The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-22 00:00:00

ADELPHI.

Last night the management of the New Adelphi
produced ,for the edification of their holiday visitors,
what is described in the bills as being "a new roman-

tic drama, in two acts, by Dion Boucicault, Esq.,
entitled, The Phantom." The scene of the drama
is laid in the Highlands of Scotland, and Messrs.
T. Grieve and W. Telbin are thereby afforded an
excellent opportunity for the display of their well-
known ability. The ruins of the Castle of Ravens-
cleugh by moonlight, painted by the former, was an
admirable scene, and was loudly cheered by the au-
dience ; and the Peaks of Ben Nevis, by W. Telbin,
was equally effective, and also called forth repeated
rounds of cheering. In fact, these two scenes kept
the audience in good humour, and enabled the drama
to work on to the conclusion. The comic business
of the piece was decidedly the best, and Mr. J. L.
Toole, as a Highland peasant, aided very materially
in carrying the first act through. Nothing could
be more truthfully ludicrous than his exhibition of
terror in the haunted castle, and he received his
reward in several rounds of applause. The comic
business in the second act rested upon the immortal
Paul Bedford, and that very interesting young
actress, Miss Latimer, and it is needless to say that
it was well sustained. We must add that Mr. S.
Emery was exceedingly happy in the portraiture of
an eccentric doctor, and which his dramatic tact
and experience enabled him to make a prominent
character. On the fall of the curtain there was loud
applause from the gallery, which was followed by
some hissing from the pit and boxes, after the prin-
cipal characters had bowed their acknowledgments.
The entertainments concluded with the new domes-

tic drama of "Dot," founded upon the well-known
story by Charles Dickens, Esq.

LYCEUM.

The performances as this theatre commenced last
evening with the old farce of " The Blue DevilsP
The part of Meagrim was played by Mr. Walter
Lacy in an amusing and laughable manner, but the
revival of this piece to those who remember the
style in which it was acted some half century ago
will not prove satisfactory. Mr. Selby played the
landlord with much volubility, and Miss Laidlaw
looked very pretty and interesting as Annette. The
farce was followed by " The Peep o' Day" for the
135th time. With a view, we suppose, of infusing
fresh spirit into the pre-eminently successful drama,
Mr. G. Melville has been substituted for Mr. Herman
Vezin in the part of Harry Kavanagh, but, like
most alterations, it is no improvement. Mr. Mel-
ville is most certainly a very careful actor, but
then he wants the youth and vivacity of Mr.
Herman Vezin. The new musical ballet followed,
entitled " Killarney." It commences with the
scenery from the lakes, by Mr. Telbin, which has
been so frequently praised and admired that we
only need say on the present occasion that it has
lost none of its freshness and beauty. In the course
of the diorama Miss Whitty sung a new ballad in
three verses, by Balfe, with good effect, and was
much applauded.
A new scene was added, entitled " The Fairies'
Haunts." It consisted of a most extensive lake
scene, by moonlight, but the principal novelty was
a shadow dance by the corps de ballet, in a brilliant
moonlight thrown upon the front of the stage by
the newlyjnventedmethod. The fairies produced
some very pretty effects by their white scarves
being kept:up against the light of tho moon, elicit-
ing continuous applause, which ended in a repeti-

tion of the dance, for which the moon did not seem
prepared, for the gambols of the dancers had not
concluded when a sudden and entire eclipse took
place, or perhaps fair Luna objected to encores on
principle. However, the Goddess of Night relented,
and shone forth again before the dance was over
for the second time. Miss Lydia Thompson then
went through a shadow dance as a pas seal, The
firat pose may, as regards grace, if not for other
reasons, be decidedly modified for the better ; the
rest was remarkable for much vigorous execution
and spirited exertion. The quick step was encored,
and Miss Lydia Thompson was called forward at
the fail of the curtain and received a bouquet.