THEATRE ROYAL.

Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1794, 2 October 1874, Page 2

THEATRE ROYAL.

There was a very fair attendance at the Theatre Eoyal last night, though the night was most uninviting, being very boisterous. A most excellent and varied programme was produced; in the first part especially the vocal selections were of a very attractive character. The solo which stood outmost prominently in point of merit was "Down by the deep sad sea," by Mr. Amery, and this mainly by reason of the piece being admirably suited to his voice. Messrs. Sutton and Kelly were as usual very funny, and enlivened the proceedings greatly. If these gentleman record any jokes which might be open to a suspicion of ancient origin, they are rendered with such a genuine freshness and rich sense of humour as to make them very palatable. The first portion of the programme terminated with a small comedy " Carry the News to Mary," ia which Messrs. Kelly-, Bonning, and Sutton appeared, and, as theatrical critics are given to saying, " to great advantage." In the second part, the noticeable feature was Mr. .Amery.'s execution of a ballad, "In rain though banished from my heart," from Mr. Mellon's opera "Victorine." It is but needful to say that Mr. Amery rendered this piece in his very best style; For the concluding farce, " Dnder the-Gas-light," the assertion might be ventured that it is the funniest thing that has been produced here since the days of Johnny Hall's reign in the world of burlesqtxe acting. The farce would lose nothing by repetition. -