The Sun.
London, England, 1820-10-21 00:00:00

THE THEATRE.

The interesting Play of The Stranger was r`
presented last night at Covent Garden The,a;he
Mr. C. KEMBLE, for the first time, sustaineu
part of the melancholy hero of the piece• eh
brother had embodied the character with Wilt if
critical precision, judgment, and feeling, that to
would not have been safe for Mr. C. Koll3l'Ll,
depart from the accurate outline' of the origsiot
Yet it is pure justice to him to acknowledgg ster
he was by no means a servile copyist, but itlvielie
ed the part with a novel interest. It shouluile.
observed, that the Stranger is not a tnisant'ir
pist by nature, but that his temper has. been sooil.
ed by the deepest injury that an honourahielive
and.a feeling heart can suffer. He is still 9 co,
to every impulse of humanity and benevolePo,
and ready to hazard his own life forthe preset
sie
Lion of another's. This character, therefore/cop.
not he deemed a misanthropist. It must be till
served also, that injured as he was, he was,ioo
strongly attached to his wife, and hence de.ieviti,f
is the prevalent feature of his character, er°"t',
from that attachment. It seemed, therefere'4.
be the aim of Mr. G. KENIBLE to render 11'5"c.
pointment,and violated love the essential
teristics. The idea, in our opinion, is jittiJ
elms, and was most successfully representeu,"o
maintained throughout his performance, wil
was received with great and 11a-merited !If
plause.—The new Mrs. Haller of last nigbior
chiefly to be praised for her sensibility and p!
correct idea of the part. After the wonde'or
original, Mrs. SIDDONS, and her interesting lad
cessor, Miss O'NEILL, the new candidate had
cessor,
powerful prepossessions to encounter, in P'",ot
as well as talents. Iler face is regular, but to
handsome. It is a folly in dramatic Wriite'ao
describe their heroines as so beaut.ful, becausBo
Actress fully qualified to render all possibigiso
tice tua part may not in form and features the
cord with the imaginary standard, and hence 0,
audience feel sonic disappointment, and clitig
quently are-less interested. The voice of for
Lady is loud and harsh ; but perhaps the tre
that she might not be heard in so large a Theer
nduced her to strain it to too high a pitch. tiog,
deportment was easy, and governed by fefe':,so
She had evidently many friends in the ilr/
but the general reception was very favourab'e;
A new Farce followed, entitled A Race fi'llot
Wife. It has little dramatic strength, but stg-
unamusing, and it derived all possible advall'itig
from the respective Performers. The folle°'

is an outline of the Fable : %.fe
Captains Rocket (JoNes) and Sonars (Asgort)reco 0.111%
ters at the same time from their respective fathers, co0:01.5V
to them information that each is fixed to a wife, and CM ritti
ing their immediate presence to be married. Upon coiell:cor
notes, they find the same Lady named for both. 'l° ,('rvt'll'
from this dilemma they agree to make a race to Caern.iontl'
where the Lady lives ; the first in to he the *JON
The whole interest of the piece now rests upon tlt °Ok,
which are caused to the parties by Dr; (LtsTol):to'
mutual servant, a clever fellow, who always co:000'100,
bribed by both at the same time. They at last get 1°,.t,J01:1
of their journey, and Somers wins the wife, Miss .10-notsvd,'
hazard, (Miss BEAUMoNT). Rocket's motive in the
was money and not love, and they clove the latiglig°',-
perly against him as the loser, the more particularly °ctiel%
something of a sharper. lie, however, has a real alt
to Phecim, (Miss Love), and joins in the general haPP
the party, by being united to her. se'
The piece was received with general aPIld wo:
but not without partial disapprobation,'- a" clo
a
announced for repetition amidst a mingle
mourn but " the ayes had it."

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