The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-11-08 00:00:00

COPENT-CA RD E N THEATRE.

aC4II; vikiuestio7l.3l.ri u7t;
The alfop'sEß Portent(with
.scoinedyor
Le
ie rne
original), was revived at this Thea!re on SONIA"
evening. This comedy virtakel very largely of the
peculiarities by which Cteaut's works are dive,,,.
guishatsle from those of the dramatists alio
rished about his time. %'e have an
scclithai lirndtaillcp.otareb,
characters;
sekaw:
0: tgt
tire,
titet
nothingywv—fi
rit:
otsl give
tpey
tit
tricable complexity of plet._4l men,
4,,4t
f its
ions
hat uithv.
hut
powerful oratory, which, springing from the
him who uses it, subdues the feeling, of done
whom it is addressed. The leading incident ,f
Loren Makes a Mars is f sithfol to naturr,'atol
highly dramatic. A man endowed with a trot
genius for comedy—such a man, for inmost,. as
SfoHuE:dieDdAatini-i-fwoormulecld,, on this
net hiessfi:oegsdie ioeua, have
i:
to the sudden revalsion of feeling which wessorts ail
the cool resolves of the studious (!ar/ria. when, f r
the first time, he beholds a beautiful and selisible
woman. We can very easily the eramio,,,
which would agitate a youthful soil srileor
though that ardour hail previously been d,r-coci •,,
an acquaintance with the dead, nut the liring,
it is announced, thst a cornmeinlshle pas.om G.,
study is to be the excuse fur rotsbiniz him of ,„
r with whom lie is suddenly enamoured, awl, slide
the eyes of many wou:d be of iuhuitely gosiorr ini-
portance, of a very considerable estate. Si;ch
the situation of Ca•los. He has been hook .e,,t
for from college, and his brother Clotho e, it
equal haste, been commanded home from tr..vei, 1,1
order that Angelina, the dangtorr of Charts,
old and very obstinate Gentleman, may become Ile
bride of one of them. Carlo. is a studious liemg.
apparently without passions—but those inmost,
of our lives are with him merely in abeyance. Coe
dio is a complete travelled poppy, with ea cue
virtue, if we except a something that lender.
on towage. Antonio, the father of throw rout,...
and Charism. is anxious that the lady tomu;,l
bestow her hand, and, if possible. her Whet:mos
on the fop. Ancelina, desirous to olive her
father, receives the addresses of CM; a,:.,
some degree of complaisance—but, 110 P4Anirt 1141
she beheld Carlos, no sooner has lie, hewitclnd
her beauty, and fascinated by her sense, declare'
his passion, than, with • noble independelier of .is.
ref, she forsakes the man of feather and pro fume, aml
attaches herself to him oa whom her chants* loot
such an Iphigenian rticct. This inciderd, though a
little extravagantly coloured, is not, to the alaitratt.
contrary to nature, or to experience. The rest of the
comedy is opposed to both. The lovers, us-comps-
. nied by Don Lewis, the uncle of Curios, tly hum
Spain. Their vessel is taken at sea, sod carted
into Lisbou, whither the fugitiess are followed
by Antonio and Char Iwo. To bring shoot a genera!
meeting and reconciliation, the most violent method'
are resorted to—but, after sonic blood is spilt ,a
little phlebotomy would be sometimes useful, with
reference to comic writers. though it might as writ
be omitted in their plays) and a woman is oil 01
point of being strangled (a rare comic
the student is honoured with the hand of the lady
whose beauties had, like the Promettiran Ere,
i..-
spired him with life, and the fop, who ought to
have been consigned to a bone-pond, finds his
folly rewarded with the hand of Akira, • Portu-
guese lady of great wealth, great virtue—hut rem-
toinly of little discernment. What could be duce
for a comedy so much opposed to ',store, so com-
pletely at variance with the regular current of af-
fairs; was done by the principal performers—
but their efforts did not produce much itnpresstoo.
No man, however, practised in the sit, can swam
well, with • stone tied round his art k. 'Elie
comedy is • stone (certainly not t% precious one;,
and nearly sunk all those who were atlas he.:
to it. Mr. CHARLES KRINNLE, as Caries,
the student well—but be rowed the loser better—
and so be ought, since Miss FOOTE persoorttil
lovely mistress. /liege/Ina. Some coldsbloodril
mortals may imagine that it is almost iinpostob!e,
so suddenly, to induce a book-worm to tase
lessons in the art of love. Let th in see Miss
pFerarcOeTiavertrfm
that, however
character,
whevertkriais;d io:Ie
tity,•47.4,iltlioait o4litis.:e
is
far from an impossibility. Don Lewis ass persoluitr,l
by Mr. W. FABIUS'. He played well and hu-
morously—but he mide the character about doily
years too old. //on Lewis, who has bravely dr-
feeitled'his nephew ag•iiiist those alio would base
deprived him of Ina mistress—obi% has fought
bravely ashen his ship was stteickid— o ho haripoup-
td into the sea, when a storm rigid, ugai;y
a league—such • man cannot le •iiiipastd to hate
a'
ywrastsu,psiseikrriitieFittoAlyat the lehisot,iiiipopiiliriest.rlhi i al6alootr.ici
e ciiaructrr
liudw.
He was, oil over, the travelled fop—rerisk, !pert, mid
lively. Mr. BLANCHARD. as AW:ONWS, ISlSSe`ol'ar s.
the porerty of the character admitted. ridgy hu-
morous. Of Mr. Conga, who perlornitit the
character of Charism, we wit hto say very little. Ile
is an actor of all-soink, and plmy. all boa oats
equally well. The part of Heirs! was excel-
leanly sustained by Muss BRUNTON. Iler
pearaoce was lady-like—moil her mode of speak-
ing was still more pleasing than Ler iippriiiiiact.
Mrs. FAVCIT was the Louisa ul tor tveulog.
described with great a ffect the ur.leot love, sod tc-
Innately the deep repentance lit " one who ha'd
'not wisely, but too well."
' The comedy went off rather heavily, and %tic.%
Louisa ordered her rival Angelina to be brought
forward for the purpose of undergo% liK tile cerelisoily
of the bow-smog, much disapprobation was
This pond inay, however. he easily spouted. LONi"I
May declare that aloe will make away with her rival.
which, in a dramatic point of view, must 111:%vtrf
emery purpose in forwarding the denouement, whole
the feelings of the audience will be spared the u
pleasant spritscle of a lovely woman coming 10(-
ward wills a rope about her neck,
014 to be takers for sale to Smithfield market.
The house was well attended. a. if she were
0)

• Wild foal are tins year so immersing on the cant
of Hamprhire, that the river between Hang Ltstle
•ud Lymingto•• is literally shaded with the ptve•
■ttd they a►e. gelling at Milford and Newhaven at
go. 4, nisch. Widgeons at es. a couple.

TILE KING'S lIEJLTH.

Yesterday the following bulletin was exhibited at
St. James's Palace to the public at large:—

" Wisdom- Castle, November 0, 1919.
" Hit Nlnjesty has passed the last month in great man.
qinlluty, b,,t without any diminution of his disorder. His
Milroy 's bodily heal►h continues to be good ruder the elle-
ctitmteneee of Lis advaneed are.
Mned) " HENRY HALFORD, "W. HEBERDEN,
" M. BAILLIE, " R. WILLIS."