Yi ing. 
1800. } 
the only natural character in the piece ; or 
pay more homage to the new Gee oianene 
of Maubers, in the Interrupted Sacrifice of 
the Brabmins (an opera of the Vienna ma- 
nufasture), than the truly brilliant Gnging 
and acting of Mad. Righini, now the prz- 
ma donna of the theatre of Hamburg. No 
wonder then, if, before fo critical an au- 
dience, in the great heroi®al piece, 7o- 
hanna of Montfascon, the heroine runs 
upon the theatre in her night-drefs, and a 
chevalier, who was only lately a fhopke eep- 
er’s apprentice, plays the part of a young 
fehtimental lover with horrid diftortions 
of mouth and limbs, and earns a ftunning 
applaufe!—Ah! eff ua grand talent ce 
Cofebube ! they cry in the oppofite French 
theatre, where Mifaiathropy, arranged here 
more in conformity witli the: original by 
Burtay, the firit aétor of the French com- 
pany at Hamburg, has been reprefented 
more than adozen times, before an always 
numerous aflembly. ‘This thrives better 
than the new detachment of fingers and 
dancers from Paris. Never will the fin- 
ger Richardi be able to. compenfate the 
lois of the ftill-regretted Madame Cheva- 
lier, now the firft aStrefs at Peterfburg, 
and, inthe quality of the kept miftrefs of 
the favourite of the emperor, adored and 
flattered by all the grandees of the Ruf- 
fian empire; nor makes the more ferious 
St. Romain forget the lofs of the graceful 
Colinet 5 .—-neither of whom could withitand : 
the elton of Plutus on the Newa, as 
Bergemia did, who preferred a free uncon- 
trolled exiftence to all the golden-baits of 
Peterfburg. in the drama, the Freach 
theatre fhines by a judicious enfemble, 
which fcarce any German theatre is able 
to exhibit in the fame perfection as was 
fhewn by -the French company in Beau- 
marchais’s Guzity Mother. But, in -re- 
turn, the inexorable critics punith every 
fault, not only by whiftling or knocking, 
but by a quite new invention, by yawn- 
One thing only was wanting to the 
“Hamburghers, ‘fo fond of plays, who 
riaintain three German, and one French 
theatre, befides private companies;—-name-~ 
Ty, an opera buffa. Aband of Italian 
fingers was already on the wing thi- 
ther, when the misfortunes of com- 
merce made them fenfible of the im- 
proper time of their arrival.— Weimar 
willingly miffes, during the fummer, its 
theatrical amufements (when the company 
reforts to forne watering-place and hot- 
wells i in the neighbourhood) to enjoy them 
fhe purer at the beginning of autumn. 
it pofleftes, befides Mr. and Mad. Vohs 
(two excellent attors), and MifsTagemaon 
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Retrotped? of the Geran Theatre. 43zt 
(a finger and actrels. of the firt ta.” 
lents), feveral good actors, among whom, 
Mr. Graff, Mr. > Becker, aya Mrs. Teller are 
intitled to the enon pratles; Tt) ts 
raifing itlelf with fuccefs to a happy 
enfemble. What may not, to expected 
from a re where the prefence of 
“Gothe and Schiller pons immediate 
and manifold inftruction; and from a 
town, where Gere fours the memory 
of an eminent actrefs by the monument of 
Euphrofyne in, the Duke’s park ?-—_The 
newly eftablithed theatre of Deflau is thriv- 
ing very much under the management of 
Mr. de Lichtenttein, who aéts with his 
amiable lady fometimes in his own pieces. 
—ifland’s native town, Hanover, has, fince 
the beginning of this year, again a new 
fettled theatre, under the Hivection of 
Meflrs. Walter and Reinike,: which is 
fupported by the court, and plays only a 
few months at Zell and Hildetheim; ex- 
cellent regulations are faid to be made for 
this theatre. ‘The Magdeburg theatte 
has Breytig for its decorator, and Schmidt 
for its director, who lat fummer received 
his king, when travelling over his pro. 
vinces, ih apatriotic piece, The Siege of 
Magdeburg. — Brunt liek lot in Mad. 
Tilly its former diveétrefs of the theatre, 
whole company now is diffolving. It was 
long before the public could acquire any 
relith for the new com pany of Jolepla 
Seconda, although the opera, under the 
direG@tion of the good mulic-mafer, Birci, 
gives ita great preference.—Prague has, 
befides the popular-theatre of Mr. de 
steinfberg (which readily went to the affif- 
tance of the Carlfbad Mufes, and then 
went to Aug{bure), another, under the 
direction of the veteran Guardafoni, 
where the German Mule fhares days and 
profits with the Italian. The theatre of 
Brunn is managed by Rode, that of Graz 
by Domaratius. On both theatres there 
are feveral men of talents, and that of 
Giaz gives often well-managed reprefen- 
tations. — The Ratifbon theatre lingered 
long under the direction of a {peculating 
ite SWE ‘but that. of Bremen was admi- 
rably confolicated by the fenfible endea- 
vour of the prefent Ua aee lg D. Schutte; 
and as the public gave, him laft year 
during four months a ae rrevenue .of 
17000 > dollars, it 1s, to oe expected that it 
will be breught fill nearer to perfec- 
tion. 
On the eaftern and weiftern borders. of 
Germany many remarkable theatrical com- 
panies are ftrolling about. Ihe two un- 
dertakings of Stephani and. of Klos and 
Hanfing, in the Circle of Lower- Saxony, of 
Gaon 
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