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columns , a nd two critiques to it . The Post has copied but into its notice the whole argument from the excellent book of -words issued by the publishers of the music , Messrs . Cramer and Beale , and other papers have followed suit . We simply advert to these facts as demonstrative of the unexampled success achieved by an English opera , by an English composer , -with an English subject ; and to make manifest the non-necessity there is for us to repeat not a twice but twenty times told tale . Nor is it necessary to discusss the merits of ttie artistes toAvhom the leading parts are alloted . Their well-known names are a sufficient guarantee for the excellence of any performance in which they constitute the cast . The only circumstance demanding special notice is that Madame Lemmens Sherrington in her new character of an actress has shown that her histrionic powers areequal to her well-known qualifications as . a singer , the hihest praise that any artiste could aspire to . Mr . Parkinson
very g and Mr . Patey—respectively known , the former as primo tcnore of the Eastern Opera House ; the latter through the medium of the concertroom and the oratorios—have justified the expectations formed of their abilities . On Wednesday the greatest of operas , Bon Giovanni , was performed with a powerful cast . This is a work in which there are none but leading parts . For instance , the part of II Commendatoro , estimated in mere time and quantity of music ; , is very small ; but upon the efficienev of the representative of this character depends some of the finest effects in the opera . So with regard to Don Ottavio , his one song , " II mio . Tesoro , " 13 worth a ; whole ordinary opera . Again , _ apportionment of the part of -Donna Elvira to a leading artiste is a , sine qua non in the completeness of the ensemble . On the present
occasion the parts were distributed as follows : —perhaps the two greatest artistes on the lyric stage—judged by the actualities of the presenti not the traditionary fame of the past—Mdlle . Titiens and Sig . G-iuglini represented Dbnnainna and Don Ottavio ; Sig . Gassier , Don Giovanni ; Sig . Yialletti , ieporello ; Mdlle . Parepa , Zerlina ; Mdlle . Vaiieri , Donna Elvira ; Heir Hermanns ; II Commendatore ; . Sig . Castellij Masetto . The merits and characteristics of the other artistes who appeared are thoroughly known and , appreciated by the public' There were two first appearances , lldlle . Parepa and Herr-Hermanhs . The foriner has long been celebrated as pile of the greatest English singers . of the day , arid she is now about to add the triumphs of the lyric stage to her other achievements * . Herr Hermanns was ; first introduced to
London audiences at the Popular Concerts last spring . ; and his ; extraordniary organwas well suited tothe vocal thundersi which"El Gommehdatore has to utter . The nairiuet was admirably given by Mdlle . Mbrlacehi and M . Mascot . The " gems" were redemarided , but , with the exception of tc ' H mib tesoro , " not repeated ; the , artistes merely returning to bow acknowledgments . ; In the ballet of Orfa , Mdlle . Moriacchi has appeared to great advantage during the present week . BkintT : jiANE .-- ^ - As Byrori ; was the " great Napoleon of the realms oj rhyinei" Mi * . E . T . Smith is unquestionably and unequivocally the great Napoleon of managerial and histrionic achievement , and we sb ould hardly be surprised to see him , at a not very . distant period , qbmmariderin-chief of the entire metropolitan stage , Tlie j-out of veteran troops by raw- levies , the annihilation . of : lorig-maturedcombinatipns QfEQientifip strategyby an abnormal and . externponsed coup de main , was not the of what
