The Sun.
London, England, 1816-03-04 00:00:00

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IlitAttist made hi 3 first aPpearenceatt this Theatre:
-Ittr,tbese ten ~earl, in the admired Opera 414
• etenonza eli tad. When he first came on the stage,
he showed some signs of diffidence, owing, per=
(taps, to his uOt. having met the Opera atidience
for a lentg tifnc.. Nome slight inarkS of disappro-
bAtioa were heard, thbugh no pat ocular eatfie
displesure was mcntiOned. howevei'; were
'drowned Rini.' the approbetion of .hisfriends Rod
the 'Arlie,. It •IS aitilost tilitiecesoty to say, that
hlr BitAtiaM fully sustained the- high .character
which his transcendent telents have acquired for
Mtn.' We drt not know or:any acquisition to the
Opera Company, wider the present cireu.nstantes,
more ad taintageOnS, botli for the Audience and•the
Theatre itself. `Mad. Fortbe took the pert of /1-
Witt, and sustained it vial an energy atilt just •
ness of acting that gained the wannest tokens of
approbation. The irnetS,deft prentii tin deice am-
plesio, and eh.perdona, were unanimously encored,
•for they were sting in a delicious manner, Young
RovEDINo, we believe, appeared in Pablig, but was
almost inaudible. The appeared
was, in the course..,
of the evening, crowded. In the petite ballet of
,!‘ Le Bazaar du Caire," BAPTISTR and MANGIN ,
were most gratifyingly encored in a Russian dance.
' Davitv-Gass.--The Recruiting Officer was re-
peated on Saturday before a good audience. The
Sylvia of Mrs. AlaetivN, for which it is under-
stood, the Play has been revived, is a very indilfe,
rent. performance: The meretridlous graces of
this Lailyare all she has to rely till: • Unless with
the smile to give animation to her countenance,
mid display a tine row of teeth, she appears to
advantage, anti sensible of this, w:e have
the smile at all tbli all occasions
ludi-
crous, seittimentel, passionate, or melancholy.---,
Vivacity and a Ccrtaiil consciousness supply
throughout the client of discrimination and tlta
capacity for feeling.
JotiNsroN e's Kite,. we have alreioly staid., is a
rich piece of acting, and front the moment that
this admirable performer gets rid or a little tame-
ness, and identifies himself With. ate character,
nothing can be more entertaining than his Re-
,erisiting Serjeant, though it is not entirely the
Itecridting Serjeant of the AILINDICI4
is exquisite rip Custer 'Pearnutift 'and KNIGHT, in
Tumult, r. cry little inferior to him. IP.quel praise''
is due.,to Miss.Neciv 'fuse; and Air. Rat, in
Captain Mate, and Mr. Balmer ac-
qUit themselves in a highly respectable manner.
CoVatir-UaItDEN..---The Fair Penitent, a stock,
bitt.tiht elevOurite play, was (trounced aatj batut—
day at this Theatre, and presented Mihs 0-Nstt.t.
to the lowa, in the new part of Consta. The
Managers of our Theatres are, we believe, a
good steal put to it to find novelties tor that de-
%voting publiC appetite which will ;tat feed
long on the same tare,• however dainty. This,
perhaps, is their best 'npalugy • for recurring'
to ,the ,Fair Penitent, which is neither an in-
teresting drama in itself, nor titre tyhich fur-
nisbes a character well suited to Miss O'NEILL's
powers. The heroine does not merit her name--
if she were really a Penitent lost-in alllictiou, be-
wailing her Crimes, imploring forgiveness, and
dying purified by repentance, Miss O'NEILL
would perform the part, It) admiration.
Caiistiz tennis all feminine loveliness, her grief.
is the shame of. detected guilt, her penitence."
raving disappointment, her remarse despair. TO
an Actress .whose way to the heart is' by ten,
deraess and sensibility, the delineation of these'
passion* is not appropriate, and we Were not-
surprised to find, t hat with all her pathos and feel-
ing, Miss 01%1514L failed more in Cnlista than in •
any character we have seen her attempt. Having
stared this general opinion, we shall t\ot enter
into miutite criticism to establish task mOre'
easy, than it would tae agreeable to us. Of Mr:
C. Kionns's Lothario it is impossible tOspeak'in'
terms of muleservettenhigium. He was all that
was valiant and gay,licentiout and brave; never
had, and never can the 'character have a better
representative. Mr. YOUNO Haratia was also
, distinguished by manliness, fOrev, and judgment.'
He made it more important than could nave been
auticipateil from reading the Play. l'he .ditamout
of Mr. Assorr held equal rank.with the toregoliqe
parts, in as much es depended upon the perfornteri.
nod the Scio/to of Mr. Mortttor, full of feeling%
completed a. Liwirtetto of male performers far,
above the merits of the Tragedy, and such 07. are
rarely witnessed fur excellence in any Play •upon
the .tage, . • •
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