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THEATRE ROYAL, DUBLIN. 155
can be attached to any person whatever for a casualty which could
not possibly be foreseen or provided against. The first Italian
Opera is, therefore, unavoidably postponed until Saturday next, the
Jth inst., when will be performed 'Lucia di Lammermoor.' The
appearance of Mr. and Mrs. Sims Reeves at the Philharmonic Concert
on Friday will, it is hoped, sufficiently satisfy the public that
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no further delay will take place.
On Friday, i4th, the following appeared :
" Mr. Calcraft again regrets to be under the necessity of stating
that another communication has been received, to the effect that
Mrs. Sims Reeves will not be sufficiently recovered to leave Harrow-
gate until this day (Friday). The Opera of '
Lucia di Lammer-
moor,' announced for to-morrow (Saturday), is therefore unavoidably
postponed until Monday next, the iyth inst."
The next announcement as follows :
"Theatre Royal, Dublin.
"Mr. Calcraft has much pleasure in announcing that Mr. and
Mrs. Sims Reeves (late Miss Lucombe) have arrived in Dublin.
The series of Italian Operas will, therefore, commence this evening
(Monday, I7th). The Company includes" (&c., &c., as before).
"'Lucia di Lammermoor.' Edgardo, Mr. Sims Reeves; Lucia,
Mrs. Sims Reeves ; Colonel Ashton, Herr Mengis ; Raimondo,
Amina,
Signer Pattoni, &c. Tuesday, i8th, La Sonnambula. '
Mrs. Sims Reeves ; Elvino, Mr. Sims Reeves ; Count Rodolpho,
Herr Mengis. Thursday, 2Olh, 'Lucia,' as before. Saturday,
22nd, 'I PuritamV Lord Arthur Talbot, Mr. Sims Reeves;
Elvira, Mrs. Sims Reeves ; Sir George Walton, Signer Pattoni ;
Sir Richard Forth, Herr Mengis. Monday, 24th, 'Ernani.'
Ernani, Mr. Sims Reeves ; Elvira, Mrs. Sims Reeves ; Don
Carlos, Herr Mengis ; Don Ruy Gomez, Signer Pattoni.
Wednesday, 26th, 'I Puritani,' as before. Friday, 28th, 'La Sonnambula.'
Cast as before, with the addition of Lisa, Miss Norman
; Teresa, Miss Fitzgerald. Saturday, March 1st. Benefit of
Mr. and Mrs. Sims Reeves. Commencing with Third Act of