The National Register.
London, England, 1815-02-05 00:00:00

E NATION

DRAILITIC REGISTER.
COVENT GARDEV.

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List night, Miss O'Neill acted the -character of Pies. ]buffer in
Straver, for the first time. The high popularity which she
has atiaii;ed caused the theatrical world to be in motion at an early
hour, and a most superb assemblage appeared in the theatre long
before the commencement of the play. From the lateness of the
hour, it is impossible for us to follow her through the several scenes
in which she astonished and delighted us in common with the whole
Wow; Ihe beuevolence and humility of the repentant wanderer,
s-he depicted with the happiest effect, and the agonies of.remorse and,
the emotion which the appearance of her injured husband calls forth,
'were marked with coital strength and delicacy. In the last scene
she was paatictdarly great, the burst of hysteric laughter, which
ceded the noment in which she turned from her child to rush into
the arms-of him, from whom she had been so long.scparated, was
wonderfully fine, and the manner she stank on her knees from his
proffered embrace, gave a new instance of exquisite sensibility and
taste. Young in The StranAcr exertsd himself with the greatest w-
ee* We never saw him with more pleasure, and we never saw an
audience more deeply affected by " the emitting of the scene," than
was that of yesterday, during the whole of the last act.
Dining the poeformanoe of the arduous diaraeter of isacila on
Tue.olay O'Neill herself so entirely with the
regrows of the mourning mother and supposed widow, that she gun
overpowered tinder the weight of woe, and fainted about the luiddle
of the second act. She was carried off the stage by Mr. AbbOtt,
wha after the lapse of half an lionr, came forward and stated, th;it
O'Neil,' was so eacee:liiigly ill,. as to be mia:4 again to appear
that evening : that a Physician olefin:le:ice baying been fog hilloc'
in the house at the time, had immediately attended her, and that
by his directions she had just left the house in a can iage, but that
Mrs. Fauoit would read the part. Here the tumult became fxces-
sively violeut. Ile then added, that for a Lady placed in so delicate
Y situation, and muter such imperious circumstances, be trusted the
House would gram every indulgence.. 'This appeal prodneed a tem-
porary pile flee. After considerable delay, the curtaitedrew up, and
Mrs. I.'ancit appeared with the book iu her hand.. .The tumult then
rose louder than before, and became so violent, that she was also.'
led off the stage in a state of great agitation by MI. Abbott. This
Gentleman then once more came forward. and made lepeated apo-
logies, conjuring the House to allow the play to proceed; but the
greater part of the House (-Ain; lonely for the Pantomime, the tra-
gedy Was not attended to. The cm tail at last drew np, in the midst
ref some disapprobation, and the feats of followed the of •
torts of the Tiagie Muse, and ultimately succeeded in restori4
peace and goad humour.

The history of the new Opera called Br,:/LT :mil Si r, %%Ilia ob-
tained the 'most brilliant success on Wednesday last at this Theatre,
is rather curious. Its original wid be found in a very old English

play, entiled The Widow's Choice.

From this it was translate,' into

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Pnth, and acted with much applause on the Parisian stage, from
. whence it once more rettmcd to England, and, unilet the name of
Lore, Rennin., and Obey, appeared in the eurtailed.shape of s Bur-.
letta threeyears since at the Su:is Paull Theatre. It has now found
its way:to Coma Garden with ajl its French amplitude about it, and,
from the fond of merriment which it contains, is likely to fix its ie-
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'sidence on the metropolitan boards for a considerable time.
The fullnwing are the chief features, of the plpt :
Donna /sawn (Miss Stevens), a young widow of Castile, after the
(lead' of her husband, nines, accompanied by her female attendants,
to a emits in -the vicinity of Madrid, where they all make a solemn
vow of celibacy. The piece opens with the arrival of Don Christorat
de Tormcs (Mr. Fawcett), the uncle of Donna Isidora, who uses his
tcoieavours to persuade his niece to abjure bee vow and accept the
hand of Dan Sycio dc Flores (Mr. Dunne!), whom he informs her he