The National Register.
London, England, 1812-09-13 00:00:00

LUDICROUS GAZETTE !
OR, TLHNGS Ti BE LAUGHED AT!!

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THE NATIONAL REGISTER

SEPT. 13.

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DR.4IIATIC REGISTER.

COVENT.UARDES.
Ti is Theatre °Felted fur the season on Monday, with the
traLtaly of P..;meo am! Juliet. The cast presented nothing of
novelty. Mr Ki.mtii.E and Miss BOOTH were the lei) e_
sum:Alves of the principal pe,sonages in the tragedy. The
afte' e Har!equin and Padmanaka.
The upper side loxes, ludicrously denominated Pidgeon
holes, have been tAen awav, as have the arches which

urinal partitiotls in. the shilling gallery. 11h;s change. as
far as it ;erect, the gods, is judicious; but we cannot heh
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!hinkitig their accommodation would have been ii,cteascd,
had the s:de boxei which have been dosed been added to

he. We should have thou ht the Maragers, if
he' studied she gratification of the Public, would have
7cit that this might he ineferable to shutting them up al-

together.
The private boxes made last year by the orchestra, have
been adorned with very elegantly constructed tops. They
arc made in the Chinese fa-lion, and form very ornament,,l
appendages to the Theatre. In other respects the house
lOoks much as it did, with the exception of the uppt:r sa•
loon, which has been snipped of its carpet.
On Wedneiday last, a lady of the name of STIRLING,
made her re-appearance at this theatre, where she pei formed
some years ago under the name of Miss Dixort. she ha,
since, we believe, acted in the country, and sung at Vaux.
hall during the season which- has just closed. She as-
sumed the part of Polly in The BrErgar's Opr ro, and was re-
ceived with considerable applause. tier tigure is good, hey
countenance plc.tsing, though not marked with much ex-
pression, and her voice possesses a plaintive softness which
somewhat reminded us of the rich and deep mellowness of
(4RASSINt's tones. She acts without much spit it, but w,th
intelligence, and as far as we may judge from the nature ut•
her exertions on Wednesday, although an unambitious, wilt
prove an interesting and useful performer. She was cu-
cored in several of her songs.
INCLEDON .also re-appeared, for the first time these two
years, in Captain Macheath, and received the loud welcome
of a crowded house. Ills voice has entirely lost that grating
harshness which we apprehended, when we heard him last,
preceded the total decay of his vocal powers. They now
seem renovated in all their strength and mellowness. Ills
low tones are rich and full,' and his high notes soft and clear.
His execution is more tasteful, and, if he gave fewer of
hip
thundering bursts of voice, he blended unusual delicacy with
expres- ion in his ornamental flights.
Mrs. CHARLES KEMBLE was greeted with much satisfac-
tion in Lucy, and displayed her wonted spirit. She might,
however, play the shrew without that almost incessant cull-
ing of her nose, which disturbs the harmony of her whole
countenance to such a pitch, that her looking-glass must tell
her is really disagreable, and is even too far strained for the
jealous and feeling, though peevish Lucy.
On Friday " The Foundling of the Forest" was performed
to a very respectable house. YOUNG, in the Count de Vol-
, mold, received a most hearty welcome when he first came on,
and his subsequent performance caused those demonstrations
of approbation to be frequently repeated. His exertions
have given this character a degree of importance which, but
for him, would never have belonged to it; and nothing
could be more successful than his delineation of it on this