Star.
London, England, 1828-05-19 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

The revival of the Taming of the Shrew at this
Theatre, which we have now seen for the second tim
bas all the charms of novelty to recommend it, in ad- i
anion to the intrinsic met its of the Play it elf ; for it
seems it has not been acted in its original shape. till
now for eighty years.
It is gratifying to observe how much better the
Managers consult for the public taste latterly. Whda
so many of SHAKSPEARE's plays are at their command,
they may safely 'eject such trash as we have too often
WO upon the stage. Ilse main characters, Catherine
end Petruchio, are well known Irons the atrerpiece
which GARRICK extracted from this play. Catherine
is a strong-minded, spirited woman, who, 'timing yet to
learn that the streagh of her sex is weakness, resolves
to support her rights. .It is not an ungovernable sulky
person that SHAKSPEARK drew, but one who acts on
principles; and therefore her sudden reiormation, when
she finds hers'elf nut-hectored, excites no surprise.

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The underplot of Bianca's marriage intrEduces us to
a variety of characters, who are all bottle and life. The
dialogue is ptiticularly smooth and pate. and spat kles
throughout with wit. Its excellence is uniteint—there
are but few of those passages which the memory loves
to dwell upon. Many of the incidents are most
humorous; the poor musician's description tit his lute
turned'into a pillory is exquisite ; and nothing could be
better than the manner in which BRAHAM ac(Yd it. Div
the attempt to make the play musical is not succetstul:
the music is nether very good nor very altpropiiate,
and makes many of the scenes dull and heavy, which
would not be so otherwise. The induction is omitt-d.
*Fib said, but we cannot now inquire into it. that this
scene is HOC SHAKSPICAR'S--it is well worthy ot his ge-
nius. In the whole range ot the 'drama there is not
a more pet tett come scene. Buz it has too little con-
nexion with the play, a‘ld var,;ul4l thaw too largely
surthe Corps Di amatique. Miss FA UNY ATTON played
Catherine with a good deal of spirit. She was very
successful in her return to good humour towards the
close, bu► 'he st•,rmy pap is require an actress of a higher
orde'. WALLACICS hetruchio is spirited, but rather
ta~sn—Ficnio'c ready wit 'and assumed importance,
was admirably personated by fir. Comma. This is one
Of the most successfol characters in the play. We hovel
'ore alluded to BRAHATi'S e=ceilent acting in one
scene. It would Pe an improvement for him to adopt a
disguise when he appears es th" `lnsician. HAfivais
Grassi° has too much sva,:ooe-zry. It is necessary to
tell Mr. BLAND that Agenor is ac:ented on the second
syllable. On the whole lie 'slay is most attractive, and
was received on this, its second representation, most
warmly: but still we could well spate some of the
arum.

Prince LEOPOLD gave a gtand dinner on Saturday,
at Marlborough House, Fill ;10, w some of the mem-
bers of the Royal Family, and a eistingui.hed party of
the Nobility arid Gentry. Among the company were—
The Duke and Dothels of Clarence, Oa Duke of Cumberlael.
the Duchess of Kent, Princess Carolatb, the Duke aud Dricheal of
• ;Northumberland, the. Duke end Duchess of Gor'!un, the Duke a I
Rutland, the Marquis of Hertford, the Marchioness Stafford, •
Baron Roden, Baroness de Spaedtb, the Karl of Eldon, Lord-am:!
Lady Gower, Colonel Poten, and two of his Loyal Highness's
Equerries. The Pence also entertained a select party to dinner
yesterday; among those present were the D.ke tif Sums, the
Duchess of Kent, the • Duke of Somerset, the Marquis and '
Marchioness of Lansdosrn, Marquis and Marchioness of Tavistock,
Earl Speoetr„Earl Carnarvnn, Earl of Essex, Lord Duty, Dowager
Lady Anson, Baroness de Spaedtb, Mr. and Lady Anne Coke, Mr.
Keppel, Miss Anson, Ste.
The late change in the views exhibited in :he Regent's Park is
ate of an extremely interesting description, and judging from the
numerous assemblage of spectators who daily visit the Diorama,
we may pronounce the Pictures of the Village of Unterseen, and
the Coaster of St. Wandrille, to be decidedly favourites of the
yStlic. The view of Unterseen, taken from the entrance of the
principal street, commands the summits of the Juogfcau covered
wub perpetual snow. and the Hills of the Gillihorn, the Hoch-
hirchi and the Rugen, is writ calculated to give an idea of the
iabaracter of Swiss scenery. The Galleries and projecting Roofs of
the wooden houses, are an excellent specimen of the deceptive
power of perspective, and we could scarcely bring ourselves to
th..t the planks thrust into the window on the left existed
imagination. The effects of sunshine and cloodF, alternately
firing and overshaduwing the cloister of St. Wanirille, are
and well executed, and we have observed th... 1 novelty of
sof the she sibs moping as if reified by the wind. The
id planks in the ('loister are, if possiule, more &Naive than
Canterbury Cathedral. We prefer, ourselves, views of
like Unterseen, to int, riot. ; but the execution of both is
rct, that it would be a difficult task to apportion the merits
respective pict ores.
) OV. BCI liCti ST A Salt. —A con, ile of robins, which
:mined access to the interior of Lacoek Church, lately took
oily, between the intervening Sundays, to build their nest
.a Clergyman's 'wailer boot, whence it was detached by the
hands of the sextun. The poor birds, however, then took to
singing gallery, 11111 by the following Sunday bad their nests
pletely finished upon the musk books belonging to the choir. The
bird deposited her env in that situation; and through the
of incubation sat, during the performance of Divine Service
Sunday., andisturbed and undismayed, although the knees
neareit singers were within eighteen inches of her! Her
ny, thus ushered Into existence In so extraordinary a situation,
(lobe-weir; end atter becoming fully fledged, they have beer:
possession of by some respectable people In the parish, in
fiends the young birds now are.—Beth Gametic
•,t.e strong places bekinging to Turkey are not
ight bank of the Danube. There are on the left
:arnow, opposite N copolis—Giurgevo, the tete
int of Itudsehock, a place which, containing
inhabi.ants, sustained, in (790, a regular siege
•• Prince CononaG—Brahilow, which contain,
'-eight thousand inhabitants, the fortifications or
were deronl.shed in 1809, bat rebuilt in 1820.
:housand f o•sians perished in'an sosault upon it.
-,atz it also an important point between the Prurb
tuJ Lt.e Danube.

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