[ SECOND WEEK.]
November 29. Reconciliation, or Fraternal Discord, with False and True.
It would be superfluous to say any thing of a play so well known and so justly admired.
December 1. Abaellino, or the Great Bandit, with the Lady of the Rock.
The Great Bandit is one of those extraordinary productions which distinguish the present dramatic writers of Germany from those of all ages and all countries. There are but few topics connected with the stage which deserve more serious discussion than this of the German drama. A proper investigation of it would require more room than we can at present spare: but we shall not so far desert our duty as to decline it when we can devote to it the deliberation it deserves. A future, and not far distant number will contain such reflections as occur to us on the subject.
December 2. Road to Ruin—Don Juan.
Mr. Wood in Harry Dornton was very successful. It is a line of acting for which he is well calculated. The character of Goldfinch was better performed by Mr. Jefferson than it could be in any other person in this theatre. But we received less pleasure from it than from any other we have seen him play, Scout excepted.