The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-24 00:00:00

THE THP,ATRE.

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-D RY- LAN' 'l3 . +The . The SuS picions
7/;‘,;band was • represented last, night . tips
tie., le, in eonforinicy to the laudable plan adopt-
cd by the new Maii.ager of re.viving thmse drainatie
works whieh were aitmired by ancesto,rs.
The Suspicious lidsband is au ;imusiu'g- „bur a very
,m.probable Ranger is very vay, but very
Volga!, very impinielit, and not a little silly- ,We
believe that the Police is Somewhat more active
now than it was at the time when this Comedy
was written, for niltei wise Ra»ger might he ap-
prehensive of being- taken for .a. thief, ht-
tent upon stealing a Lady's jeace4 reithfr Ilia') her
heart, it he ventiired up .a ladder and entered a
private house. lint the drama, .in neither of its
provineo; is to he ()mld within the mere limits of
probability. -Mr. STANLEY was the hero of the
piece, and as tar as indefatigable vivacity could
entitle hint to the favour of the audience he de-
served it, but the heroes of O'KEEFTE are much
wilder titan those of what nosy be called legiti-
Mate coined v, and. consequently demand a more
regniased spirit. Mr. STANLEY, therefore, in our
opinioo, was not so much at home in Ranger as
be was in Rover. 1-le is peculiarly adapted to the
dashing parts; though, as he is young, we doubt
not that lie will improve by practice, and spew
discrimination as well as .gaiety. One. of his
errors is constantly .directing his speeches,
particularly when he is uttering a Soliloquy,
to the Audience, a's if he were delivering
ati Adaresi— This practice is _too- common. On
stile Stage; and it was partictilarly, observable in
hii opening Speech last 'tight. He is, however,
an animated and an effective Performer', and has
little reastin to care for the coldness .Of criticism,
while he-i 4 so able to obtain the- applause of. the
Audience.—Pops was received with so warm a
tribute of applause on his entrance in Mr. Stiiek-
land, that people might well be surprized at his
not having been re-engaged last Season.—He sup-
ported the part in a very able mAnner.—Mrs.
Gthres was
,also very warmly received when she
appeared as Clarinda, and a better representation
of the character we never witnessed.--Mrs. OR-
GER gave the patient tenderness of Mrs. Strickland
with interesting truth of character.—Jaeintha was
well supported 'by Mrs. AIARDYN j and Mrs. AL-
SO'', thong') a little too broad, displayed heredi-
tary archness and humour in 'Lucetta.,---As Jack'
Meggot is a character of which there is now hardly
a prototype to be found, it is enough to say, that
it wanted no active bustle in the hands of HARLEY.
The Comedy has too much coarseness in swear-
ing, and other offensive expressions, which may
easily be changed without any diminution of the
spirit of The sentiment, and Ave hope it will be
carefully weeded before the next representation.

Mr. KEAN'S return to his professional duties at
Drury-lane will not be a' speedy one, as he has
entered into ate` engagement with the Managers of
the Liverpool Theatre for three weeks.

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Mrs. YATUS, «ho is engage') at Drury-lane
Theatre for the first line in Tragedy, was deli-
vered, last week, of a son in Dublin, the day pre-
vious to which Mr. YATES, her husband, died, and
has left her with five children. to support entirely
by her theatrical ahilities. . ,

TRAMEZZANip fifSt tenor of Italy, has defini-
tively accepted an engagement fur the Theatre
Favart, in Paris. •

REGISTER OF FASHION.