The Express.
London, England, 1857-04-14 00:00:00

THE STRAND TERA'TRIC.

At this house woo produced a new burlesque es.
per by Kr. Lamer jkilifinbilM. NOW Ira..
wee prostled by the darn& deem in three
nets onithand Oshisy. The gawp in the aderepra
'kith embed not spur= vas the inpiptint of the
peakireet width Order at bat designed ter Tell. The
treat roles. bade Ids elathisals rho "the slave,"
net to the "deeper taw= 'meth the redo
meat," but to Poele's orlierhonee, and tips to arse
Ira le read all the spurn of all the smilldatem an
He terthge ; ether which the wee to be orthiled to her
M. Rpm= puma than menaces au alierdep. The
pier the well played, Mir Cuthbert wag the part tithe
hens Per the fret two hours of Ms war ft ore pry
well, duple a little too reek sad too milli posilbs,
sad the madiews weft net nigged el their WOW rd
anthem Tare inn, bewm, armed ewN "blobs.,"
end alihrikplle irate at Ithreggie we. maid by the
theek appmere d Ohs vows Is OM bit. This was
a arms blew to the prom, bat it rill raped es to the
"redo liesulewced emorat," while it vas _coed
weal& be *Hewed by "shoved morimarge sad gereal
reared ition." This mart, which was between Widnes
Tell and Order (b. J. Clarke) was very potrected ; how-
smolt oat, the governor leered dead, Mks Cuthbert left
the rep, and the seance hoped for the conclusion.
Order, however, revived, fought with two other persona,
aid wee sethluelly left on the stage, sword to hand, defying
ad arse. At this times the romper wee heard in angry
renorthree with ram one car more of the performers.
He thesatened la care smoothing wen ant done to "ring
dews." His Heed protheed so ear ; be did rise, end
dews caw the mirth; Though the audience wre thee
cheered of the rammed eximatage, there le every reason
to balm that it loss none of de severity by berg confined
to the prone behind the sores; let as hope that the noon-
ciliation was se peed II the play-bill announced it was to
be. The audience appeared surprised at the abrupt termina-
tion tithe piece, and there were some calls for an esplana-
de; bat none the earth. The entertarment concluded
with • new farce, I "kg pa Would et lirletern it, and the
anthers did not fell to amidst* the unintentional reference
of this title to the mate of the evening.

In one respect the Victoria drama bears some
resemblance to the productions of the damned' school. A
clearer ides of its bustles may be pined tram a poser' in
the closet, es the phases veld to go, thee hoe witness*
its representation. This nine not es meek tram the bidden
beauties of its plea sad Weirs, as from the fact that the
New-cat endienese me not the men attentive in the wend,
sad tae mese Went upon eschwaglag the empliments of the
soros at the top of their micas, or Mena. their &vomited
in the not untregnent ameris which mar before the
curtain, then on the Wire' of the step. Owing to this
peculiarity ow notice of het night's performance must be
mote general than partisan, kw were it not death, manager,
knowing the difikeltlee wake width a opoototor who goes to
see the play I. likely to he preset, kindly MO out la his
bell the chief inners of his piet, sad gins a night bio-
graphical and enticed shot& of each of the ehireedre oppo-
ate his or her muse, we should have but a my dim idea
of what Dark Shadow mai &whim of Life; or, the Wild
Gipsy Oint, se the Beater novelty is celled, was about. We
saw several gentlemen neck through, fairly and unfairly,
and or or two shot, without hearing any reason Jungian ;
but se the prows in sach use met with the unqualified up-
probstioa of the indiums, sad as ell came right in the
end, no doubt the ends of junkce were istrancsd thereby.
The house was packed ea tight es it could hold, but, despite
the enteesing and peeking, the good Wow= wee 'lsere',
sod it wee stated net the swabs of peen* emertaten
were under the svmege. Everybody knows that etiquette
and esenray are not emend to too pest lengths et the
Victoria, and if the majority of gentlemen sat is their shirt
sleeves, end if the ladles imbibed frosty of the bequest
pewter pots which peen about, they had a suflicient enemas
is the hest of the evening end the excitement of high-toned
communion. The.. woe clearly no lack of enjoyment, and
that is the chief thing people look far ate theatre on Enos
Monday.

THE VERDI YESTIV,
A atusical entertainment

a "Grand

Verdi Festival," was given bat nett. It was announced
that "the three operas, lyektto, La 21voists, sad 11 Dv-
rotas, were to be repressated in • condoned from ; " and
it was Wed that "every object of Interest in the three
operas would be included in the programme, and that the
public would thus hoe preowned to them, on one occasion
the entertsbnaset usually afforded by three operatic perform=
paces." Now thh greadiloquent announcement was
one of those Mew do pada., too often need
now-a-days, calculated fret to mate exaggerated
expectations, sad then to produce disappointment. The en-
tertainment was a plowing coned, consisting of eakethas
of • her favourite airs, duets, &a., from each of the operas
which have been mentioned ; but to cell it a representation
of these operas, ha any Loa, was ridiculous. Of the three
room, the Worth= from the 2Verageri was the largart ; but
even that consisted only of the following pewee : Ths duet,
Miza di acerb, Ugrian," snag by Mier winning and Mr.
Weir; the ansone, "Stride la vamps," sung by Miss
Dolby ; the sons, D'Areore sell all rose," song by Madame
Clara Now& sad Mr. Sims Reeves with thechorus ; the aria,
" II balsa," sung by Mr.Weies; the drat, " &la Wanchrons,"
sting by Miss Dolby and Mr. ; sad the moans,
" Tama la not*" wag by Mies Via plug; together with •
few fragments of the ballet music played by the orchestra.
The selection from the Trod& was still more meagre, con-
sisting only of four popular pieces, which have become
familiar to all concert goers. There was not even a libretto
of the words to make the subjects of the pieces intelligible ;
but this, indeed, was not the fault of those who got up the
performance ; for the bills contained the following apology
Notice —The Exeter Mall Committee have in-
terdicted the publication of an English translation
of the above programme in the fens of • Book of
Words!" Condoned, however, tamely as an ordinary
concert, it was • phaeton entalehtment Madams Novella,
Miss Dolby, Min Visaing, Mr. Reeves and Mr. Weise
nag beautifully, and Mr. Itellmes Mae orchestra, coaducted
bylinnelf, was as admirable as reel. By some awkward
militate in:the anapaests the performance did not com-
mence till nearly an hoer sher the time easouaced, to the
annoyance of the eadionos, who expreseed their displeasure
by loud cries sad hires; bat they recovered their good
humour when the mmb hero, and applauded everything
most horsily.

,—The "Cowart for the

People" lint eight was water a redoseaser, for ft ecasleted
&lady of a hoodoos saterteiaseat by Xs. Hoary Seymour
Carleton—a serial of imitations al poplar scion sad other
solabilithe of the day, sat fa a sort al heasewerk of saw
dates, jokes, sad cowls slatehew Among the peruse
wialeked wire Albert Efralth, Chula Mathews, Hoe,
Phelps, Wipes, Keeley, Teal Beard, Backstair, &c.
Some al the baitatices woe* wry happy, sae the tatortaia-
mot ca this whole wee elms ; bat thee was too wad of ft.
The resort coadstad law* of • kw please played by the
dews Alba the Ju. illier, • on* el asks ea the