe ? Prince Nonpareil, who , been
endued by Grenomilketn, now a full fairy, and the i Accessor
of Leona, with the arms of Jack the redoubled giant queller,
slays the dragon, who forthwith turns into a handsome
young prince, who had been bewitched by Leone, and the
dramatis persons are "disntissed to happineep," in a scene
too gorgeous to be looked upon. The piece was loudly ap-
plauded, and the principal characters were called before the
curtain. A similar honour was destined for Mr. Planche,
but he did not "show." A dance by Miss Rosins Wright,
as Diana with her chorus of nymphs, and La
Gorlitz, by the same young lady and the suite of
Prince Nonpareil, were very prettily executed. In a word,
the piece went off exceedingly well in every department,
and must be pronounced to be remarkably successful. The
music was composed and arranged by Mr. J. H. Tully, the
dances, &c. by Mr. Byrne, the machinery by Mr. 11. Sloman,
and the decorations by Mr. Bradwell. The extravaganza
was followed by the well-known farce of " Box and Cox."