TIIEATR1CALS OVER TIIE WATER.
THE Victoria opened on Monday, under the sole management of ABBOTT ; who, during the brief interval of its recess, has en- livened the interior by introducing a bright green colour into the panelling-s of the boxes and burnishing the gilding. He has made a fresh start, too, and seems determined to keep pace with his rivals in the production of novelty awl talent. The Surry having carried the Adelphi company and its popular pieces over tha water, ABBOTT has introduced some of the favourite burlettas of the Strand and the Olympic, with Mrs. WAYLETT, Mrs. Oitusat, and LtsToN ; and he has also secured that capital low comedian MITCHELL, from the Fitzroy. This week the Loves of the Angels has been played, with a very effective cast; Mrs. WaYLErr has delighted the audience with her pretty ballads; Mrs. ORGER has personated Mrs. 9eputy Butts, a city Mrs. Malaprop, in the IVater Party, one of the pleasantest of DANCE'S little comedies: and, to crown all, Lisma has appeared as Mr. Brown, the ill- tempered painter, and Mrs. ORGER as his passionate spouse, the landlady in Kill or Cure. This lively little pice was even bet- ter performed than at the Olympic ; for Miss HORTON and MITCHELL, as the bar-maid and ostler—the loving couple whose harmony serves as a contrast to the bickerings of their master and mistress—gave a piquancy and naturalness to the dialogue, which well supported the reality and gusto of LISTON'S hummitur and Mrs. ORGER'S vehemence. In the Four Sisters, too, =in which Mrs. WAYLETT personates four young ladies of different dispositions,—Miss HORTON, as the waiting-woman, made the sly hits at the visitor tell effectively, by the quiet, pointed style in which she gave them; and FORESTER was at times really free and easy. The entertainments altogether were excellent, and the.au- dience was heartily amused. LISTON has only promised three nights' performance, the last of which is on Tuesday; and Mrs. Wavtarr plays the syren but a few times • Mrs. ORGER, however,—who is the best chambermaid and city dame on the stage, besides possessing very versatile ta- lent as an actress,—would seem to be a permanent acquisition. These additions to his company, and the constant succession of novelties that ABBOTT promises, have made it necessary for him to raise his prices to the old standard. Miss MITFORD'S tragedy of Charles the First is announced to be brought out shortly. A Mr. CATHCART, Of provincial fame, is to persoaate Cromwe'l ; and ABBOTT, King Charles. What an agreeable relief must such performances as these at the Victoria be to the playgoers over the water, after supping their fill of melodramatic horrors and broad buffoonery at the Surry; and sating their eyes and ears with the guns, the glitter, and the equestrian gymnastics of Astley's ! Apropos of the quadruped company of DUCROW : this clever tutor of the Houhynhm race has brought a Spanish bull-fight into his arena. Matadors are easily found; but to procure a bull of proper fierceness yet War- ranted not to gore, and who should moreover die, like other great actors, of a sham-thrust, taxed DUCROW'S invention. Two men have managed to step into an elephant's feet, and walk with one purpose across the stage, in his deliberate and ponderous pace; but for two bipeds to attempt to play the part of the monarch of the meadow, with the furious energy necessary to the semblance of a bull-fight, was next to impossible. The hide would not long hide them front public view ; and it would require no thrust of the matador to reveal the wicker ribs and human limbs Of the seeming beast. Dec:Row therefore selected the most intel- ligent of his four-footed pupils, and taught him to wear the skin of a bull; to be proud of his dewlap, and his thick curled front, and use his formidable horns in the true bovine fashion. We have not witnessed the personation; but, judging tom the fact of DUCROW feeling it necessary to assule his audience in the tills, that the bull ii. cut up woukt not make beef, we st:Fittke that it most be sit!licieatly (1,2c,In cite Lic- nairfailialAlt the ga!e: irlo, d. .ay, Ayi,ly wl
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