The Sun.
London, England, 1804-10-09 00:00:00

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Drury Lam:
TkIE• SCHOOL.. Folk SCANDAL.

MISIDUNCAN)WhOSC priivincial fame has for some
time been very high, made her first appearance last
night at this Theatre in the charaAer of Lady ba-
de. Her figure. is. elegant and commanding,- Her
• face is masculine and by no means handsome, but,
taking the toot ensemble, there is hardly any person
on the Stage -whose appearance is more striking.—
As an aCtress, she possesses great claims to public
favour, and altogether is the best ret,resentative Of
Lady Teazle that has been seen since Miss Fitt.
REM quitted the st.!ge. Her deportment is easy
. and elegant. She. does not, however, manage
her features so well as she does the rest of her
person, for her mouth very large, and, hav-
ing the advantage of a fine set ut teeth, she is
rather too anxious to display them. In face she
bears a strong resemblance of Mrs. HUMPIIRI Es, of
. Covent Garden 'fheltre, and her voice is in general
like that of Miss PARR EN. She thoroughly COlll.
preherded the part of Lady Teazle, and supported it
With admirable spirit. There is a playfulness in
her Manner that would he very interesting if she
Were liand4lne, and which, we dnubt not, will be
very effeelive the mote the Public are reeoncitfd to
het features. SIT introduced a pretty little. Air,
which she sung with treat taste, and•displayed mu.
-sical pots ers ot no common order, Upon the whole,
she is an adteirahle addition to the London Stage.
'flit, Audience, sloch entirelj occupied the Theatre,
received het with the warmest applause.
Et.t.t,rox appeased for -she first time in the pan
of Charles, and supported it wi.h great spirit. His
deportment was, as usual, too sr/died, anti he seem.
ed to have a sort of aireted st.irc.impori,„„„, not
much suited to the easy lnimnu-r of char/cr. In
one respett, we think, he was egregion.ly. mistaken,,
for in the discovery. scene he went a4,.ay as if over.
powered by laughter, when, whatever might be the
Volatility of his temper,- his humanity ought to
have been interested by the disgrace of a Brother,
the apparent dis`•onor.of his worthy old Guardian,
and the degradaliqn of a woman of eharatter. But
there was a
ther that butting vivacity in his acting alrttge-
gave an essential suppiqt to the Comedy. The part
of Sir Peter Teazle. was .performed by
UsTirelys, itr a very chaste manper, and if ap-
peared cold, such an impression could' only arise
from a compariun between his unaffected man.
tier, and the dashing buffoonery that charaderizes
most of cite comic' performers of the present day.
Much as we admire The School jai Scandal, we
wish all that part of it which relates to-the supposed
amour between' Child,: and Lady Sassinvell,Aere
Wholly'omitied. There is nothing that appears, to
implicate Charles in this supposed amour, or, .that
gives the Lady the least claim upon him, In fact,
it is all dead matter, and is a needless'drasv..back
upon the conclusion of this brilliant Comedy.
Richard Caur de Lion detained the audience till
it ended. Miss HOLLOWAY appeared again in
Laurette, but did not display any marks of improve.
merit. • •

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Cavort-Garden.
Mrs. St DDONS made her first appearance here last
night in the chraner of Ebviravin Pizarro. She
was received with the greatest applause, and played
with all her accustomed energy and ability. KSM.
1314._perfurmed Rolla in a style that delighted the
audience, who rewarded' him in the dying scene
With three distind peals of applause. H. Slot:lolls
apveared to much greater advantage in iihn zo than
Ive have seen him in almost any other charader. Of
the rest of the Performers it is sufficient to say, that
they, as uival, ably supported' the Piece. The
After-piece was Lack and Key, which sent the
Audience away in gocd. humour.

EMPEROR OF. CARR AT.

pr, •
•
71,1"2 intended Elellionnf the renowned:Sir Harry
4ml:dale to the Emperor/bit
01 Garrat, which was
re taken place yesterday, as, fur some weighty
`easnet, which will doubtleis 'soon be declared,
Postponed. The Citizens of Garrat expressed the
_Vgreatest grief .at the disappointment ; hut were
teerelcl by an elopentheitangue".from Sir Haply., whO
ueeated, that it was 'very far from his -vitt) to
lakC-,nl'on him honours of which he was so truly
/0?-
-uortily, but dignity 'was thrust .ui.Z)n him, .and what.
ever might he his inclination, .he• would cheerfully
consent to vear the Imperial Diadem
,for. the good
of his subjeas. . _.• .
It . was then understood that tho Imperial Eke.
lion would take place in the course of a few &P.
FlThe Meeting 'Were about to disperse, when a
;N/el/rimy arrived from the Clerical 111"4-
ts"n11) at .Gretna -Green, with an Offer to come
.eu
ra'` t° Cruwil the new Emperor, at his Palace at
I,;,,,lttt.'Sii Harry was so overjoyed with this liberal
it' ;141.1)41 on the part of the Blacksmith, that he ital.
4tel, add dll Citizens of Garrat in his
owri
n_,.. ressr le,
for 6_l'l'e language (nut having a speech Prepar-,i'de
gre `l,lnexPeBed occasion), and .itild.them that th
to :I,li,ificirtniti, of Gretna Green was to come for
ibe-a/' his nob with a' Crown and assured them that
of,,,n,..,'n,erotri)nin;si,onalskli.iotild be quer., grand, with a pa'v'e
plenty of Gin and Gingerbreod.
, the have thts•important affair rests at present ;. but
tip doubt no doubt that the obstacles to the asioall'.
;
,()nat
p ") c'r the Imperial Dignity tl ihe eiega!it. Sg
• CIQI w• ill, very shortly, be removed, and that the
.r 4 j ton will hs in time to watch another core.
nY of a similar ',Nitre in a neighbouring EmPire•
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ti4yST"" KEmo it Performs Falstaff on Sat ur.
‘,. next on. the. Bath Stage.
whiile°11111:14
,lsas, taken a Firm in Hercfordshile,
Them .. ine,llls to occupy in the intervals of
rtLal avocations.
Mi., LI w is, tile Dramatic Writer, has presented
,a,enielw_ Piece to the Diury-Lane Managers. This
l'4tivetl.etuan's theatrical curiosity, induced bins to Avs
RI I:o.l4;irmingham on purpose to bChol
i.
Mrs; 13 •
d the .In.
LAND is am.lng
soon ex, AI the Theatrical Ladies who
ci15,,,t... , an offering
I e"
t° In3ke ', at the shrine of Lu.
'the moo tdint jer of the Young Renciut last iieek, at
-1 )argha gave to the IS.urld a little tileipvirr"'
iv.;, .-