As a goodhumoured banter on the work of-Messrs. Scribe and
Halevy, the burlesque of The Enchanted Isle, -which feet established the name of that par nobile fratnun the Messrs.- Brough, has been revived on the oppo- site side of the way—at the smaller " Haymarket." A ghost of Shak- sPere, who speaks the prologue, and who is represented by Mr. Stuart, is more amusing from the by-play with which Mr. Buckstone, listening it la Hamlet, accompanies the words, than the words themselves. The cast of the pieoe is entirely different from that at the Adelphi, where it was ori- ginally produced ; and is in some respects superior. The Arid of Miss P. Horton—a name almost identified with the character, and with Arne's very popular music—is a decided improvement on the unvocal Arid of Madame Celeste. Mr. -Buckstone's Caliban—gloriously unidealizcd, and brought to the level of a monstrous shoe-bliitle7is as remarkable iu its way as Lablache's ; an original creation 'of genius. The Sing of Mr. J. Bland has pompous peculiarities, which distinguish it from the more slangish version of Mr. P. Bedford; but, on the, other hand, we miss the portentous Prospero of Mr. O. Smith. The piece is put on the stage with a degree of care and liberality that is more common with original produc- tions than with revivals ; and during the Tempesta run it is likely to re- main a favourite.
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