The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-02 00:00:00

THEATRES.

DI?UllY-LANE.
After the performance of the Gipsy's Trarning, at
this theatre last night, a. " new Easter romantic melo-
drama, in two nets,
never was
Illiller of the entitled, the King of the Mist ; cr,
Hartz 11/fountains," was produced, and
a spectacle more s'uccessful. The miller
(Compton) is induced by the King of the Mist, in the
dis of Mr.rtin, an ancient shepherd (Mr. H. Wallack)
to guise the Hartz mountains in quest of treasure ; the
King of the Mist being doomed to endure " the aches
f su rld Wh
and pains of cramped age" in that disguise till some per-
n''o shall resist the temptation to kill, or
attempt
b) kill the apparently decrepid old man. The .
miller's virtue is proof against the temptation—the charm
is dissolved, and seldom was there so splendid and start-
ling an exhibition, than when the Monarch of the
Mist r.uddenly burst forth in all his glory, from the
tapered garments of the shepherd. Then rose on every
5,40 the gorgeous magnificence of his magic palace—
adz zling with gold, and glittering with gems. The .
effect was admirable, and acknowledged by loud and '
reiterated applause. The acting of Wallack and
u3rnpton—and of Brindal, Mgan, and Mrs. Jones—
with Pretty Miss Poole (who sang
lu one or two pleasing
st'"Ys)—was spirited an‘,l ng, and contributed ma-
n amus
y to the success
of the iece, the run of hich was
abundantly secured by the universal cheeringw at the fall
of the curtain.

CO VENT-GARDEN.
theatre The favourite Play of Richelieu was performed at this
last tied, and considering that it was an Easter
aanday ;
f 1 n'ghts was heard with much attention. Maeready
baeyfie:!stthe Lord Cardinal with more spirit than even on
the i Npresentation of the drama,—especially towards
ea,"; where the thought of the danger impending
i,er Rig country, rouses him from his apparent trance,
effect°adden, vehement action. Here, he was far more
the
ive than on the first night. His mode of delivering
ni Passage " Here, at my feet," drew down shouts of ap-
....mist
it as enthusiastic as were ever called forth by
;".a in his best days. The rest of the actors played
uelr Parts neither better nor worse than usual. There is
'lowlittle doubt that Richelieu will run triumphantly
through the season. Having been
.considerably curtailed,
tlularly in someof the more sentimental passages, there
teen"' ll° flagging or halting in point of incident. Every
el-'e tells ; and every dialogue helps to carry forward the
inn busi__
the dr "esPh of the plot. Indeed, the tact evinced. in
,sips.
sacaniracoisysnore remarkable than the genius, for it con-
a single passage that rivets itself on the
4411(1, wh'etber by reason of its depth of sentiment,
eaergy
lost of er:pression, or grandeur of imagination. The
anatheatur al portions of it would appear to be the comic,
vi„ ere is a grace and airiness about these that con-
' seee 'IF. that Sir Lytton Bulwer is far more likely to
,cacee(); in comedy than in more serious and imp issicned
as 144t1C writing. At the close of the play, Macready,
4,3,i'1a1, was called for. After Richelieu, the revived
citiitili:naonlebiengf Lodoiska was performed. As a comPo-
can well be worse than this piece.
.The
14 Jae is mediocre to a degree, and the jokes put into
lie ers mouthwho plans the part. of a lively bust-
,,(ll, servant of a young Polish nobleman, the Count
11 reski (Nlanvers)—are of the most threadbare, coin-
alo n. 1
re_e.P Ice description. • Nevertheless, they were not i'.l
_ c ived by the audience, for they chiefly turned upon
good eating and drinking, and this is a theme always ex-
eeldini'riv palatable to John Bull on a holiday night.
fe,,,lss Ra'inforth played the part of Lodoiska, and sang the
pitei"gs allotted to her with taste and s.weetness.
tei..PB' as a Tartar Chief, made as much of his eharac-
so t.. 8 was Possible, and fought with Count Floreski, to
tele_musc, in a truly chivalrous style that carried delight
8,,, 4e hearts of the gods. The scenery throughout was
tra7enddid, and the conflagration of the castle was ma-
t._
,o. 'with uncommon skill. The best part of
spit was the overture, whose music is sprightly and
reP_l
_,l. ed, and deserved, what it unfortunately did not
bZ-lve by ,
no the honour of an encore. The house was full,
,
Meatus crowded.

