The Sun.
London, England, 1815-04-10 00:00:00

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THE THEATRE.

new Opera which teas
tii.ought fortirti night at this Theatre,
,tinder the title cif The Noble Oittlato, is avowedly

Piigrini, by BeAumosT anCl.

brief itelace• " Apos-
trophe Auihtir to the Audience," this fact
is stated', rind froth the Preface the ft;llowing pas-

gage 'nay he taken He descriptive cif the piece,
" the tenor 0f the tale is wild and desalt ory—

tile events it chronicles are rather possible than

probabti, and the characters it -desetities unlike thfr.:..
otdinari Beings of Earth." •As the plays-61 BEAM,
MONT'and. FLETCHER, however abounding in ad.
mirablepoetiy, humour, and- knowledge of man.,
kind, are itelddin perused _by 'ordinary readers; it
Maybe proper to give a.brief outline of the plot.
The scene lies in Old Castile. Cynthia, the noble
Outlaw, (SlNcLant) has been banished chiefly its,
consequence of the enmity.. of Prince Zerbino,
(CoNwaY) whose Father had been killed iu battle
by.the Father of Cynthia, and who vows revenge
against the Son. Another reason for the vengeance
of Zerbino is, that Cynthia is his rival in pretensions
to the hand of Orynthia, daughter of Don Raphael,
(F 1 AwcETT) Cynthia had Obtained the SanClloll
of Raphael in courting the daughter, till he was
banished, and Raphael then transfers his approba-
tion to Zerbino. Orynthia's heart, however, is not
So easily transferred, and she retains her attach-
ment to Cynthip. The latter Ileums to Spain in
the habit of a pilgrim, but gets into the bawls of
Zerbino, who orders him for execution. The sol-
diers, htiwever, refuse the disgraceful office, and
Zerbino then resorts to Orantizia„ who had follow-
her lover in male attire, and who persuades Zer,
biro to save his life, anti send hint again into ba-
nishment. At length Cynthia rescues Zerbino irons
two Mciors, and the latter, after -some conflict
with his feelings, liberally applies to the King,
obtains a pardon for Cynthia, and finally procures
him the har.4l of his Mistress. Stich is the story
amid a variety of incidents, in which Raphael is
led into a morass at'night, and entrapped into a
mad-house, and other uninteresting events. The,
whole is. not suitable to the taste of the times,
though there is humour, vigour, anti imagination
in the writing. The Music is by .13fsitor, and is
hi general pleasing.. One song is admirable, but
too evident an imitation of PURCELL'S Mad Bess.
Soint> of the music is rendered ludicl'ons by rue
words on which it dwells, as•foi: instance, " the
bay in blue." The finales to the first and second
,-.cts were admiradie. in composition, and were
sustained with the-utmost correctness and spirit
by the Performers, particularly FAWCETT. The
scenery throughout was beautifully picturesque,
•particularly the wild and mountainous; parts of
Spain. • The alteration of the piece is erroneously
attributed to Mrs. INCHBALD. Mrs. OPIE is also
mentioned as Imving endeavoured to -adapt this
obsolete drama to the taste of the present day.
As the language is somewhat obsolete, it did, not
cleave "to the memory of INct.E.Dog, who came
forward and pleaded illness as an apology. It did
not, however, appear in his singing.—The !ACM
MS well supported by FAWCETT, CONWAV,
Str-
CLAIR, ' Miss 1100TH-, and'particularly Miss STE.'
PHENS, who as an -actress as well as-a singer, de-
servedly obtaincd'great applause. The Opern. was
i announced for repetition by CoNwAy., who, how-
ever, could•not be heard in the contest bet.veert
the 'ayes and the noes, though the former evidently
•predoininated.