The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-01 00:00:00

ADELPHi THEATRE.

The attrac ion at this theatre last night consisted of a bur.
lesque on Acig and Galatea, which a few nights since was
brought out at Drury-lane. Transformed so as to suit Adelphi
fancies, the classical sentiment of the original gives way to an
Aristophanesque spirit of satir c drollery, which in most
points was fairly touched off. Scenes, persona, as also
the accompanying serenata, share one and all in the
absurdities of the new metamorphosis. The " blue-haired
Nereid" Galatea, isefsonified in the original by Miss Romer,
became, in the person of Mr. Wright, a whimsical sea-nymph,
quite unrelated to all our pre-conceived notions of subaqueous
beauties, and who, in her method of love-making to Adis, con-
veyed no indifferent idea of an enamoured sea.calf. Mrs. H.
P. Grattan, as Acia, was a sprightly imitation, for it scarcely
descended to burlesque, of Miss P. Horton. With her flaxen
poll, dtbonaire face, and prettiness of manner, she struck off the
Sicilian shepherd-boy in an arch and naive style. Cupid, who,
in the refined mytbiplogy of the Grecian pastoral, is light-winged
as Zephyr, and an terial sparkler among rose-bowers and im-
mortals, took or, him the form, as enacted by Mr. Wilkinson' of
one of the most buxom monstrosities of earth, thegirth of ghost
waist, and diameter of who,e limbs, were of true Dan Lambert
dimensions. Polyphemus, in the person of Mr. Paul Bedford,
was as jocose a transcript of the Cyclops of Virgil as could
be expected ; and realized the well-known iEneici-line in
every humourous respect. With regard to the other
characters that figure about the scene, as well as the
scenes themselves, the Arcadian, refinettnents of Drury
became converted into the more intelligible ruralities
which appertain to English customs. The tlsyrsus of
the ancient fete became a may-pole dressed out in greens sad
flowers, and a Jack-in-the-Green, with its accompaniment of
dancing villagers, took the plate of the flower-shows which de-
corated the old games of Flora. Handel, too, does not escape
the prevalence of the burlesque : the " linked sweetness
of his octaves, and the depth of his bass, are made
ridiculously to vanish into childish pipings, while the passages
at his sublime are noted by the grumbling, of the trombone.
The verse, dialogue of coma retains so much of the primitive
elegance of Theocritus, that instead of suiting the shepherds
of the " golden age," it is scarcely fitted for the "ears of the
groondlings." It is advertised in the bills as got up for the
purpose of bringing the Adel ,hi season to a prosperous termi-
nation, nation, anti though not as happy as Norma we presume
is ill have the desired effect, 'there are one or two
d
which on repetition, would with advantage be omitted
miti-
has been
gated, one being the repulsive elongation of
been dug out from under the rock by whichpounced for crushed by Polyphemus. The piece tsaes.ai
the Breach el
repe-
tition with applause. It was precfdd by Lady Eastland,
Promise of Marriage, which Mrs. Yates,
Wright, as the Attorney
acted with ease and truth, and
Mr7cative astuteness common
Dabbleton, with the tact and parriedva Acis,hitaetfter he has
codicils. The staple piece si
to the gentry
Jack Shepparodf, the entertainments.
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Count Leon de Potozki has arrived at Naples Ills
Envoy from the Emperor of Russia.