The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-27 00:00:00

SURREY.

The onfartainntento which the principal trsnopon•
time theatre provided for the delectation of their holiday
pitrase, were the tragedy of "Douglas "—well knowa to
every schoolboy, &ad, therefore, peculiarly spproptiete lot
sa occabon when the object is supposed to be to amuse the
Meg pination—and what the bills describe se a Sara-
able, resalable, dotal, sent, classical, operstkal, fealeal,
Christina Pantomime, oa a seals of maguilloeace swam.
tag all Jai predeceases, called Harlequin and the Swum
Clem, or Log Whiter sad the Fairies of the Silver Wil-
lows." Of the tragedy it is salloiat to say that the evai
meatocable entlea—" My same is Norval," which Mr.
Calvert gave with due emphasis sad gesture, wee
welcomed as sa old sapaistans, cad unleaded
accadiagly—ead that the net of that wee&
ugly heavy drama wee—Make to some areheareed
perforimeces before the arta* not unarm] es Balag•
eight, sad which diverted the &station of the &adieu*
saiiiessly to mala them (Dept their impatleam—received
p a spirit of What napalm which did this greet
malt. The }atomise, whisk le of wane what every-
body gem to see, sad whisk everybody who does
eel go Is tatereelad la, tally justifies the assess.
qualities with which, in as bag string of introdutoey
edjatira the apnea ampler al the playbill ascribes is
It. The plea is simple mad pearl It tallest the swegalm
eta, early stale deep a break alma& ito pass a tee ana
aim ad esetplag Ma the hogs of winter, to shoot
up ma Ham seder the tames at the swig
. _

no. In the Isom fsemal language of the sang
mum the' pogrom sad development of the May
nor tins : —King Wilms (Mr. Voltaire) is enamoured of lk.
Sommer Goma (Mime Adis), but salmi wed her dialog this
/mistime of Prime Seowdrop, the Genius of Spring Miss
Adelaide Il(dess),lts therefor, remains oa Spring's deana
don, sad aided by his oniset, Frost, Fog, Ste., mouse
the Prins. V a Mon of iso. Goma Mob appears, samba .
the Paine to dumber, sad lens his.hism is a anent to tho
abode el his love, the Grove of Silver Willows." Z.phylmt
the Semen Wind (Mr. F. Charles), the mutual ally of th
lever% speeds to the wart of Leg Sol (Mr. 0. Tensold)
and relates the &abject to that .search and hie Qualm
Blame (Mr. Tappier). King Sol instantly dsp►abes his
attendant fairy Gloriosa to the mesas, who arrives at the
Deepen is the Hall of Icicles" is time to save the Pliant
defeat Leg WIMP, sad ant the grand transformed°a
of the Icy Dell into t►e Begins of Mt•raal Sonshinc.
The buslesqee latanustisa. la whin all AM is worked on,
thoeglt somewhat loeg, is smartly written, sad Is relined
from saything likes samesey ►y a amain sucassios of
absurdly grotesgee fat:ldeate, latemponed with some
capital dandag, punks oe poplu soap, sad by soma
of the most beautifully messaged an gorgeous seesmy
that has ever beat inhibited ea the pantomialo
step. ♦ stalactite retreat or grove under the palace of
Leg Winer—the grove of the 'deer Idioms, the fairy
temple of beauty, the hall of iticise,the norption chambnia
the pekoe of San, sad more particularly the meats of
Muni aueshine, when the trsasformatioes take plan, are

really weemlerfel triumphs of the weak art, and =title
MOM Dolby eel Oates, by whom they have been *end,
sad Mr. Shepherd, win desiguid them, to high praise. The
drums and all the appointments are in keeping with the
y ; sad the groupie= of fairies, 'priers, and other
attemaiets, remanded = of some of the most sumessfal a-
toned the Lyeeme when wader the mungesteet =Tomb=
whisk in Miens 'newsiest they an in me way Inferior.
do delighted wen the sadiron with the result, that they
called Mr. abeplierd, the less" wider whose immediate
saperiatenderoe the whole has been product, at lent halt
a doses these upon die stage to bow his askeowledgments
in wears foe their hearty mingntelatioes. Mr. F. Glover,
who is sew to the metropolitan stage, makes a sapital her-
=pia, sad Meedine. Macs and Marie, two first-rate
eoleinbimes. These two ladies also notated some enrol pee
is a bell some latrodeeed fate the prolimieuy burlerolia.
Mr. Back, the dome, sad Kr. Bradbery, the poetaloae,
ere leer established favourites hen, and all that seed be
said of nem is t►at oe the press= =oast= they tally mesa•
tain their leog•ena/dished fame. U. Falls and his dens
family, so feet attesdami sprites, aid in keeling up no
beetle of the parnemials bedews, and perform mite=
aseehatie hats of almost an Impossible =waster wit► an
amen= of nerve sad needialseee whist is truly enviable.
As is invariably the ems at this t►eatre at holiday times,
the hexes was crowded from the ardiestra to the gallery
ening.