, lnbre unprecedeiited , and astonishing , t ^ an conveVsion , was pectraiarily / speaking ,, a ; , bankrupt stage into a prqfitable ; mercantile eiaterprise , and the restpratibii of tliei time-honoured seats .. of the Italian and British : . dramai in the Haytoarkefe and ;^ rury lane , to 'their pristine flourishing ; condition . Haying at these establishments ; nq | merely diapered for the tipper Ten lijPbousaiicl with ten t hpusand a ; year , but consulted ; the financial exigencies even of those ! whose happiness it ; is tdibe exeinpt ii'om the payment of incpnae tax , by proserititig tpthe public the best of high ; class pei'fqrmarioes , at emphatically « ' pppular prices ^ heis nowabput to sto w his regard foiv the millibn by opening the . magriificeni 'Al ham , bra as a'm ' bnster jnusio hall for , their especia : T delectation ; 'TBut , as in the former casoj the ^ . million" ( how Shaksp ' ' a phrases hay ^^ ¦ " ) vrevQenabled by , the low : pribeaqf : admission , to ayair , themselves of an whichL : d tUia taste for
entertidinn ^ enti t ^ ey jjrpyq . thexijaolTOs tp pjossoas' apprepiatirig , '" sp ire ' 'iiti . ye no d ? 3 t )<; tjh ' e performances at the ^ . ihambra ¦ will j ¦ ¦ in ppint of excellence , be . worthy of the patronage of the TCTpper Ten ThOiasiind . But to 1 the matter in hane ) . •« Old ( p ^ jiiry : " opened on Monday ^ itlv a sbri . 08 . 9 r tlie iigiost distiogviished perfprn ^ iprs . of tire age apppare . d in Bpme of their . moBt farqurito oharapfce > i , zatio ^ s ;; ^" , ^ but Multiple ' qbmpany which | ir . 'JE «' . "T . J 3 mith hag asaombled .. at thia theatre intp brie brilliant igala ^ y , iri pur " preliminary jannpunopinent , inip > urimt > reB ^ ioh : pf the 6 fch / irist ,, ; t ^ he ^ re wpujid / be a woi'fc of supqrerp ^ atiori , Su ^ ioe"ib tp say thafcthero i ) 3 a- wfholp company of' bnght , pa ^ rtigular Bta > 3 , eaolji of whiplx ivlorie ia pixffipwnt > ai ^ 4 has befbre ^ n of a theatvej , The pieces selected for Monday \ rere Xffie ( Pwffecfi / Qttqen t in ^ lxibh ^ r ^ . Stjrlirig tippeare ^^^ in hW origin ^ oh araQter of Mrs . lJ raop « girdle "i arid waa w « ll .. aupporte ^ by Miss , i ^ xden as i JBHdget . Married for Mofieify va . wlnph : %$ . Charles Mathowe sustauibd the par . t of Mr , Mdp ^ Bj \ . and Miv , JRqxby , fc . 3 Tji'an , ] c 'Mafch 0 wB , ¦ Mips Helen tl 0 rest
JEtQWricj , Miss Minrixe Day 19 , wp ,, ewoVpntly represei ^ tpd ^ of tnp dfamqtfa jy > er * PW « V ¦ ' fl-n ' d ' . j ??» JSfooeti ^ nou ^ iii , which ' JTr . Oharlbs il ^ thowgi appeared , again'as ^ Temiw , an ^ were dfiSpjehtly Becpnded by Mr . Tjilbury , Mrs . B ' prrel ) « nd Mifl ^ GJyde . ^ Ir » ^ ambert , wiho has robuTnpd from Australia , has resujne ^ liis plabe on the !^ Mondfiy iri , tjhe flrBti two pipbiBs , resp ^ ptiveiy au JJJbpnpzer ( t 0 jipijij ( a ) F | D ( st atjiicl 0 ir iBpbprt' Jkfellbwboy . ; '• ^ ch iyevo , i ) he "legitiBbiate J' Pppfciori gf " tjxo entertairitoents , wJxiph . qoinpjuaeft yith ia , tjpvpflipTipreftri after . piece ; vrhipli oiii ilffu ^ aday was phnriged for' Mr , Jphri Oixenford ^ faypuirite fa , rop p f My . MllQxv tilerTc ^ : in , # hio ) V Mr . Rpb , evb v ^ o ^ by > | Mi ? B Av dpn ,, &o ,, ftppqaiced . I » aepprd ^ ripe . wiith . aneient owsjipm , the , prpopedingB wpro opopefll on fcKo ppeninginight 'with the ?\ fttiPi ^ ol Anithem ^ bujj ^ by tKo whplp strength of the bp ^ ipanyt ! JShe weatlier , tjipwgh . bud . o'inpugh t 9 Jseqp «> yery : boay '' a ii hPrn ^ : ^ : » wM ^ i » iv ^ M : ' i ^^ it- ^ $ mm pn ^ fchemvijs , o | the wdieno ? , wh ^ i «»{ ipif , « ijl ; ecl ii " .. « rcng ( aitjlo ^ : <» f V ' - !»»^^ -: V «\ v ?^ S ^^ i * . *^ fl ^*»<>?> thJrougliputli ' ¦' : " ; .. ¦ . •" .. ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ¦! . " ¦ .. •¦ ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ , " , ¦ ¦ ,. / . ¦ ¦ '¦' ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ '¦ ¦¦; •¦ ,-. ' ¦; . ¦ ' •"¦
