Star.
London, England, 1801-01-05 00:00:00

THEATRES.

Kis o's TR EA rn VA—This mof fplendid Theatre
n•:.s opened for the feafon on Saturday evening.—
'Since Lift year it has Undergone an entire altera-
iien. The whole of the faloon, or audience part
of the edifice, is thrown into a new form, more
font& and uniform in the fweep of the circle, but
inhnitely more fuperb in the decoration than lie-
fore. P-7 removing the projedting columns on the
fiage, is widened fix feet, and confcqucntly the
view from the boxes on the two fides of the
falcon, is uninterrupted to the back of the Rage.
—By making the fweep of the circle regular, in-
Read of ferpentitie,
,as heretofore, more room is
gained to the pair:age round the pit, and a moil
convenient alteration has taken place in the en-
trances. Inflead of the narrowcentrical paffage into
the pit, by which a draught pf:air was admitted on the
inceWant opening of the doors—a,double flair leads
up to the right and left ; which by the increafed width
of the (lairs near the orcheftra Would. enable the
fpeEtators to clear the place on the fulleft Opera
in five minutes. The decorations of the boxes
are tafteful, and even magnificent. The procelEon
of the marine deities, retouched and foftened, or-
naments the principal tier ; correfponding paint-
ings adorn the other ; and thus the whole afpe6
of the falcon prefents a rich, warm, and unbroken
(ales, which gives it the efFed of a fplendid draw.
ingroom. Ihe lining of the boxes is blue and
Fold, and which, when the flabfcribers have all
hung them with crimfon curtains, will taflefully
harmonize as a back ground to the picture, and
fern to difplay the beauty with which they will
be filled. Nothing is more difficult than the
lighting of an area fo extenlive. No attempt has
been made to change the manner of difpofing of
the chandeliers. They (bill projeet about three
fret from the fides. "

The Opera was Akffle, which Madame BANTI
undertook at a day's notice, in confequence of the
iochfpofttion of Madame Ben.LA.
A new ballet of aftion, on the Rory of Pyrudiox,
was brought out. It is the compolition of Mr.

le The audience was not very numerous. The
PRINCE of Watss was in his own box, and appear-
d in excellent health.

DRURY•LANE.

On Saturday night was revived at this Houfe
the Tragedy of Xing Lear. It conveys no very fa-
vourable idea of the times to talk of reviving fuch
a Drama. They muff be dead to all relifh for
excellence, to every fympathetic emotion, who are
set raviflied with its beauties, and deeply affeited
by the fcenes of diftrefs which it unfolds.
The performance of the Piece on Saturday night
defervedly went off with very great eclat. It is
t up in the molt fplendid and tafteful manner,
and die charaiters are well fupported, almoft with.
• a an exception.—The choleric and capricious,
t tender hearted and well difpofed, old Kim:, was
very happilydelineated by Mr. KIM BLE. His tones
nd attitudes were not perhaps always thofe of
our-fcore : but his ailin, upon the v. hole, was ad-
..:rable ; and he gave fome of the paffages with
n died altogether irrefiftible. He was molt loudly
-pplauded in the fcene where he calls down impre-
ations upon Ganeril; but in feveral others he de-
creed equal praife. Mrs. SIDDONS appeared as
'enietia, a charailer in which, though there is not
uch to be Paid, there is (cope for a difplay of the
reateft powers. Nothing could be more affeiting
lan her reprefentation of the anguifh produced by
.nmerited negleit from thofc we love, or of the
gory experienced at witnefling the misfortune of
parent. If Mr. C. KEMsLa would be more rno-
trate in the expreffion of his anger, he would be
efpeitable in Eehnuad. BARRYMOR k never ap..
.c.ired to greater advantage than in the part of
"I,,ar, and Peer Torn excited t.niverfal commifera-
on. The audience was crouded and genteel.

COVENT-GARDEN THE•TRf•
On Saturday Mr. T. DIMS'S Comedy of Lily-
''? Opiniosu, brought out late in the laft fe.ifon,
as again performed under the title of—The &boot
v Prejaire. It has undergone very confiderable
Iterations and additions, now forming a piece of
aas, more regular in its ftrudure than when
rR exhibited, The Rory is, however, nearly the
me as laft year, as are alfi), in outline, the more
•rominent charaders. Among thefe we have to
.4ice a confcientious Jew, an upright Lawyer,
rt hnnef Yorkfhireman, and a fentimental Bal.
4.!—The piece, however, is fo corredly moral
its tendency, breathes fo benevolent a fpirit
•roughout, and emits, occafionally, fuck brilliant
9es of wit and humour, that faitidious, indeed,
mil lie the critic, who, not having been able to
alifiand its electric operations upon his mufcles,
ill not compound with the author forafewfarcical
iiirditics.—Not a murmur of difapprobation was
bard in the courfe of the performance, which was
:ceded by a queer kind of prologue, fpoken by FA e-
tc, made up of titles of plays (an old idea , and
'lowed by a few lines, given by way of Epi
Mrs. MILLS, of little point.—As, however,
c audience feemed in an admirable humour, they
re both favourably received.—Lxwis, Mu tos
%TETT, MURKILY, EMMY/ H. JOHN/TON, Mifi
Vitt AT, Mrs. MILLS, Mrs. DAVENPORT, &C. gave
it abilities full Rretch on the occafion, and, of
► was loudly applauded.