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Mr. Kean appeared on the 21st ultimo for the first time as Don Felix, in the "Wonder," a character which has been occasionally attempted by leading tragedians from the days of Garrick, who took his leave in it. It is a light sketch of an ardent and jealous temperament, kindled by very exciting circumstances, and affording some animated passages of vehement and in consistent passion, and the character could not, therefore, fall into better hands than in Mr. Kean's. Of any thing further Mrs. Centlivere was incapable, nor would the texture of her comedy have admitted of the delineation of deep mental conflicts, which might have been pourtrayed by a higher

degree of dramatic genius. Don Felix exhibits little of this kind, but, nevertheless, affords scope for a fine conception, by the rapidity of his transitions from love to anger, and from anger to love. There is an easy vein of gentility throughout the character, which Mr. Kean assumed with the most happy success. We were now and then indeed reminded of Mr. Kean's higher powers of tragedy, but they were never out of place; and in the comedy of his part, he was quite as happy as in its passion, especially in the scene in which he assumes intoxication, in order to deceive the father of Violante. Mr. Kean made the utmost of his very slight material, and put the house into exceeding good

humour. Could Mrs. Glover have looked Violante, nothing more would have been desirable, as her conception of genteel comedy is always correct. The remaining characters were well sustained; and we regret that the house was not well attended, as the play was for the benefit of Miss Tidswell, on her retirement from the stage. At the end of the play, Miss Tidswell was led forward by Mr. Kean, and addressed to the audience a few well chosen sentences, expressive of her gratitude for the favours she had received from the public for forty years. Miss Tidswell was much affected; and the termination of a career of forty years is affecting under all circumstances. She was much and deservedly applauded.

Mr. Kean has repeated the performance of the character of Wolsey, in "Henry VIII." Until the third act, Wolsey has little to perform; and his only part is, by his appearance, to give the audience the idea or anticipation of the solemn dignity, as well as the lofty ambition and imperious grandeur of his character. We need not say that in these respects Mr. Kean was deficient; and we had occasion to regret the days of yore, when Mr. Kemble filled this character with unrivalled excellence. But in the third act, Mr. Kean exhibited his vigorous conception of the character, and afforded the audience some fine specimens of the

best acting. Wolsey's reproof of the court sycophants, who were exulting in his fall, was given with the finest effect; and in the sentence, " Had I but served my God," he infused the most thrilling pathos. Mrs. West's Queen Catherine was a respectable performance.

Mr. Holman's comic opera "Abroad and at Home," has been represented for the first time at this theatre, but we certainly cannot conceive that the managers have added to the attractions of their stage by adopting this piece. The plot of this opera is destitute of ingenuity in its management, and is in itself worthy only of a farce: the characters are drawn without nature or probability; and the dialogue can boast of but little vivacity or elegance.

The "Peasant Boy," and " Katherine and Petruchio," have also been performed, and were so pleasingly represented, that we had nothing to regret except the want of an audience to partake of our satisfaction.

This Theatre is now closed, and we are extremely sorry to hear that the season has not proved so beneficial to Mr. Elliston as his merits as a manager and an actor deserves. At a very recent meeting of the proprietors it appeared that the pecuniary affairs of this Theatre are in a very improving state, and the conduct of Mr. Elliston was highly approved.

MAY 30.-Mr. Macready performed Othello for his benefit; an undertaking of no small peril, while the excellence of Mr. Kean in the character is fresh in the public mind. Mr. Macready, however, without any imitation of Mr. Kean, and without disturbing the noble impressions which he has left on our memory, succeeded in giving a representation of the part, abounding with individual traits of grandeur and of beauty, and forming altogether a consistent and harmonious whole. In the oriental cast of his figure, and the richness and compass of his voice, he brought eminent physical advantages to his task, which his sense of the passion and poetry of the character enabled him excellently to improve. He did not electrify the audience with bursts of emotion so sudden or so terrific, or

subdue them so often by unlooked-for pathos, as Mr. Kean, but he preserved throughout a loftier tone in his suffering and his revenge. His delivery of the speech to the Senate had less indiscriminate pomp of utterance than is usual; but it was a natural, varied, and affecting narration of the "round unvarnished tale" of a soldier's wooing and success. Mr. Young made the villainy of Jago more palpable even than usual, so much so, as to occasionally almost destroy the decorum of the scene, and to raise a titter in the house. Miss Foote, in Desdemona, acted as well as she looked. Abbot played Cassio very pleasantly, especially in the drunken scene. Mrs. Faucit would have been more effective in Emilia, if she had exerted herself less. The "Marriage of Figaro" followed, in which Mr. Mac

ready sustained the part of Count Almaviva with considerable gaiety and hu

mour.