Hatmabket Theatre . —We extract the following notice of Mr-John Brougham from the J ¥ ew York Times . —Mr . John Brougham , the universal favourite of the public , is now in London , playing-, we understand , in a successful engagement at the Hayinarket Theatre We will send him , across the water , a few hearty words of congratulation . His new comedy called " Playing with Fire , " produced last night , at Wailack ' s , was not merely a success , but a triumph so unequivocal as to deserve to be marked with a " white stone , " according to the recommendation of Plautus , in the history of the drama . "We are aware that this is high praise , but it is merited . J ) o not the rOars of laughter echo in our eats yet ? Was ever audience dismissed , at the fall of the curtain , more thoroughly satisfied with their night ' s enjoyment ? To describe the plot would be almost to write the play . It cannot be
wisely attempted , and wo prefer to let the patrons of Wallaek ' s , who in this instance will be nearly all vhe theatre-going population of the city , evolve it and resolve it for themsolves . It may be sufficient to say that supposed : < iatrimouial difficulties , which have no real existence , entangling a pair of husbands and a pair of wives , lie at the base of its construction j and that the " Playing with Fire " typifies the dangerous mode of resort whereby they endeavour to test each other ' s fidelity and sineerit ; y of affection . But beyond this , and yet artfully interwoven with it , are a series of the most amusing stratagems , equivoque and contretemps thai ; have betvn witnesseddn a now comedy for in : iny years past . A crowded house testified tlicir approbation of these effooLs and situations with such manUestaiions of delight as are seldom heard within the walls of a theatre Olympic Tiieatee .- -As tliere are plays , tlie excellence of which consists in the completeness of detail and a symmetrical ensemble , and others which depend on striking situations , variety of incident * complication of intrigue ; others , again , in -which everything is subordinate to the presentment of some grand conception of individual character ; so there are actors whose inerit consists in entirely sinking their personality out of isiglitj and putting on the ideal type with which , for the time being , they have to invest tliemselves , while the '' 'distinguishing idiosyncrasy of another class ' . ' of artists consists in ^ impressixig themselves , so to speak , upon tlie portrayals they embody . Mr . Kobson ' s genius is essentially that of individual chafacterization . He dqes not so much identify hiniself witli this ov that characteri he identifies the character with himself , and makes it his own . i His happiest efforts are those where mqst other actors . Svould despair of finding aiijthing to do . His greatest successes are those in which the piece is a vehicle for his extraordinary invention , bodied forth in the iriost wondrous and original delineations . It must nbifci however , be supposed that to construct a suitable , piece for the . display of his extraordinary powers , nothing more is re ' ejuisite than to string together a conglomerate of incident * with a vacuuni in it sufficiently large to liffprd scope ^ fqr hiiii € 0 ^ djsport himself in those histrionic ebulli- ' iibhs of ' . htlmdu ' thati . irise with the ¦ spontaneous r . aciriess of improvised conceptions . t > n the cpntrarjp-jjust as true art conceals itself , and thoseproductibhs that have reaily been the most laboui ed appear the sirtiplest and most natural , to create one of those apparent nothings- ^ nothing that is without Mr . I ? . bbs 6 n in it-H-in , which this great actor by himself will rivet the attention , of the iudience' for an hour together , — -is by no means an . easy task ,- J as those