The Sun.
London, England, 1824-03-10 00:00:00

THE THEATRES.

IIING'S THEATRE.--I1 Bar biere di Siviglia was
repeated last night. The audience was ntiMe...
rous, but not very brilliant. GAnciA sung ad-
mirably, and, in the scene of pretended ebriety,
he was very humorous and diverting: We stilt
think that DE BEGNIS should perform Figaro,
and the excessive activity of BEN ETTX might he
restrained within proper limits in Bartolo. Ott
the conclusion of the Opera, a new grand Ballet
was brought forward, entitled Le Songe d'Ossian,
composed by AUMER. The subject affords good
scope for scenery, and the piece received all re-
quisite decoration in that respect. As to the dancing-
it is much the same in all pieces of the same
kind, and therefore it would be a needless labour
to attempt to develope the story. ALBERT,
Mad. Rolszt VESTRIS, C. VESTRIS, IDA TALE,
Ul.l E A UMEll,MadelnOitielie 1.. E G eos,&c.all ap-
peared 'to advantage, and the ballet was well re-
ceived. We here deem it necessary to notice
the superiority of manners in our countrymen.
As soon as the first act of the Opera ended, and
after the first divertisement, many of the fo-
reigners in the Pit put on their hats, an indecorum
of w hick, as far as we could judge, not one Eng-
lishman was guilty. This practice is very offen-
sive among so elegant an assemblage as usually
attends the King's Theatre, and ought to be
abolished by marks of general disapprobation.
Cover;T-GAnoEsz.—We lately attended Mr. C.
KEmeLE's representation of Hamlet, hut we had
not then room to give more' than a general re-
port of its merit, and therefore witiiesssed its
repetition on Monday night. His performance on
this occasion, we presume to say, fully satisfied us
that he completely comprehends the character,
and is legitimate successor to his late brother,
who was certainly the best Hamlet of his time.
It has been a subject of controversy whether
sKser A s: intended to represent Hamlet's mad-
neis as real or assumed, for a particular purpose.
It is evident that Mr. C. K EMBLE assents to the
former opinion, and indeed it is surprising that
' the Critics shouid have overlooked one point,
which to us appears to settle the question, viz.
his Saying that " no traveller returns" after he has
passed the bourn of mortal life, though the spirit
of his father had actually appeared before him,
and this has been considered as a proof that the.
author had forgotten what he had previously
written. Such a notion is absurd, and unjust to
such an author, and it may rather be inferred
that he intended it, to show that Hamlet was at
times really insane. Mr. C. KEMBLE kept
this idea in view, and his performance, in
our opinion, was critically just, as well as
animated and impressive in execution. —lt
was most warmly applauded. Miss HAM..
siensLcv was no that night the Ophelia, and no
doubt she would have appeared to more advan-
tacit, if she had not so immediately followed
Miss M. TREE, one of the very best representa-
tives of that interesting character whom we have
ever seen. The Farce was Midas, and Sis'cLAlß
recovered all his former honours in the part of
Apollo.
ADELPIJI THEITItE.—A new Drama, founded
on Sir WALTER SCOTT'S popular Novel of Wa-
verly, was represented at this Theatre, for the
first time, on Monday. It abounds with inter-
esting situations, and was much applauded. Mr.
BALL is the author, and he has shewn much skill
in selecting and combining the chief incidents of
the original Romance.

The following is the Green-Room report of
the new Comedy, forthcoming at Covent-Garden
Theatre :—The scene, we understand, is laid in
Italy ; the story is romantic, aacl turns on the
punishment of PRTDE. C. liEturtue is the Hero
and the Lover, a character well adapted to his
person and qualities. JONES is a Rake, which
his lively talents are well qualified to support.—
f'itnnEN, Mrs. DAVENPORT, and other respect-
able performers, have prominent characters. The
whole, it appears, has been highly effective at the
Rehearsals. 'We have heard that the Piece is
attributed to Mr. LOTTERF.L, a Gentleman well
known in fashionable circles, and who is the
author of Letters to Julia.