The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-27 00:00:00

OLYMPIC THEATRE.

Sir John Vanbrughts comedy of The Relapse,
Sheridan's version of which, entitled A Trip to Scar-
' borough, has long been familiar to all old playgoers,
was revived at this theatre last evening with the fol-
lowing very powerful cast :—Lord Foppington, Mr.
Walter Lacy ; Sir John Friendly, Mr. Clifford ; Sir
Tunbelly Clumsy, Mr. Wilkinson ; Young Fashion,
Mr. George Bolton; Loveless, Mr. Leigh Murray' •
Worthy, Mr. Archer; Coupler, Mr. J. Cowell • Bull,
Mr. Tumour; Lory, Mr. S. Cowell; Syringe, Mr.'
Homer ; Amanda, Mrs. R. Gordon ; Berinthia, Miss
Charles ; Miss Hoyden, Mrs. Walter Lacy • Nurse
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Mrs. C. Jones. The great feature of the play in,
unapproached and unapproachable. The Miss Hoyden
of Mrs. Walter Lacy is a wonderful piece of
acting ; there has been no lady on the stage
who, since the days of Mrs. Jordan, could
have approached Mrs. Walter Lacy in this
character. Her Miss Hoydon is quite as great, after
its sort, as was
i Charles Young': Sir Pertinax M'Sy-
cophant, and t bears the same relation to the Miss
Hoyden of Mrs. Jordan that did the Sir Pertinax of
Charles Young to the Sir Pertinax of George Frederick
Cooke. Her husband's Lord Foppington, was perfect
—by far the best we have ever seen. He was the
beau of the old school—the Mr. Chester of Dickens.
Ot Mr. George Bolton's Young Fashion we cannot
speak so favourably. This gentleman has taste and a
fair conception _of character. It was evident that he
knew exactly what ought to be done, but he did not
know exactly how to do it. He was at times awkward,
and it was evident that he felt he was awkward—
poeta naseitur—but an actor is not born such—
nature must give him genius, but art must teach him
his profession, and Mr. George Bolton must submit
to the drudgery of learning, ay, of drilling, until he
has learned all that art can teach ; then he will take a
high rank in the profession he has chosen. There is
stuff in him, but he does not yet know how to bring
it out. Wilkinson's Sir Tuube,lly was rich and
unctious'; and Mr. Leigh Murray s.Loveless was de-
cidedly the best thing that he has yet done. Mrs.
IL Gordon, as Amanda, was true to nature, and there-
fore admirable. She has reached the highest point of
art—the ars celare artem. We expect great things
from Mrs. R. Gordon. Miss Charles, as Berinthia,
was coquettish and lively, and rattled through the
character in excellent style. We are glad to see our
old friend Mrs. C. Jones once more on the stage.
Her Nurse was the most artistical piece of acting of
the evening, and reminded one forcibly of the good
old times, when one character alone was not thought
sufficient to make a play. The comedy was put on
the stage with 'every attention to costume and scenery,
and Mr. Bolton may well be proud of the manner in
which he has produced this, the first of his series of
revivals. We were glad to see that the theatre was
very well attended.

FRENCH PLAYS.—Mr. Mitchell has completed his
preparations for the ensuing season, which is to com-
mence on the 11th of November. It opens with Perlet,
Cartigny, Rhozevil, and Mademoiselle Brohan, the
premiere soubrette of the Francois, who will perform in
several comedies including some of Moliere's, and a
series of vaudevilles. Frederick Lemaitre and Made-
moiselle Clarisse will follow, and appear in several of
their well-known dramas, as well as in the new play of
Le Docteur Noir. Their successors will be Lafont and
Mademoiselle Farqueil, after whom the celebrated comic
actor, Alcide Tensez, will make his first appearance in
this country, with Mademoiselle Duverger. Made-
moiselle Rose-Cheri, who so much delighted the audience
last year, will then come with a new repertoire, and will
he followed by Regnier and Mademoiselle Denain, of the
Francois. The inimitable Bouffe, who has not been
here for these three years, will give a limited number of
representations, and the whole season will terminate with
the engagement of Mademoiselle Rachel, who, besides
playing a series of tragedies, will act Celimene, in the
Misanthrope of Aloliere. This list of excellent per-
formers shows that the spirit of the enterprising Mr.
Mitchell has not in the least abated.
We have to announce the death of the Countess
(Dowager) of Huntingdon, who expired on Tuesday last
at Boulogne-our-Mer. Her Ladyship was the eldest
daughter of the late Joseph Bettesworth, Esq., and mar-
ried, first, Alexander Thistlethwayte, Esq. ; secondly,
llans Francis, eleventh Earl of Huntingdon; and thirdly,
in April, 1838, Colonel Sir Noel Harris, K.C.11.
THE GREAT BRITAIN EXPECTED.—The New York
Tribune of the Bth inst. says:—" The Great Britain is
now in her sixteenth day. Her non-arrival in season to
send replies to the correspondence brought by her, in the
Great Western, is provoking, and no doubt will be a
serious annoyance to our merchants."
A company has undertaken to Convey Passengers
from the Star, Edgware-road, to the Pine Apple, hun-
gerford-rnarket, for 2d. eacb.