23 MARCH 1839, Page 12

THE TIEEATRES.

THE opening of the Haymarket and the closing of the Adelphi are the only incidents of the week. KxownEs's charming comedy, The Love Oast', which was played for somewhere about the hundred and fiftieth time, relished es well as ever : it is a standing diih at the entertain- ments of' the Haymarket and the slight variation in the manner of serving.up giving it addithmal zest, it may figure efterer in the bill of fare. The pritteipal Change was the substitution of Miss TAvLon for Mrs..N.thnrr in the pert of Ni.ighbour Con.vntnee ; and though the arch- ness, na7vetit; and exuberent spirits of the original representative were missed, • the more tuaiticial vivacity of her successor was not less effective, iu some passe ges, where the natural enimation and sensibility of the woman shone through the assumption of • the actress, we had glimpses of a true feeling of the character, that, if fully brought out, would have been delightful: as it is, the original impression made by Mrs: Numer is, by the unavoidable similarity of eerteht points of the' performance, recalled in all its vividness. Miss Moanat.NT played the minor part of Ty! 7a, in a quiet and unpretending manner ; hut the serious and sentimental is,not her forte. Mr. WAtertin LAcv is a showy- looking gallant ; but a part like Mask,. Waller is quite beyond hint. Mrs. GLOVER'S coquetry was not so bland and genial as formerly ; the Widow Green showed a touch of" the Barnaby." By the way, when is the Trollopiau Widow to appear on the stage? her advent was announced at the St. James's, but the piece was withdrawn: Mrs. GLOVER is her proper and only representative; and we shall theret■ire hope to see the Widow Batnalv at the Haymarket instead. STRICKLAND burlesqued the love.stricken old knight with his usual gusto, and only a kale too much bulfoonery;; and WInisamt, us 117h/eche, affected the airs of the cox- comb with a self.complaeent gravity eminently ludicrous: nor must IflimmtNies quiet humour and gentlemanlike manner as Timmer/it be passed over without a word of recognition. BERNA RD'S new farce, fitr a Ikty. is it very amusing trifle; and went off' with abundant lauebter, provoked by the comical mon- strosities of Yankee slam?. tiro. uttered by HILL in his dry way with the genoo-ine twang, told with irresistible effect. Contrary to custom, however, the shrewd simplicity of the honest New Englander Nathan, is outwitted by the more arabl adroitness of his scapegrace brother Montague; and Nathan gets embroiled iu the quari.els aud embarrass7 ments of Montague, and has to pay both in purse tmd perscn for his brother's delinquencies. 1111.1, is in American characters what rowtat is in 41511111e:1: the saint. (Flee easy manner, and sv htunottr, devoid of vulgarity, and that entire absence of stage manner which is so re- freshing, characterize them both ; though their style of acting is as widely different as the impulsive ardour and gallantry of tie.? Hibernian, from the cool. calenlatine rweieity of the Yankee. Mrs. W. CLurottn, as mfartner's wife aping the fine lady, deserves mention for the excel- lent quality that she manifests on all occasions of' entering thoroughly into the spirit of the ino,t di.,...greeable characters, mei by the very act of so doing preventing them ft ont being unpleasant. Mrs. F. MAneritEWS, as a French opera-d.:meer, is amusingly vivacious; but she makes the part more like a condi:el eounterfeit than a ludicrous oeiginal. STRICK- LAND is a 'hearty old harsher; and L.tev only wants a more preposterous dress :old a nasal sing-son;.; to become a good specimen of the American exettisite. Wittisen and Mrs. FerzwIt.m.‘er, in the favourite farce of Grtft,o, Geten, mimicked tl:e airs of the kitchen aristocracy itt high style. A very promising young dancer. called .Mademoiselle CLARA, but whose modest manner and sweet English face proclaim her native to this country, was encored in the etteltuca. She has steadiness, grace, and elasticity ; and we hope the encouragement she received will stimulate her to attain the energy, tire, and abto,,h,,/ that are essential characte- ristics of this fitt,einating dunce. Of the singing of " God save the Queen " we will only say, that the present company has no operatic pretensions.