THEATRE ROYAL.

Evening Post, Issue 54, 11 April 1865, Page 2

THEATRE ROYAL.

Last night at an early hour the doors of the Theatre Royal were besieged by an eager c owd, impatient to get into the building. When the doors were opened the rush was so great that it put one in mind of Drury Lane on the first nijiht of a pantomime. The Theatre soon became crowded to excess, and large numbers of people who could not gain

admittance were obliged to go away disappointed. The stage of the Theatre has been very well arranged, the scenery is very elaborate, and the dresses are su, erb ; tin. whole arrangements at once showed tlf.it the lessees had determined to do their utmost to please the public. Premising that every one is acquainted with the plot of the " Daughter of the Regiment," we will notue the principal characters. The uutiiu of Miss Maiian Dunn as Ji-Kphine (child ot the riyiment) was life-like, the oepth of character and versatility displayed by her were well appre ciated ; the irresolution shown by Josephine when she h.is to choose between h.-r newly discovered aunt (the Marchioness de Bencenfeldt) and the rough but kind companions of her >outh, was admirably rendered, and the triumph of love over vanity, when she throws herself on the shoulder of Sergeant Annibal Sealade, and swears never to forsake him and tlie regiment, was greeted with repeated plaudits, The Duchess de Grand Tete and her son the Duke Archambant de Grand Teto (Miss Maggie Gutfiihs and Mr. J. Batson), were well represented. Mr. J. Dunn played the part of Strgeaut Annibal S~alade, an old soldier of the 21st, to perfection. Mr. F. Towers as Guillot, the lover of Josephine, was well received. The rest of the company also earned laurels by the caieful manner with which they went through their parts. Miss Maggie Griffiths give evidence of being a first rate dancer, and the Sailor's Hornpipe was deservedly encored. The after-piece " Whitebait at Greenwich," created frequent bursts of laughter, and was literally a " con ely of errors." We need hardly say that the whole performance gave great satisfaction, and that the audience were delighte 1 with the new acquisition to this town of a Theatre Royal.