The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-03 00:00:00

THE-THEATRES.

iIAvAIARKET.-111, new Cttinedy of .Tearing
mtxde husy is so diverting iu itself, cull is s,i
supportei to ad its parts, that ihe extraordittary
success which at:e,al, that tuql the whimsical
itict•tclt of l'he Actor of :111 Work, is the natural
;:onsequence of their tutriusic tptatities and the
merits of the rarrese,ttatittli. The latter Iticce,
in particular. is one of the tno“ lattHiabtetkiini
that the Public has seen for a ioug t af-
fords. as was intended, ample oue :ti c the ver-
satility of NiATtiEwts. It hAti. beta, objected to
this piece, that it is intended to ri,li plc TAG NIA.

This is not the fact. The intention is evidewly
to ridicide French tragic acting in general. l'he
French direct their ridicule very freely agrtinbt
this country in all respeCts, and their great critical
, VOLTAIRE, outraged our national pride, and

insulted common sense, by attempting to der:re-
elate our great Dratratic Poet, the greatest Poet.
indeed, indeed, that the world ever saw. Surely then %,e
may tetaliate. That MATHEWS represents tt,e
French stile of tragic acting correctly, none c. n
deny, and its extravagance may well justify ri
ettle.. 'Ate piece went off admirably last night.
The last representation was The Critic, .anvi it is
but justice to the Performers to say, that it was
well " got up." TERRY was a good Sir Fretful,
and JONES was very successful in Puf. lie li-
berally availed himself of Ku opportunity to com.
plimeut the respective Performers as they enter-
ed, by introducing them to Dangl,e and Sneer.
When he introduced Mrs. GUMS, 2as Tiiburina,•he
represented her as one of the best Comic Actresses
of the time, and the audience warm:y assented
to the truth of the eulogium. The house was
thronged in all quarters.
ENGLISH Opaaa.---The livelyand not uninterest-
ing musical Farce of The Purse w as-revived at this
Theatre last night, and well received by a vet y
numerous audience. BARTLEY, as Will Steady,
was easy, and humorous. , Miss ELLI 3
sung prettily in the Page ; BROADHURST acquitted
himself respectably in Edmund, and Miss 1. STE-.
VENSON, in the part of Sully, justified the favonr-
,able opinion we entertained of her very promising
comic talents. The piece that followed was
Frederick the Great. Mr. H. JOHNSTON, for the
first time, performed the hero of the piece. He
displayed heroic energy, and was impressive
throughout the character. Miss KELLY'S
had the full recommendation of feeling and un-
affected simplicity. -

Mes3rs.Youtao and C. KEMBLE, it is said, sus•
reed alternately to the parts left vacant,by the 'se-
cession of Mr. KEMBLE. This, we understand,.
is not a new arrangement, but was originally in-
chided in the articles with Mr. C. KEmBLE, when
his brother should abdicate the theatrical Sove-
reign, which he held so long for his own honour
and the gratification of the public.
There is reason to hope that Mrs. HENRY SID'.
DONS will join the Drury-Lane Company during
the ensuing season. There has not been another
Actress of such interesting, simplicity since the
clays of Mrs. STEPHEN KEMBLE.
The new Management of Drury-Lane Theatre
very properly commences with The School for
Scandal—a due tribute of respect to the memory
of one of the very best of our Comic Writers.
Mrs. BELLCHAMBERS, who is engaged for the
-approaching season at Drury-Lane, is said to pus-
; sess a finer contralto voice than the Stage has ex-
' hibited since the days of Mrs. KENNEDY. As
her brilliant success at Bath, where she headed
the vocal department,.has introduced her to a
London ordeal, a sanguine expectation has been
raised by the many reports of her youth, beauty,
and intelligence.
Miss Coaai, whose fame is very high in the
musical world, is to share with Madame Foport
in the vocal sovereignty of the Opera House next
I season.