The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-20 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

A Drama, translated from the French, was produced at this
theatre on Saturday night. It is called The Regent, and its
" plot " is as follows :—Philip of Orleans (Mr. Vining), the
celebrated and dissolute Regent of France during the minority
of Louis XV., has happened in the course of a morning walk
to fall in with some of his abandoned courtiers, who had laid
hold of a beautiful young dress-maker, Rose (Mrs. H. Cra-
mer), whom they were insulting. Seeing the Regent
(though not knowing who he was) the young girl rushed to
him for protection, and he rescued her from her assailants.
Being plainly dressed, his rank was not discovered, and under
the name of Francois, and the character of a lawyer's clerk,
he speedily gained her affections. A little pic-nic party is
planned at a cabaret near Paris, to which he invites Rose
and a party of her companions. At the same moment a
plot has been formed by the Duchess du Maine (Mrs. New-
combe), who is jealous of his power, in conjunction with
the Spanish Ambassador, to carry Philip off, and become
guardian to the King herself. She has ascertained the scene
of the intended party, and arranges with Porto Carrero
(Mr. Baker) the Secretary to the Spanish Ambassador, to
seize him while thus unguarded ; in which plot she secures.
the assistanec of Captain D'Aubigny (Mr. Cooper), a dap-
pointed officer. The Duchess, the Secretary, and D Au-
bigny, repair to the cabaret, in which a private room is taken
for their accommodation, and to assist his capture, a carriage
and a troop of horse are concealed in a neighbouring wood.
D'Aubigny now enters and recognizes Rose, of whom he had
formerly been an admirer. An explanation takes place, when
she acknowledges her love for the lawyer's clerk, and D'Au-
bigny, in despair, flies distracted to execute his part in the
conspiracy of the Duchess. Rose is now joined by her new
lover and her friends, and they are all in high spirits, when
they observe some persons approach, who turn out to be the
Abbe Dubois (Mr. Bartley), the Prime Minister of Philip,
who, like his master, has a tendre liason. The object of the
Abbe's passion is also a milliner, named Manton (Miss Mur-
ray), and he prosecutes his suit under the title and designation
of Prudeau, his Majesty's upholsterer. The parties recog-
nize each other, and the Duke insists on the Minister assist-
ing him in his objet. The parties then retire to enjoy their
pic-nic, and Dubois is deputed by Justine (Mrs. Humby)
to make a salad. While performing his task, he ascertains
that a great lord and lady have arrived, and that the lady was
seen in an attitude of command, speaking to soldiers in the
wood. This rouses the suspicions of Dubois. He peeps into
the window, and sees the Duchess and Porto Carrero. He im-
mediately suspects a plot, and runs to seek the Duke. Mean-
time the Duke orders a carriage for the purpose of carrying
away Rose, and at that moment D'Aubigny enters. They
quarrel and retire to fight. The former is wounded, and the
Regent very kindly puts him into the coach he had hired for
himself. The coach is beset by the emissaries of the Duchess,
and D'Aubigny is carried off by mistake instead of the Re-
gent. The next evening the Duke invites Rose and her friends
.to the palace, where Philip pretends to have an office, and
some very pleasant scenes occur. At last, however, Rose dis-
covers that he is the Duke, and she loathes the man whom in
his humble guise she had loved. D'Aubigny, who in the
mean time had been taken prisoner, now breaks into the room
despite of his guards, and the Duke admits his error, pardons
D'Aubigny, and restores Rose to his arms, thus rendering them