4 MARCH 1955, Page 14

March 6, 1830

THEATRICAL Gossip.—Kean is once more announced as Henry the Fifth. He is anxious, no doubt, to redeem the pledges that have been given to the public on this subject; but for our own parts, we know the insidious nature of Mr. Kcan's complaint too well to believe that he will be able to undergo the fatigue of a new part.

The Ratnantiques in Paris are gaining groind upon their opponents. Victor Hugo has produced a tragedy called Hernani, after the model, as the French deem it, of Shakespeare, but which, from an abstract of the plot that we have seen, seems more closely allied to the dramatic school of Germany. It was rapturously received, on Thursday last week, at the Theatre Francais.