A OLYMPIC.
aucc:lssion of attractive novelties delighted a
cr"ded audience at this house last night. We were
ura,,,k,
- ly too late for the two first parts of the very en-
terttaining burletta of Izaak Walton, produced for the
~, ',t time, but the smiling faces which greeted us on ourthe
falling o,
no less than the applause which followed
it'''ng of the curtain, was conclu‘ive as to the pleasure
n it:ifPrded. There is very little plot, and not much corni
weeviaitrrellozaak Walton the celebrated angler (Mr.
EPA A has
young and beautiful Ward, Acne
tt, -Yn (Madame Vestris) who makes a conquest.. of
aue heart of Arthur Graham (Mr. James Viniog),
11))e...3
tou
that Tteh7 I 4 r who is, however, too poor to ex-
offer of his hand would be accepted
IoY the Y°ung ladys eccentric guardian. Mutual
While old Izaac
ismon an earl
is
fruitful in e.xpedients..
,er c'ss, Aline Eveylynfishmg near -Waltham-
excursion .
..
_. the directioa of that most revered of oracles
' disguised as a milkmaid, sets out
-Waltham-
of love•sick maidens, a gipsy camp. As stage
Bt42ce requires that imprudences should be followed by
NI iaebi correctives, the young lady is exposed to somn
tip a 4 ss ; but her guardian and her lover appear, i
4v eneugh to aeord her ample protection. The
,tekran angler is so delighted with the gallant bearing
kl
s'uea3:eung Templar, aTzl, so overcome by the more
,e,.., sive eloquence of his ward, that he not only.
reio_no--
gr:,ts to their union, but bestows on the happy b d
played
1.141 half his fortune—at his death. Farren r
demure humour
, Izaak t th life—exhibiting the
of .L_ 0 e.
re, tile they
piscator, who in his " Art of Angling"
the bait tenderly on the
ho:rmends his disciples to p
gremi as if they loved
of the house by singing
it!" utl\adame Vestris added
5e,,,.. 3;sto the good humour urmanner. Mr. Planche's
1,0-t,a,, songs in her
Lad," 4r burletta of " Faint heart never won Fair
followed, and was received with every.
Crell of renewed pleasure. Another new piece
814 c ceeded, which kept the house in roars of ladughtera.
Rt i 8 entitled the Garrick Fever, and is founde. on ;;IMPesed incident in the professionalcareerof David Gar-
e( when in the meridian of his popul rarity. Mr. Garrick,
li'llile Playing in Dublin, is offered a professional engage-
Illemt, by Mr. Hardup (Mr. T. Green),Manager of
the Theatre Royal, Ballinasloc, and receives what he
celiceives to be a most satisfactory answer. The
Preparations for Mr. Garrick's first appearance in the
Province' of Connaught are made on a great scale ;
Air. H4rdup is in ecstacies, as Lady O'Leary (Mrs.
Nlacnamara), and Major Derrydown (Mr. Brougham)
of tire Westmeath Militia, have promised to attend as
Patrons of the Drama—though the Major is as far re-
eir.ved as can be a conceived from a sympathetic
d-rairer of the theatrical profession. The hour
1"1' Mr. Garrick's appearance at last arrives
* the house is crowded—the Manager in ago
'''''s for his non-appearance—Lady O'Leary and the
NI • •
, aJ,°,r impatient ; when Decimus Gig (Mr. Keeley), a
4-11°Lunt actor is love with the manager's daughter,
111.1,:` anxious for an introduction to Mr. Garrick, makes
Pd4l4 !Ppearance, and in a fit of desperation
darerwilakenness, undertakes the part of " Hamlet,
Fe b•.:nmark ; or the Mad Son, of the Mur-
tick: 4:6:tber," which had been allotted to Gar-
sive
_,49e drollery of the piece turns on the exces-
Lt4or,, the
tie_Aqtniration of Lady O'Leary, the jealousy of the
sycophancy of the Manager, and the re-
pc,s_Siat in the Green-room, during which time the supd-
th eg Garrick is on the best terms with the ladies an
beef's-bottle of Sherry which stands on a side table.Butwith
ain„re tile Play is half over the hero sinks overcome unt (I'Cnd excitement; a discovery takes place ; and Lady
Pet, ja* save her credit as a critic pays all the ex-
eh mli :is. Nothing could be more flattering than the applausetit),
oliffeliolved the falling of the curtain after the %onrnent
(fill oft
very amusing performance. The entertainment
of ebev,eing was concluded with the laughable burletta
favourite 4 diet Day: an established
fltbter
of
place
of the fre-
tle,„, s of this very commodious. little _
'--, arouß rnent Imo Vestris never appeared
last . r spirits, or to re advant
Nht.
14
l'ttr'
.'e
- . -"
- age, than she did
1

