29 OCTOBER 1853, Page 9

The Itaymarket Theatre, which reopened on Monday, the day when

the horses of Drury commenced their long course, presents a very gay ap- pearance; having been newly decorated as well as substantially improved. Light, elegant, and with new facilities for seeing the stage, this house, thanks to the zeal of the architect, Mr. G. Somers Clarke, is now one of the prettiest in London. The only important event (besides the decora- tion) connected with improvement, is the debt of Mr. G. Vandenhof4 once of Covent Garden ; who, coming quite fresh to this metropolis, has played Harslet in most unexceptionable style. A performance more free from positive faults is seldom witnessed; and he is fairly entitled to every laudatory attribute which does not comprise genius and inspiration.