The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-16 00:00:00

THEATRICAL CHIT CHAT.

Wallack concludes his engagement at Richmond on
Friday next.
Mademoiselle Celeste performed last week successfully
at Southampton, and next week proceeds to Margate to
fulfil an engagement there, preparatory to her appearance
at Drury-lane.
Mr. Watkins Burroughs has taken the Belfast Theatre,
and opens on the 30th instant.
A boy, of much precocious talent, of the name of
Mangeon, has just arrived in this country from New
York, having performed Othello, Richard, Shylock, and
other first-rate characters there with great success. He
is engaged to perform in Dublin, Birmingham, Rich-
mond, &c. &c.
Mr. Samuel Russell has proceeded to Norwich to fulfil
a short engagement previous to opening at Drury-lane on
the I,t of October.

The inhabitants of Richmond have made a strong sub-
scription for the erection of a tablet to the memory of
Kean; but it is feared that their good intentions will in
part be frustrated in consequence of the enormous bum of
one hundred guineas being required for the erection of any
monument in the body of the church. Notwithstanding
this impediment (almost insurmountable), they are deter-
mined to proceed with their " goodly work," and should
they ultimately find that their " means are not equal to
their wishes," they will erect a monument against the
church-yard wall, with the simple but emphatic inscrip-
tion of—

EDMUND KEAN,
Died 15th of May, 1833,
Aged 45.
" Take him for all in all, we ne'er shall look upon his like again."
The Catherine-street Theatre, Strand, has been taken
by a gentleman from the c)untry, of the name of Bartlett,
under whose management it appears likely to be a place
of rational amusement and respectability, instead of one of
riot and disorder as formerly.
Covent Garden Theatre is expected to open on the 30th
of the present month. The season will commence, we be-
lieve, with a grand melodrama by M. G. Lewis, entitled,
The IYood Demon, or the Clock has Struck, on which
very considerable expense has been gone to for new
scenery, dresses, and decorations. Foote's farce of The
Mayor of Garrat will al,o be played on that occasion, in
which Jerry Sneak Rus,ell and Dawton are to appear.
Mr. NV. Farren, remarks the Court Journal, has, it is
said, refused an offer from Mr. Bunn of 351. per week for
the services of himself, Mrs. Faucitt, and her daughter.
In this, we are told, there is some truth; but the ground
of refusal, which has not been stated, was an indisposi-
tion to comply with the conditions with which the offer
was accompanied, viz, that they should be ready at all
times, if required, to play at Drury-lane or Covent-garden
on the same night; Mr. Farren considered that such ex-
ertion must be too much for his strength. We have also
heard that the illness this gentleman has recently ,uffered
was so severe as to have very greatly diminished his
former bodily powers.
Miss Kelly, we have heard, has at length succeeded in
obtaining a license front the Lord Chamberlain. This ad-
mirable actress will, therefore, it is said, build a theatre
on an extensive and splendid scale. The ground, says
report, has already been purchased, and a model of the
intended erection made.