The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-07 00:00:00

they wish to pourtray Shakespere, will cite one or more of gorgeous picture. Athens, although not so striking, yet
hese pa-sages, and will endeavour with more or less such truthfully portrays all the brown sterile hills and arid
..tees, oftener, however, with less than more, to personate aspects which so disappoint the tourist. We can confidently
one of these characters. But to hear the passages cited, and recommend a visit to this old-established exhibition
the characters personated, with true artistic skill, is a
treat that rarely falls to one's lot to enjoy. The audience
at the Egyptian•hall last night, who expected such a treat,
and it seemed reasonable to expect it from a Kemble, were
not disappointed. It was apparent, before the scene was
over, that Mrs. Fanny Kemble had lost none of that true
appreciation of the great dramatist's spirit and that ability
to render the characters of his plays which formerly
charmed the playgoing public. She was particularly happy
in pourtraying the humour of Touchstone, and the stupi-
dity of the country wench Audrey, though some appeared
to think that she gave the best effect to the utterances of
the melancholy Jaques. The audience were numer-
ous and fashionable, and were quite as demonstrative as
such audiences generally are in their applause.

FEDERALS AND CONFEDERATES.
Mr. Henri Drayton, at the Polyzraphic Hall, had to
reason to c,mplain of a want of patronage yesterday to his
highly-interesting pictorial and musical entertaiment upon
the position of the Confederates and Federals of America,
which conveys a great deal of amusement and instruction,
at the same time; and, the more it is heard, the more popu-
lar will it become.

MR. AND MRS. GERMAN REED'S ENTER-
TAINMENT.
Nothing could possibly have gone off better than Mr. and
Mrs. German Reed's " entirely new" entertainment last
evening, entitled, "A Charming Cottage." We remember
no such first night of any entertainment. Not a hitch, not
a falter, not a momentary pause from first to last. Every-
thing worked smoothly—without an instant's show of hurry,
furry, or hesitation—from the opening to the closing of the
curtains. It was a brilliant success. One thing in this
mercantile age, we can distinctly promise the public, in re-
gard to this new entertainment, that those who go there are
quite certain of getting the full worth of their money in
amusement. We never saw Mr. German Reed, especially,
to greater advantage, than yesterday. His by-play through-
out was admirable. His versatility fairly surprised us.
Now himself, Mr. German Reed in propria persona I Now
Mr. Crochet, the hen-pecked husband I Now the great
composer of fugues, that pre-Raphaelite of the piano, Mr.
Sebastian Barker I Now one of the most eccentric
oddities we have for a long while seen an) where before the
footlights, the " Queer Little, Jolly Little, Funny Old
Man I" Now Sandy, with his plaid and his bagpipes ! And
again and again Mr. Crotchet. They were all
capital impersonations—admirably well got up and
excellently well portrayed. Mrs, German Reed again
seconded her accomplished husband throughout delight-
fully. Her love story and her love song, as the Milk Maid,
were perhaps, all things considered, the hit of the evening.
The humour of her serm comic narrative about her sweet-
heart Joe being, in truth, quite irresistible. " Milk below I"
told in every note and word with the audience, as their
rounds of applause and bursts of laughter testified. A
Charming Cottage, it seems, was designed by Mr. German
Reed himself—that gentleman, moreover, furnishing it
with half a dozen new songs, a duet, and two trios, the last
of these trios forming the finale, and the music of all his
own composition. The piece itself (suggested, as we have
said, by Mr. Reed), was written by Mr. Andrew Halliday.
A beautiful set-scene is the arena for all the fun of the even-
ing—a scene cleverly painted by Mr. John O'Connor, and re-
presenting very l.rettily the interior of the Charming Cottage,
with a distant view of Windsor. It would be ungrateful
not to mention that one of the principal characters intro-
duced in this new entertainment is humorously represented
by Mr. John Parry, to wit, a certain dreaded cousin of the
Crotchets, one Bob Crotchet, otherwise Captain Robert
Horatio Nelson Longbow Crotchet—without one buffo song,
we grieve to say, but full of fun and frolic nevertheless.
The whole hilarious evening was brought to a delightful
close by Mr. John Parry's inimitable delineation—with
talking and with singing, at the piano, and near it—of " Mrs.
Reseleaf's Little Evening Party." Not one individual, we
should think, however old or however young, lady or gen-
tleman, rut of all the numerous company assembled toge-
ther yesterday to witness this first night's performance of
the new Entertainment provided for the London Public by
Mr, and Mrs. German Reed, assisted by Mr. John Parry,
but must have left the Gallery of Illustration last night
thoroughly delighted.