Regency Pastimes: January 1824 London Theatre Productions

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in a great measure to the performance of Mr Macready who personated the principal character On the evening the 8th inst Mr Kean made his appearance at Drury lane after an absence of some months in the favorite part Richard the Third a character in which his merits are well known to require any observations On the 9th Bra ham came out for the season as Henry Bertram in Mannering and on the 13th Miss Stephens made her appearance as Diana Vernon in Rob Roy The Cataract according to the play bills overflows nightly The new grand and comic Christmas pantomine which it seems has been in preparation ever since the summer is intitled Harlequin and Lignum Vitæ or the Flying Fish The scenery of this pantomime it is reported resembles the views displayed at the Diorama COVENT GARDEN THEATRE THE tragedy of King John has been revived here with new dresses exhibiting most accurately the costume of the age to which the action of the drama relates The perform ance of Kemble in Fanconbridge Young in the King and Miss Foote in Lady Blanche contributed to render the whole a most interesting spectacle Macklin's Comedy of The Man of the World was revived on the 12th inst The character of Sir Pertinax Macsyco phant was for the first time well sustained by Young who encountered a ludicrous and somewhat embarrassing accident The stag confined under the stage a performer in the after piece was taken with a braying fit during the appearance of Young in a most interesting scene He fancied at first that the noise proceeded from the audience and was just about to step forward and remonstrate against such a mode of attack when he was apprised of its real nature Mrs Harman's new tragedy of the The Vespers of Palermo was exhibited on the 13th As it has been pub lished we shall consequently have another opportunity to examine into its merits and we shall therefore at present only state that on the stage it has been unsuccessful

Reviews and teasers appeared in the January 1824 issue of The Lady’s Monthly Museum.

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