who like may convince themselves by attempting it . Qne of the most successful achievements bf this description is Mr . J . Mi Morton ' s new piece , " A Begujar Fix , ? ' and tho ? e who haivo not S 2 en it witii ^ Mr . Kobsbh as Hugh de Brass , are , as the Spanish pi-qverb says . bf thosp whp haye not sqen the best thing Worth seeing , much to be pitied . Mr , Surphis , a lawyer , has ; we Teg ^ to say , ; a pre-niarjtal daughter wlioin ho passes pff as an adopted clnld , whos < 3 father had mysteriously disappleared . He is also blessed ^ with a wife who labours undei' the singulaiv delusipn that everybody who sees herj of the : rria 3 culine genderj ! falls in : lpve with her . Miv Hugh ^ de Brass , a man whb boars the curs ® of Adam by being in debt to his tdilqi ' , yitti exectiitiqns out against him , haying dined at his plMb and helped to consuine aoven bpttles pf wine , is Ijaken by a friend-to a ball , wherpa fpw »» pve ^^ bpttles of qhainpagna ^ send '; him into ; , that Bleep that is » pt easily broken , and rera ^ i ^ iiig' hplpless iii his arm-chair 1 » U next rixornitjffi he is awakened by <; he . sovyants duBting him aridvthe-chaw ; together . On opening Jliis eyes the first thi ; ng . hb sops js a baiim keeping guard at hiB post ( i . e . ft iamp-ppBt ) , bpposite the door . <* «» this state of facts , out of- wlxioU to extrftet oi » extra double dos ^ pt fun , and . this is a foat which only Mr . Epbson . could accomplisU . The drojiery , which is of the inoBt , convulsiya and homipidia character , oonsistain the ^ tempts made by [ J fys . Hugh de Brass , Hvat to recoileov how he catrie wrliere | ie is ; and ,, sebbridly , being there , hq \ y to 1 'ouAa . jn , that he may esdapp thio fangs of the sheriff ' s offlppr . B , e por 9 U « ac ^ the lawyer ^ inanagihg plcrJc ,. na well as another of Miss aurpl « a , a suitbrs ( for the yqung lady has two strings te her . bpw ) , that ho Ja , WP friend 6 f fheir youth i ho porsuades Surplus / that he Ha PQW » e to oonsultjhirn upbn important f » mily business . Mrs . Surphia mnpios : Jip is a ; stranger , who htts fallen in love with liPiy and l'esortpd to : q , ruse for gaining admission , and bo jthakos dpsp 6 rato love to \} im J ¦ ¦ Wp }™* when Sarpl . ua discovora . ho " iiiajces believe" to bo the long-lost fttlia of , the real JUiss Surp ^ s , but tho imposition h uninaskeql py % ne fathers oonfbsBion pf paternity . VVh . eh poor 3 Dp ; Brasa is at nis ^ vrm end , in pomps tlie ofllocr to soV-e his prey ,, and drive tho unfortunate victim mod putright- ^ -ns ho supposes , but in . roality to announop ¦! " » aooospion to the bal'onetey of Gfre « t Britain , with a fortune P ^ . * ' V a-year . And sp the piece p « dp . TUobp who Jthpw w , hat \ Mrr KoDson » powei's are , inay , in . Bpmp ^ measwo , realize the e > xtraprdjnary P ? ec ? . T * abt ' inff he opnstrudts wponthis . fpuhdatioii ; The lino of phnraotowzftwo ^ is ebmowliat different from his-old parts , but in . oxoelfonee and BUPoess i !) is not inferior to aiiy of them , ' ' ATOB&PHi TnnATR ^ . ' —Thorb , is no change of porfprmanao to rpcp , rd at thie housbi npr rtpoa there be , with p ippoe that " draw" o » eo tivply . Wu > GQlleen JJawn ia aohioving ft . B « oooas hardly oyov ¦ . but passed . A part pf dhp attraotipnp of M ?» v < W ! ep § tor ' B ; Mwfttive tt , wo ^ ieye ; « spW ^ ihtpJiifl admirable awftPgemonts fpr .. PWW ^» 5 i a acopm » Qaatioj » pftho pubUbr ^^ ^ pp nsmtQairi ' pyorypointr'ffhe ^^ tendants , theabwmon of le ^ itiwate rpbbery Under thp pretence Q »
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ggg The Saturday Analyst md Leaden LOcT- ^ 0 , 1860
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 20, 1860, page 886, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2370/page/14/
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