The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-22 00:00:00

EASTER AMUSEMENTS.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
.tter Majesty's Theatre re-opens this evening with
1,,!I extraordinary array of attractions. Mademoiselle
(in
appears for the first time in England, as Adina
‘iti L'Elisir d'Amore), the second character which
lue sustained in Paris, and in which she obtained the
4_►twimous approbation of the French public. The
QttiortalLablache appears (for the first time this sea-
m:Al\
h presenting his ever-welcome and undiminished
44 in the garb of the quack doctor, Dulcamara ;
Iti?d the addition of Coletti, who is the Belcore of the
13X1t, makes the cast remarkably powerful. The
harming ballet, Les Metamorphoses, in which Car-
otta Grisi displays, not only her unequalled chore-
raphic skill, but her power of individualized persona-
f,!.ni to an extent of which, until the production of
`o`llB ballet, the public had not an idea, will follow the
era) and thus complete the carte, which is one of
the choicest, as well as one of the most interesting,
bttue
direction could lay before the fastidious

0
be Thursday, Masaniello will be repeated for the
116 fit of the non• subscribers ; and a more brilliant
and desirable night, for those whose visits to her Ma-
tatitY's Theatre are not habitual, could hardly be an-
21theed, for, in addition to the admirably executed
and brilliantly mounted opera (which comprises a
ballet of no ordinary variety), Les Metamorphoses
Id enrich the offiehe.
v, ?in Saturday we have a debut of great interest, as
th%4S the first performance, for the season, of one of
el finest operas in the repertoire. Lucrezia Borgia
Rill
be given, with Mademoiselle Alaymo as the
;;Nee. Mademoiselle Ida Bertrand will support her
74 Orsini, and Mr. Sims Reeves (whose French suc-
ases have been as remarkable as they were deserved)
igeounced for Gennaro.
day week (Tuesday, the 29th), the fascinating
donna Sontag makes her debut as La Figlia del
-`l6gielento. Any addition to such an intimation
1,
°ald be worse than needless.
the new opera by Alary, Le Tre Arozze, is in
ti 'ye preparation. We must not forestall its attrac •
e,,; but among the incidents is a polka, danced by
,„au'aehe and Madame Sontag, which appears to have
agutaPtured the French spectators. The triumphant
llapiees under which Mr. Lumley carried through
tlfs earlier season afford a guarantee, additional to that
tellis own tact, energy, and liberality, for the sue-
assef that more important portion of the operatic
4' le which the whole force of a first-rate company
Paraded in presence of the whole elite of fashionable
13(tiety.

A DRURY-LANE THEATRE.
trl°ll English version of The Robbers of Schiller,
11,,°_te the pen of Mr. Anderson, the lessee, was pro-
Ced here last evening, with great success. This,
ef° ), most celebrated of Schiller's works, and the work
th au others that has, perhaps, in Germany, produced
tt; greatest moral, political, and social effects, is, as
1,14611,1%11y written,unactab le, not only from its inordi-
e:,erigth—it is three times as long as the longest
14,1".'uttlispere's plays—but from the argumentative
or:, Metaphysical character of many of the speeches,
t° Speak more correctly, essays which Schiller bas
Zen
to several of his characters to recite. In the
14„'°_,g German edition all these are cut out, and the
the and situations are brought closer together ;
dalst. edition Mr. Anderson has adopted as his foun-
th°lel and has by judicious condensation transformed
141,, ‘°og rambling, argumentative play of Schiller
to'u : a stirring, well-built melodrama. It is as
the e a work of supererogation to detail
delito lot of The Robbers as it would be
ittloil the plot of Othello. Every German scholar
and every English playgoer has seen divers
510n5
of it at the minor theatres, while to the
b~.4,goer it is familiar as the plot of I Masnadezrz.
tie ivrplay Was strongly cast; Mr. Anderson, as Charles
iden7 °°r, was very effective ; he seemed the very beau
ill."' of the moody predestined robber chief, his act-
rie! Was full of energy. In the last scene of the fourth
1p Which he releases his father from the dungeon
c;uich his brother bad confined him, and calls
toti" his band to avenge the old man's wrongs, then
k
of Mr. Anderson was very fine, and the con-
' Ing Scene of the play was admirable for its calm
tty, Miss H. Gilbert, a debutante, was the
letialtl"a' and looked and acted the character excel-
this 37• Although a debutante hre, it is evident that
Lady been used to the stage and thoroughly
Iduerstands her profession. The villain Francis de
Wag performed by Mr. Cathcart with great
..re and judgment. He had evidently studied the
part Carefully, and made every sentence tell. We have
(68ser before seen Mr. Cathcart to so great advantage.
*l4 De Moor found a careful and judicious represents-
'Ye in Mr. Cooper, and the minor characters were all
?ell performed. The grouping of the robber bands
has admirable, and the scenery some of the most
eautiful ever presented : there was one scene, a sun-
k't on the Danube, followed by moonlight, which
Wtfras a beautiful specimen of pictorial and dioramie
ect• The applause was frequent throughout the
ttlirYl and at the conclusion there were loud calls for
Nv • Anderson. Azael followed, and the holiday folks
e/e in ecstacies of delight at the gorgeous splendour
of
this magnificent spectacle. The house was
-13vicied.