"The Law of Java," and " Cherry and Fair Star," have been played. These performances certainly do not come within the description of a rational entertainment; for the excellent acting in the former piece cannot rid it of the weaknesses and absurdities that characterize it, nor can the splendid and beautiful scenes of the latter compensate for the utter absence of every thing intellectual in its composition. "The Law of Java" has run its nine nights; and although for the sake of Mr. Bishop's music, executed delightfully as it is by Miss Stephens and Miss Tree, there might exist some wish that the piece should go on longer, yet we must confess that a tenth representation would inevitably consign us to the custody of Morpheus, notwithstanding the lively strains of the fair Nourjadhee.

Mr. Liston's "Last Benefit at this Theatre," was a productive one. He played Sir Bashful Constant, in the Comedy of "The Way to Keep Him." It was a most amusing perform ance. Mrs. Liston, after the Comedy, came forward, assisted by her husband, to take leave of the public on her retiring from the stage. She said and sung her Valedictory Address, which was written for the occasion by Mr. Colman. Mrs. Liston expressed the feelings natural on such an occasion; and the audience, remembering how often she has delighted with her sweet tones, paid her the tribute of their thanks and good wishes.

The tragedy of "Cymbeline" was revived for the benefit of Miss Tree, who of course assumed the tender and romantic character of Imogen. This part is altogether of that caste from which Miss Tree receives distinction, and to which it may with equal ⚫ truth be said, that she gives it, that we

scarcely need say that she was entirely at home in it. The peculiar charm of this actress, is what is emphatically termed feeling, and she displays it at once in air; deportment, and voice. We know not whether that which in respect to recitation is usually a defect, meaning a want of force and of distinctness, may not rather aid the peculiar charm of Miss Tree. That calm and gentle marking, which is so peculiarly her own, and which, if called into momentary vehemence, rises and falls with such feminine grace, would be altogether marred by the shrill and piercing utterance which can more completely fill the house. Cut down as "Cymbeline" now is, there is but one scene in which Imogen has to express much transition of emotion, and that is in the first interview with Iachimo, which Miss Tree performed as delightfully as the similar single passage in the "Two Gentlemen of Verona," where a doubt is thrown upon the truth of her lover, starting into reproof of the wily Italian with the like beautiful energy. The pastoral scenes, in which she assumes boyhood, precisely as a modest but love-deserted damsel should do, are also exceedingly curtailed; but her simple entrance into the cave, and timid and irresistable appeal to the kindness of those who find her there, were indiscribably excellent-indiscribable, because so little is to be either said or done; and yet that little is made so effective.

Young performed Iachimo, and Macready Leonatas, so that the piece was strongly supported. The play, indeed, was very well got up throughout; only we cannot understand such a variety of costume. Young in the Roman Toga, and Leonatus and Clotus in the garb of the gay cavaliers of the sixteenth century. The play is all anachronism and anomaly; there is the less occasion to make it more so.

The first performance of the season was intended for the relief of the suffering Irish, but as most of the theatrical benefactions have either failed altogether, or produced but little, the receipts on this occasion were likewise inconsiderable. The entertainments commenced with a new farcical Sketch, in one act, entitled "The Bill of Fare: or, For Further Particulars inquire

Within." The play was "The School for Scandal;" an apt selection, considering the purpose to which the night was dedicated, but a difficult and trying one for any company in the metropolis. It is needless to say more than that it was better got up than we could have expected, and that the manner of its reception was another tribute to the genius of its immortal author. Some ju