The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-07-22 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL.

The Theatre has opened this week with the addition ti?thes
...-"lnany of Mr. and Mrs. Keely, (who are engaged ten nights
previous4're to their departure for America;) Miss Turpin, prinei.
vocalist of the. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden ; Mr. Brough,
"f the
the Theatre Royal, Dublin ; and Mr. Henry Horncastle, of
the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane. On Monday evening we wit-
tn"sed the Opera of " Love in a Village." Miss Turpin sus-
fa,,itled cue of the principal characters as Rosetta, and had, very
'eq
on ueot calls up her vocal abilities. This lady has a voice of
Rte, lt sweetness; and of considerable power and execution; she
l kha ot a very good actress, but she is a pretty woman, and that,
tif charity, in au actress, is the cloak for a multitude of faults.
h-11.8* Clarke, as Miss Deborah Woodcock, an ancient maiden,
"qed with considerable talent. We have often noticed the ex-
"Noce of this lady's acting in this cast of characters. We
not kr
ean
saY much in praise of either the singing or the acting of
Korn Horricastle; we think him inferior in both to Mr.
"
t pleasing singing
°rneastle of the Liverpool company, who is one of the
actors on the stage.
)4
lrigTuesday night Mozart's Opera, the " Marriage of
and ar°" was got up. Mr. Brough sustained the part of Basil,
b,t,sutlß tolerably. Mr. G. Horncastle as Count 41ntariva,
was acted and sung well. The part of the Countess Almaviva
,:t1 BUstned by Mrs. W. H. Bland. This lady's voice though
Pia powerful is sweet, and correct in its intonation. Miss Tur-
-I,,,d,PlaYed as Susanna, and sung several solos, which were
Bland IY and deservedly applauded. The duet betwixt Mrs.
sun and Miss Turpin, incidental to the piece, was beautifully
g• Miss Chaplin, as Cherubino the Page, was an universal
favourite The musical Farce of " Why don't she Marry ?"
-et o'
tir 'Veil as the afterpiece, and afforded sufficient scope for the
tr: hu mour of Keeley as Natz Tieck, drawing shouts of laughter
with
41 the audience. Mrs. Keeley as Lisette Gierstien, played In
tiesd nch Judgment, and frequently elicited applause. On Wed-
ed 41 evening the Opera of " Guy Mannering" was present-
‘ve Mannering by Mrs. Bland.iu The house during the
ek has been pretty well filled, many of the distitigue attend-
- he rakes having visited it.

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Pqr. 'Ai or ENGLAND Scnoor.s.—On Monday last two tern-
iiiiVT schools were opened for the education of children resident
'fh2Pneiallbourhoodof Scotland and Vauxhall roads, upon the
hntPle approved of by the ministers of the church of P.nglad.
,7, des school in Bond-street. under the management of Mr.
held Arnold. WaS attended by 281 scholars, and the girls' school.
streja, the school-room of All Saints' church, in G:ltsyenor-
lie;i" tithe
190 scholars who are placed under the charge of Miss
lint,-e and Miss Willo'ck. In the smith schools the number of
meat '1,4,. and girls -89. In connexion with the establish-
4,bin ,Mast " the south it is intended to open an infant school, which
4,,,,e reav aldy Om 11lowlay next. This, if rightly eon meted, *ill
uable, adjunct to the system: