The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-08 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

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Lord Byron's magnificent choral tragedy of
" Manfred" was revived last night to the intense
gratification of a very crowded audience. gr.
Pneips, of course, resumed his impersonation of the
Count, and, as it appeared to us, with more 09!
his usual effect. His feeling seemed deeper, pie
pathetic touches more tender, and his deelamatiO
as fine as ever. The whole play, indeed, was lid'
mirably executed. The singing witches were charrli'
ingly enunciated by Miss Poole, Miss Cicely NOt;
and Mr. Swift. Miss Atkinson's fine recitation a"
statuesque personation of Clotho added much to the
effect, as did Mr. Rlyner's judicious performance
of the Chamois ,Hunter. Previous to the tragedy We
had another revival, that of a farce originally Writ;
ten for Miss Poole, while she was very young, al
during the time she was a pupil of the late gifted
musician who had the direction of the lyric de
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partment at the two national theatres in the
days of the lamented Madame Malibran, '71%
Mr. J. T. Harris. In those days the piece was cages
" o.d and Young," and many an old playgoer 100
remember the spirited representation Miss POOl
gave the drummer boy, Hector Mowbray, one °1
the four characters assumed, as he stormed the citadel
in his uncle's drawing-room. In the present instance
the characters have been slightly altered, and 1e
have now four characters—a spoiled boy, a gluttnlii;
a fop, and a model boy, who dances and sings--3
vet y cleverly impersonated by Master Percy Roselle'
the little actor who made so great a part of the 010
Man of the Sea in the pantomime of " Sinbad th
Sailor." The concluding farce, entitled " 111 e
Alabama," was also a reproduction, with eer'talo
alterations to snit the present time, of a faros
originally written for Mr. Compton, and performed
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at the Lyceum Theatre,-under the title of "1113
Spitfire.' Tne chief source of fun consists in the
terrors of an old ship-chandler who goes to inca
after a ward who has run away and a creditor, 0,0
who, finding a captain's uniform, puts it on, and if
hurried on board the Alabama and mistaken I°o
the captain. The extravagance of his terror crest°,
much laughter, and there is a bustle in the prePt%
ration for action which gives animation to t",,
piece, which though very exaggerated, is peace)
successful. Mr. Bel Lore is the chief comedian, 0
Miss Lydia Thompson dances a hornpipe.
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ADELPIII THEATRE,

A new farce by Messrs. W. Brough and Hallidal°
entitled " The Area Belle," was produced last night'
and created the most uproarious merriolePtt:
although it is cf a description which no one et
defend, it has the merit of making everybody laug",i
The contrast presented by Messrs. Paul Bedte;td
and Mr. Toole—the former dressed up as a greuatko
and the latter as a policeman—is of itself aIWeY,
sufficiently amusing to excite a hearty leug,ll:,
naturally it is much more so when these t"g
worthies are placed in the position of bei/34
rivals in the affections of the neat41313(1.,,5
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Penelope (Miss Woolgar), whose ebsr";3o
justly win for her the title of the "rd
Belle." That cold mutton, surreptitiously ei).PYef:t
should form part of this domestic drama, and t'ho,
poor Mrs. Croaker, the mistress of the fair ince
stant, and the legal owner of the cold Inutt° a,
;
should appear at inopportune periods to interrupt
the felicity of this triad of lovers, is nothing bt
natural, and some uproarious, if not outrageous 'cla
is extracted from boiling Mr. Toole in a copper
shutting up Mr. Bedford among the btack• beetre
l
To convert a policeman into soup (or, as our
ra
matists put it, into " a broth of a boy") may ace°
with the rules of good taste neither in gastrou°ol
nor the drama. What of that ? Tae aetiugat,
excellent, the incidents funny, the dialogue ores" r,
and Mr. Blanchard's song (as rendered 199 to
Took) admirable. So people go home laughlegd
bed, and Messrs. Brough and Halliday have aeiliel
a decided success.

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THE ROYAL BABY'S TITLE.—The foreign r be
persist in calling the infant son of the Prince of `valesy
Highness's father, t
Duke of Cornwall. This is an utter mistake. Irathe Prince, sits in the House of L°l.-. to
Duko of Cornwall _the Princedom of Wales being it' DO
shape a Parliamentary title. The infant Prince, aiterajo
christening, will be called by his Christian name, wittr 0
prefix of Prince, until it may please the Crown to coo
peerage upon him, a to
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lfich of June; that for the Royal Military AcaclernYy 50
with, on Monday, the 4th of July; and that for th° 0 yet
College on Monday, the 25th of July. No day has :iOO.
been fixed for the next examination fur direct coranai°,,,eo
The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowle7ot
the receipt of Bank notes to the amount-of £l9O on a.
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income tax. The Board of Inland Revenuc 91,01
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