The Sun.
London, England, 1802-08-16 00:00:00

TILT; TITELATR'E.

Hay r lie t

A Nr.v Piece, 'of the Ballot kind, w brought
forward on Saturday last, Under the. title of m
Reveis ; or, Loqie in the

DRAMATIS PERSONIE.
MOR TA LS.
Drinzlld - Master MENAGE;
Highland Boy - Mister BYRNE,
Old Man /father to the Master tri.AN't,IELIi;
three Girls) •
Father AusTIN Master rot( F LEY,
MalePlrn - Igastct (..; tit 0 u
Jane - - Miss Gxitoux,
Peggy - - Miss C. Gißoux,
Isabel --MISS CitaN YIELD;

FAIRIES.

The Queen - - - Miss
Film. - - - • MisS HowEtt.s,,,
Apparition. - Miss •S. Nox-row.
Witches, Goblins; Elves, &c.

As the- following is the •-affeiC! account of the
Fable, we• shall present it- in that shape to our
Readers. •

FABI E.

An open Country.—Enter Donald deploring the loss 'of
Isabel, who(having left her father's house) comes upon hith
unobserved. He proposeS to her to fly with him trom her
Father's power, which she refuses, playfully keeping him at
a distance. •At length he c tches her in his arms, and her
Father, who has.pursued'hcr, detects them—takes his (laugh•
ter forcibly away, leaving Donald in the utmost despair. He
is met by Film disguised as a Witch. The Old Man conveys
Isabel home, And calling her sisters lane, and Peggy, (who
welcome hii'n) tells them of tabel's. conduet. They affea
to be shock'd. The Old Man takes Isabel into the house,
lane and Peggy being left in the garden, a signal is heard ;
Malcolm appears on the top of the .wall, and Peggy is sent
to watch the Old Man--Malcolm comes over'the wall, and
he and Jane dance a Pas Pcu,t.
Peggy'returns, and informs them of the Father's approach.
The Old Man enters listening, aim enquires who.has been in
the garden ; theyprutest their ignorance of any intruder; he
-appears satisfied, out .roving, stumbles over Malcolm's bon-
net. The Old Man shows it to Caem, and they are contused.-
(Here another si,;ri.:l is heard from The Old Man
prevents his daughter from. moving, and repeats it. Donald
comes.over, and They are all detected.. The Old-Man asks
the Lovers what they can dr) to deserve their Mit}rec ;__
Malcolm dances'i 'the Old Maii seelfiS pteased, aryl enquires
of Donald if lie can rival that. He, with modesty, confesses
his inability. Isabel proPoscis •to dance for hits; which is
accepted. She dances a Pas. Saul, " The Blue Bell of Scot-.
land, With VariationS.'"
The Old Man then "asks.Doiiald,'ashe cannot dance, what
he cat, do to win hi thrugter. Donald replies that he under-
stands the Sword,. and w:11 try a few pasts - with Nlalcohn,
which is accepted. --Donald recolleds the' Fairy Ring, and,
fearing he ma) lose it in the- encounter, plac'es-it' on the
finger of a Starue which is in the Carden. They tight, mut
Donald disarms Malcolm. The Old man is delighte;l—
to their union ; and they all gO in, except DoOld,
who, recollecting the Ring, „attempts in regain it; and is
struck with hoiror at tile mysterious manner in which he
is repelled.
Donald enters, , musing, upon the circumstances of the
ring ; Isabel comes to upbraid jiim for his absence ;• lie t;x--
plains•to her the cause of it, which she. holds lightly, anti
endeavours to ridicule his fears. ale rouses his tOrtoutler
and seems to shake off -his terror,' When the..m.xsterious
pearance presents itself to him, pointing to the'Ring..Donald
is almost petrified with horror Isabel tenderly demandsthe
cause of it ; he points to the Vision, which being invisible to
her, she protests iF is fancy.. The tignye.rnpves rot Ward, and
Donald's terrors. increase. The Vision sings, .
" Husband, husband, I've the ring-
" Thou gav'st to-n:ty to me ; • • • -
" And thou'et to niz tor ever wed,. • , .
" As 1 am Wed to thee." •
(ilea; the Figure disaPpears.)

Isabel, who IS not supposed to have heard it, is-Shacked at
Donald's apparent terror ; imagines his brain is afleeied, ap-
proaches him ; he sinks into her arms ; she is endeavouring
to convey him off; they are stopped by the Hermit Austin,
Who speaks as follOws: •
Donald, attend ! repair at.dcad'of night
• . To"the lour cross-toads ; and With keenest
Observe a train 'Of Demons glide along-,
With etl:. of mien terrific in the throng ;.•
Give her this scroll, perforce work your goad
Pail late eclipse 1 Wrote it with my blood • •

Donald having'obtained the talisman to break the charm,
affedionately .embraees Isabel;. and goes in .quest of, the
Fairies. He enters the Goblime Cell; displays the tablet,
the charm is broken ; the scene flies in pieces; and discovers
a magnificent Fait), -Palace. with Isabel and-her family, and
the Ballet concludes with :lances by the various Charaders.

Our Readers will hardly
,require from us a formal
Critique on a Piece like the present. it is very
well calculated to,, please the eye and the ear, and.
altogether is, indeed; as beautiful, and full as inter_.
esting a thing as we ever saw of a similar kind.,
The hint was avowedly taken from a Poem called
The Ring, in the works of the late Mr. LhTrys.
The scenery is admirably painted', and affords a;
very gratifying 3pe.B.lcle. The Fairy Palace, by
moonlight, is very picturesque. It may be thought
that the grOresque -figures at -the entrance of the
Goblins' Cell, i.are too large to suit the ,Yaste of
such a tiny tribe of beings as the Fairies, but the
contrast is thereby rendered. more striking. The
concluding scene of. The Fairy Palace is very splen-
did and beautiful;---Upon the. .the Piece
itself is very well adapted to the prevailing rage
for Show and Brilliancy of Effeta: •
The merit of coaipiling this moil*, Ballet is
attributed to Fti.WC'E VT, who certainly deserves
cortimehdation for his ingentity on this occasion,
as well as on several others of the same kind.—The
Public have had Very little occasion to be gratified
by the veiling merits of dramatic composition in
the novelties produced ar our Theatres for sonic time
past, and a Piece like. The Faii?), Revell, which'
combines the charms of music_and scenery,. is much
better entitled to encouragement than 3 constant
repetition of the wild, unnatural characters, impro.
bable plots, and forced conceits of the Modern Stage,
or dull Translatfons from the poisonotis Morality of
the German School:

The juvenile Performers in this Ballet all ac-
quitted theniselves in such a manner as fully to,de_
serve the applause thoy received: Master. .I\4t-
NACEJ Master GEROUX and his Sisters displayed
great merit, and so may be said of Master CRAN_
but the best Performer of the whole was
Miss CRANFI EL n, who is a most excellent Dinct.r.
She was particularly distinguished by the plaudits
of the Audience, and she fully deserved all .the
ceived:

Dr. Attrtcittj has folly Maintained his Credit by
the Music. The Overture .it a charming, spirited,
and chara6teristiC compositiOn: The itist,'of his'
Music is good, and the whole was Much achnireiii

ASS TYRER sung chartningly: We cannnot
say the same of Miss HOWE iLs, who was Miser_
ably out of tune, and very much impaired the effedt
Of a very p retty Dftrti which was enrol-a on ac-
count of itsown merit, and that of Miss TYRER.

. The new Entertainment was received by a
crowded AU:ienee with great applause, anti was
announced for this evening by young iViEt,;aGE,
with unanitn.)us and hearty consent•