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The Theatres.
THE THEATRES .
TIIE last quarter has teemed with no better promise for the true interests of the stage than the three months which preceded it . Thus , we have but few subjects to touch upon ; and those so trifling , that even to register their names is more than ceremony sufficient , duly considering their merits .
The HAYMARKET which was wont to be the theatre for good Old English Comedy and farce —( and what literature FOOTE contrived to put into his farces !) is become a wholesale warehouse for imbecilities " from the French , " chiefly translated by Mr . MORRIS ' " own correspondent . " 77 ( e Maid of Croissey is weak as water ; The Scholar , a bungling version of Le Savant , —My Late Friend an old translated acquaintance with a worse face ; and the new five act Comedy , Hints for Husbands , is composed of " three single gentlemen rolled into one ; " namely , it is made up of three French p ieces . The business at the Haymarket has been in proper accordance with the attraction .
ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE . —At the time we write , the actors ttiemselves have the conduct of this theatre , Mr . ARNOLD having—from previous bad business—given up the house to them , in despair . They have been more prosperous than the proprietor ; perhaps , for one reason , they have produced a more rapid succession of novelty ; though , possibly , not of the very hig hest kind . The Covenanters is light and pleasant , and containing some exquisite Scotch airs , as exquisitely sung b his music than other
¦ y Brother WILSON , who puts more heart into any English vocalist- —has met with deserved success . The Old Oak Tree has drawn several good houses ; for the piece itself , it is of the Coburg school in that school ' s worst days . The Dice of Death is founded on a German legend , and contains a duly characteristic share of the mysterious and terrible . It has been successfuland from little bits in the dialoguethan
quite ; judging more , from the work as a whole drama , we think the author ( a Mr . O XEN - TOBD , a writer of one or two comic trifles at this theatre , ) shows a failpromise of doing much better things . Let him , however , avoid a German churchyard , and walk in healthier paths .
The SURREY fills to the ceiling , crowds being drawn by the pigtail of T . P . Cooke , who acts in a new nautical drama of My Poll and my Partner Joe . The piece abounds with what are called " striking situations , " and if there he any truth in play-bills' promises , on the faith of these veracious documents , to outdo all former doings . The VICTORIA remained closed until the 28 th inst ., the dilatory tradesmen not having before sent home the new Glass Curtain .
The 'QUEEN ' S . —A one act piece called Zarah , a compound of the story of Fenella , Esmeralda , and Meg Merrilies , has been produced with great beauty . The music is , in many parts , exquisite ; and one scene , by HILLYER , equals even the magical touch of S TANFIELD . We speak of the acting last , as it last deserves it . Mrs . N ISBETT is , in certain parts , a delightful comic actress ; but she cannot playmysterious young gypsies . Her theatre continues to flourish ; albeit it , has lost the chaste delineations of JOHN REEVE , who has been spirited away to New York , for , it is said , two years . 9 Y
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Theatres.
THE THEATRES .
TIIE last quarter has teemed with no better promise for the true interests of the stage than the three months which preceded it . Thus , we have but few subjects to touch upon ; and those so trifling , that even to register their names is more than ceremony sufficient , duly considering their merits .
The HAYMARKET which was wont to be the theatre for good Old English Comedy and farce —( and what literature FOOTE contrived to put into his farces !) is become a wholesale warehouse for imbecilities " from the French , " chiefly translated by Mr . MORRIS ' " own correspondent . " 77 ( e Maid of Croissey is weak as water ; The Scholar , a bungling version of Le Savant , —My Late Friend an old translated acquaintance with a worse face ; and the new five act Comedy , Hints for Husbands , is composed of " three single gentlemen rolled into one ; " namely , it is made up of three French p ieces . The business at the Haymarket has been in proper accordance with the attraction .
ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE . —At the time we write , the actors ttiemselves have the conduct of this theatre , Mr . ARNOLD having—from previous bad business—given up the house to them , in despair . They have been more prosperous than the proprietor ; perhaps , for one reason , they have produced a more rapid succession of novelty ; though , possibly , not of the very hig hest kind . The Covenanters is light and pleasant , and containing some exquisite Scotch airs , as exquisitely sung b his music than other
¦ y Brother WILSON , who puts more heart into any English vocalist- —has met with deserved success . The Old Oak Tree has drawn several good houses ; for the piece itself , it is of the Coburg school in that school ' s worst days . The Dice of Death is founded on a German legend , and contains a duly characteristic share of the mysterious and terrible . It has been successfuland from little bits in the dialoguethan
quite ; judging more , from the work as a whole drama , we think the author ( a Mr . O XEN - TOBD , a writer of one or two comic trifles at this theatre , ) shows a failpromise of doing much better things . Let him , however , avoid a German churchyard , and walk in healthier paths .
The SURREY fills to the ceiling , crowds being drawn by the pigtail of T . P . Cooke , who acts in a new nautical drama of My Poll and my Partner Joe . The piece abounds with what are called " striking situations , " and if there he any truth in play-bills' promises , on the faith of these veracious documents , to outdo all former doings . The VICTORIA remained closed until the 28 th inst ., the dilatory tradesmen not having before sent home the new Glass Curtain .
The 'QUEEN ' S . —A one act piece called Zarah , a compound of the story of Fenella , Esmeralda , and Meg Merrilies , has been produced with great beauty . The music is , in many parts , exquisite ; and one scene , by HILLYER , equals even the magical touch of S TANFIELD . We speak of the acting last , as it last deserves it . Mrs . N ISBETT is , in certain parts , a delightful comic actress ; but she cannot playmysterious young gypsies . Her theatre continues to flourish ; albeit it , has lost the chaste delineations of JOHN REEVE , who has been spirited away to New York , for , it is said , two years . 9 Y