HAYMARKET THEATRE.
1111 Performances at this theatre last evening com-
eted with Sir E. B. Lytton's favourite play of the
Q„`l1, of Lyons, the character of the proud Pauline
144-4"appelles being admirably sustained by Miss
Ira Addison. The part is one that is well suited
thetiier talent of Miss Addison, and it was played by
itt a manner which must greatly enhance the re-
ut
a,,4ation she has already acquired by her Isabella,
thr,,Plat Emilia, &c.; she is now undoubtedly en-
to rank with the greatest tragic actresses on the
4-'4
Riush st Mr. J. William Wallack gave an ex-
tellent • age•
()re, interpretation of the rather difficult character
ItithilLude Melnotte ; he was much applauded, and
Mc 416 Addison was called for at the end of the
La' The new burlesque, which followed, is written
111`.., brothers Brough, and is founded on Balfe's well
h i'wll opera of the Bohemian Girl, the plot of which
tiht,e,Pt to pretty closely. Thaddeus of Warsaw, a
letalased Pole, driven from his country by the ruth-
-14 'awls of debtor and creditor, was excellently
',tied and sung by Miss P. Horton. Arline was re-
se,„ltted by Miss Annie Romer, Count Florestine
Nileirs. L. S. Buckingham. Count Arnheim,
4tun" the " Heart bowed down," by the inimitable
n" Bland, the Gipsy Queen, confessing to
1154",,the census, by Mr. H. Bedford, and Devils-
tle;:l Mr. Buckstone. The burlesque is full of
ITCr hits at all the leading topics of the day—the
teillitsterial crisis, the case of Miss Talbot, Smith-
;ttlarket, &c., and of good parodies on the principal
sli;l2 the original opera. Some of the incidents are
tri,:"7 altered, such as the substitution of the fair of
tas,,—nwich for that of Presburg, and instead of the
t%i7,llllission produced by Thaddeus in proof of his
e birth, an advertisement is handed to the Count,
treating
T., of W. to return to his disconsolate
tt:(11381 as by the death of a rich relative all his
%Ito 'tors have been satisfied, and a large sum depo-
Ntci for him in the Three per Cents." H. Bedford
beki-bhverY good in the Gipsy Queen, and Buckstone as
'osboof kept the house in a of laughter whilst
%tit ha on the stage. The burlesque was entirely
tlletseful, and was announced for repetition amidst
loud applause of a very full house.

Th ADELPIII THEATRE.
*4
.I,l' performances at this theatre last night pre-
tli to little that was entirely new ; but they were
11,,tellent of their kind. The opening piece was
Ish:'43,le Bernard's drama of Marie Ducange, in
kt,„,:,h Madame Celeste excited general and well-
-1111;'`ed appluse by the Iliga degree of interest which
Ivettrew into the principal character; and Mr.
14-614 t was irresistibly droll as an erratic and specu-
laate adventurer who, struck with the notion that
sin
tile present over-wrought state of the British
‘116111:10 the various watering-places on our coast are
lite, lately necessaryoutlet to the superabundant_
burst
tiq,4l,which would otherwise _
__ and destroy so-
as an .
, but, as for-
to inindufcoermal_l
1441' employs himself in the, laudable
Nualvould have it, the hopeless attempt,
Ink Whom he comes in contact to joii! hina
Ile ioint-stock company to erect suitable places of
Aesenient, to render the watering places attractive.
(el,
'‘lf Ducange was followed by the amusing farce
kleci,4elon Fog, in which Mr. Wright. and Mr. P.
lati 411(1 contrived to keep the house in a roar. of
eolgter from beginning to end. The performances
Nallded with " A new musical, historical, pastoral,
'Peileal fairy drama," called o:Flannigan and the
4:iti" ; or, a Midsummer Night's Dream (not
isi,h'Pere's), Phelim O'Flannigan, a young
NI) 41411, sworn against ' liquor (yr. llud-
Ivilli"8 betrothed to Mary Kiernan (Miss K..Fi.tz:
11,141,,111). On the day before the wedding he is in
41.1a1.-;" to go to a fair in the county of Wicklow, where
Nti,;°4ll Ned Flinch (Mr. Braid), involves him in a
the -;a, fight ; in which, however, Flannigan becomes
Pria•j'et°r, and ends the day in a fit of intoxication.
~'qls 61-e2loder, the influence of liquor he dreams that
4„%5,--,,Lu'oona is haunted by sundry fairies, and that he
Atstlllehended for breaking into the wine-cellar of a
Pa -ae,.,Q °I peace in Lancashire, and sentenced to die.
gkvs-"ttiting, he is happy to find that all his troubles
40„°eeurred in a dream, and that, instead of being
!tea-,i. to be executed, he is within a few hours of his
'4 ~Ltig• The piece is an adaptation of the drama of
1,11,G,.* name in which poor Power used to perform,
the f: manuscript of which perished with him in
:les ''`"itlent irc'lB4l: The dialogue, which, we be-
,.ll,isiN3 '' trwrAten, is full of point ; the
tesok
t' „ it'' tling Ad:animated, and there are
~,tlos, ,o'here. and there sane pleasing snatches of
441.°1•0.'"°,,..'whieh Miss Fitzwilliam, Miss Collins, and
VI all 11-Duey, did, ample justice. Mr. Hudson made
4ittq`i. riallicking cuirited. Irishman, and Miss K.
zWilr—intos 'llise7o' O''llifia; aid Miss E, Chaplin sus-

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twined their renpective parts with singular vivacity
and geai:e• ILe dles3ets, aceuratiubt., sec:iiety
were excellent, and the piece altogether WWI exceed-
ingly well received. The house was crowded in every
part.