F 1,, HAYMARKET.
orelices- i Pieces, Power and Hill, with an excellent
of us. ra, bid fair to secure to the enterprising lesseeh
"Is the
DerfON atre a large share of popular Emir.
_T e
, iniann ,
"(`‘.,e , e. of last night commenced with But How-
tu4:4ljell, notwithstanding the slender materials it isd
the "eted upon, has met with decided success, an
Op ralher stale jokes of the hero, Caleb Chiezxzilr
leiati;eneh) appeared to be as racy and produced as,Fian-_
higa'ng an effect upon the audience as old wine.
irb!Qad the Fairies followed, and Power, as usual,° who
k oves (if irn r • 1 . can be) upon acqnaintance,
6'''M thn P. 0% ernent t ler,
-4t4; - house in roars of laughter till the fail of the
that • Without being hypercritical, we mayobserve
than 91e costume of Mary Kiernan is no mor irish
or,in• It is Chinese. We haVe already pronounced our
Yselit°,ll-111)°11 Mr. Hiil's unrivalled delineation of the
s
likely ee character in A Wife for a Day, and. the piece is
Love t° have a long run. A new farce entitled
,in_
IQ,, and Wine, closed the performances of the
.v,in
iti(l even the Cover acting of Mrs. Fitzwi ia t
tio,,er•Smith could not redeem its dullness. The grFa
betw 7 of the night was an ascending orchestra, which
with ejn the acts elevated the performers to a level
;0 thatle s,Cage, producing a very powerful effect similar
least deliol the Concerts a /a Musard ; and not the
vv4, thghtful of the intellectual treats of the evening
1.1 1 ° Performance of Rossini's La Gazza Ladra,
11,ari°,e1:8 Pres aux Clercs, Der Frobsian Mein Zicl,
The h)
Jason`von Strauss, La Tete du Bronze, &c. &c.
house ery respectably filled.

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ilis f 1. L Y CE UM.
°Den,. "ea!re which has been newly decorated, was
„It 'll last i ,
re,
under a new management, with a new
I' janY, and not less than three new pieces. Mr.
Nee-weY, who has been for nine years the lessee of the
~,afastle theatre, having taken the Lyceum,
_hal. en-
hayr",,a: numerous company, the greater part ofHwhhoams
also
numerous performed on the London stage.
oo nglgel a few performers well known bere,eand
entr g them Mrs. Stirling and Mr. Vale, who, on theirthe
st_. aee, were greeted with loud cheers. Amonga..e,
foL.'littt,gters tliere ere ..everal (we will not say "•'Prs.ctMbrls.
: 11 ors hate the word) really good performe .
~,, etlleY, from the Bath theatre, was a favourite last --.%1,„,..___

I night, and if we mistake not she will continue a favour-
ite. She is a goad actress—a better singer—and the
audience seemed so pleased with her in the latter cha-
racter, that after calling for an encore, they seemed in-
clined to call for one encore more. Mrs. Add;son, as
a comic actress, is excellent, and we could mention
others in the same
,terms, bat we shall defer
'any remarks on them till we have better.
opportunities of jutleieg. On the rising of the
curtain " God save the Queen" was sung by the com-
pany, and Mrs. Stirling then delivered an address•in
very good taste, stating, that though they were strangers
in London, they were natives of their native land, and
though they were neither Bayaderes, nor Jim Crows, nor
lions, nor tigers, nor monkeys, they knew they would
meet with a favourable reception at the Lyceum.
This was received with hearty applause. The first
piece was entitled Lady Alary Montagu, or Courtship
and Matrimony in 1712, and embodied some of the inci-
dents supposed to be connected withlthe history of this
remarkable woman. She is represented as having three
or four gentlemen at the same time paying their ad-
dresses to her, and while she amuses them for a time,
evidently for her own amusement, she at lest, contrary
to the wishes of her father, fixes upon Mr. Wortley
Montagu The piece was quite successful, but it would
be much improved if the scene on Hounslow Heath
were a little shortened, and the bearing of the highway
female were more in character. It 'is painful to
see on the stage a female assume a character,
unsuited to her sex. The second performance is en-
nitled Dark Events, or the Misadventures of a sight.
It was well named, for the only misadventure of the
night was the failure of the piece. The last is founded
on the history of Don Sebastian, King of Portugal, who
Conducted an expedition into Africa, never was more
heard of, and who is even yet expected by some of the
Portuguese of the present day to revisit his native land.
In this piece the acting of Mr. Vale as a follower of
Don Sebastian, and of Mrs. Addison as a domestic cha-
racter, was loudly applauded. The audience was highly
respectable, and, with the 'exception of the dress circle,
which was only aboUt half full, the house was crammed.