Star.
London, England, 1804-12-06 00:00:00

THEATRES.

DILtILY-LAIII.—Laft night their Majeflies, and tile
Princefres honoured this Theatre with their prefeu,e,
to fee Mr. SKIRIDAN'S inimitable Comedy of the
&boo! fcr Scandal, and the Pantomime of CiaZro7s.
The Royal Party were received with the moll enthu.
fiaftic acclamations. " God Save the King," was
rung upon their entrance, and " Rule Britannia,"
at the coneloflun of the Play. Never was there a
more brilliant comp efeif than the houfe difplayed.—
The Royal boxes were fitted up in a magnificent fiiie.
Every thing befpoke the tape and liberality of-the
proprietors. The Play was admirably performed.
Dfifs Duacett locked and played divinely. • Her
beautiful ballad, "The Little Flatterer," was repro.
vaulty encored.. His Mayerry repeatedly exprelfed
his approbation to the Lords in waiting. The hook
overflowed with an elegant audience, all breathw.
one fpirit of loyalty and afieftion for their King, ani
his Family. At the conclufion of the entertainments
" God Save the King" was again fang. His Ms.
',STY was, as ufoal, in regimentals.
HER MAJESTY--Ware a puce coloured robe, embroidug
with gold, and a prolufion of jewels. Her head.drefa nearly thr
fame as when the IA honoured the Theatre with herprerznrc—a
large tippet and white gloves.
PRINCESS AUGUSTA—A dark round drefs with gold an
Ilezvcs and ornaments, a lace handkerchief, and a qua City of di'.
moods—on ha' head a bandeau of diamonds, and three aLre
Ciftrichituthers. . . .

PRINCESS ELIZABETH—A dark velvet robe, embroiderti
with gold, a'see handkerchief, a diamond neck:bce,folitalre ui
ear-rine. Her heed-drefi was a gold net, tong black lam lappets
and • diamowl erefcent, ice &e. andeve Oftrieh feathers.

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PRINCESS MARY—Had a leaflet robe, richly entbroiderd
*kb gold, white Cads Reeves [gargled. a lace 'tucker; &antes,'
eeck•lace, ear-rings, &c ; head &cis, diamond bandeau, and
three feathers tanning acre& the head. '

PRINCESS SOPHIA—A dark robe, lace tucker, and a prole-
Son oT diasnond.—he' head drefs a gold net, with a diamond b.n.
dean, and one (carter fiat feather.
PRINCESS AMELIA—A dark gown, with a pink fatln rose
very richly ciribroidered. white Reeves, diamond neck lace and
ear-rings. Her head &cis was a black mint bandeau covered
with diamonds, and three white leathers. The Princellea wore
white muffs, tippets, and gloves.
Covswr GARDEN.—MaiIer BSITY left night again
' drew an over:lowing audience at this Theatre, to
witnefs his performance, for the firft time, of Fmk-
rid, in the Play of Lovers' Vows, in which he ap
peared to great advantage, in rather a new point of
view, namely, as a colloquial fpeaker. In the fami.
liar dialogue, which intrcduced him to the audience
in the firft fcene of the play, he j.,ined with all tit.:
cafe of a comic actor of veteran praiftice, but in the
more empafflonesl and tender interviews with his:mu-
tter, he again feared on the wings of pathos, touch-
ing at the fame time with the niceft &ill the heart.
firings cif fenfibility, and exciting wonder and enthii-
fiaftic admiration. We were happy to notice that
his voice was more mellow than on •the preceding
night, as if relieved from the effcls of cold. In the
fcene with his father, in which lie claims the reilo-
ration of his mother to an honourable rank in to-
ciety, his manner of pronouncing the words 55 ite.
sheet ifriklealseise and Frederic of Wildenheitn ; or,
Agatha Frihorg -and Frederic Frihrg I" operated
upon the audience like magic, and called forth reite-
rated peals of applaufe from every part of the Tht-
atre. Maier Berry exhibited a very elegant anti
graceful figure in the military habit of Frame. Mrs.
I.I7CNIIILD again performed the maternal
ter to him, in which the was extremely inure •
as was Mrs. H. Swamis in Astro e
are lorry we cannot fay as much of Mr. SIDDOPII; in
the part of einhalt. Verdun was moll difgnllingly
caricatured by SIMMONS. The Beres, by hivalav,
was well delineated ; and Feastr's Cana Clel was a
pleafant &etch of the charatler.
Mailer I3FTTY, after having concluded his per.
formence at Covent Garden Theatre, had the honour
lag night, of being prefented to their Majefties, as
they retired from Drury-lane.