The Sun.
London, England, 1816-08-26 00:00:00

lie popular ATelo-drnme of The
Tratveliers Penighte wa performed here uu Sa-
turday tort crowdtd hutit,e, and, being well ens?.
Wit% faYourdbiy, received. by the autitence.
piece, which hotsrnws ,its story front the The Mon's.

and one of its most striking incitleitts ti•oiin

LEtT'S Count Fathom, coots his rather ►iiore of to-

mantic interest average compositions of
tile same class. TemltY piayeti Rufiert in a forciblq
aml impressive manner t atpi in the eottay.: scene.

where he n,ato:hes the effects of the
,soporiti e potimi
upon the travellers, lie contrived to. produce
.aft
unusual degree of susptinse, itgitation„ alaral.
TOKELY was Raptista, Had did justice, as he
generally does, to the old ruffian. Mts. Gtans's
acting throughout was extremely animated : notch
of the spirit of the principal scene depended opus
her dexterity, and lost
.nothing in her hands.
Raymond, Agnes', nail the Servant, were acted by
BARNARD, Miss MACALYINR, and thrust., the last
of whom particularly trembled at a g host us success-
fully as he combatted the•robbers.. A new Conde.
or rather .farcical sketch was afterwiirds brought
out, entitled the Fair Deserter.. The meritkof this
little article are of a humble kind ; its texture being
light, its humour low, and its novelty by no means
unquestionable: A Captain Dashoil (DvausaT)
and a Miss Lydia (Miss MACALPINE) are iu the
predicament in which most lovers find .themselves
at the opening of a play, viz. at their wit's end •
how to come together ; one Timothy Hartshorn.
(Mr. \VATKINSON), guardian to Lydia, having
given orders to his lawyer to prep ire a mar-
riage-contract between hithself, Thnuthy, and
his youthful ward, which contract he resolves
shall be carried into effect the following day ;
and in the mean .time lie takes the common,
though very often fruitlesi, precaution of lock-
ing up all his doors. Dasholl's servant, Trap,
(performed by TOMMY), disguised as .the cook
who was to dress the wedding-dinner, accosts Mr.
Hartshorn as he is coining out of the house—
giiins admission to Lydia, to whom be conveys is
military dress—steals the key of the hall-door--«
locks Hartshorn out of his own house—runs to
fetch a locksmith—personates the locksmith—
quarrels with Timothy about the price of the job,
and leaves him still in the street. Mr. Hartshorn, '
in despair, sets a ladder to the window,,
the act of climbing, is seized by Dashall and a
file of soldiers as a housebreaker ; but declare
ing his name, the officer announces that he has a
warrant against him fur secreting a deserter, anti
insists upon searching the house, when Lydia is
found in her soldier's garb and the old fellow,
'tinder fear of legal punishment, and the farther
apprehension that the young deserter had beer'
concealed there as the Inver and by the inamtge-
nient of his ward, gives his consent to her mut ry-
ing Dashall, whose father, commanding officer of
the garrison, is represented also by Mr. Trap, and
frightens pour Tinuithy into any terms.
A variety of alinients, while they humour the
palate, conduce to the nutriment of the body, end
exactly in the same manner a change of amuse«
meats, while they tickle the fancy, act as suste-
nance to the mints. Whether this be the reasors
that produces such novelties at the Fbiewatkt,t
Theatre, or whether it merely arises from the
calls erthe Treasury, it is not necessary to dis-
cuss ; the effect is exactly the sauce.--Saturday
evening ftitnished the Public with a new &gamic
sketch, full of bustle, bearing internal etidence of
its being a translation, for it.respeciable trudeb.6
man of Scarborough is threatened with be-
ing shot for harbouring a deserter, a threat
evidently arising from foreign cnsfoms‘ 11 is•
not necessary to.: criticise such a sketch nice.
ly ;—it was intended to excite , a laugh, its
which it is eminently successful, and to display
the versatility of Mr. Tor ELY'S talents, vvliereirs
it is even more so. The plot, or rather story, as
we have dese.ibed it, is built on the old ground
of # damsel imprisoned, an :old guardian deter..
mined to marry, and a lover determined to outwit
him ; and the denouement, as usual, is the mar-
riage of the young ones. The dialogue has u
great point 'nor neatness, and the only stroke at
humour is of -the Minor fort—a pun—where the.
servant, who Was reproached for getting drunk,
instead of promoting his master's coneetna,
plies " lie bad taken the only steps for his into
rest which he could procure," dud then points to
a ladder. 'Mr. WATICtiCSON, iu the Guardian,
would have succeeded better had he
aplayed, from.
his ownjudgment , without endeavocatrig to imitate
a favoisrite actor; the best imitation is ef-
fected by hitting off the most prominent de..
feels ; would Mr. W. consent to have his tae
lents so negatively estithated—mediocrability is
ever preferable, when original, to gross. intim.,
tion, though ever so exact, Mr. Tolott.Y exhi.
bited himself in:four disguises, in all of which he'
was equally excellent ; the character was probably
intended for Mr...M.vrnaws, whose absence need
not be regretted, as it could not be played better
nor with more effect. Mr. Do vial' looked ant!
played the Lover well—he should be advised to,
sing in his own style, and recollect the great enti
deserved applauselie obtained in the part of
Amiens, where he sacrificed nothing to the now
exploded taste of " shivering and slinking."--s
The time is again returned when the public ip
brought" hack to feel the effects of realm
har-
mony and expression. Miss MACALPINH was alt
the Radiar cool& wish, lively without flippancy—
her speaking tones have improved in strength,
and her musical ones in melody—herappear•
mice in the costume of a soldier deserves consider-
able stroke ; it wes not an ostentdtious s'ud bold
display oll_masoiline figure, but exhibited such ix.;
Jetiteduess as ea delicate female would naturally
feel on being compelled to, assume a 4isguisc, tor
Eta Imperious purpose. The Curt ant dropt I,►. oho
onanimous applause of a vt's y otoo,..roas audience.
The Author is' Mr.. Larso*ooary, .Amhor ati
'r How Id die- for Lovt',---and the Aics by
LA.NzA• ;"

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