How capitally it is played! Miss Brough excellent; and so also is Mr. Chevalier, who entirely loses his own identity in his make-up, and is not to be recognised at all, save for a few mannerisms. Charming housemaid is pretty Miss Marie Linden; and the idiotic youth, George Webster, played by Mr. Benjamin Webster,—two Websters rolled into one,—is very funny. But they're all as good as they can be. I congratulate Alexander the (Getting) Great, who, for pecuniary reasons, I should like to be, were I not
Diogenes Out of the Tub.
The Bitter Cry of the Dramatic Critic.
'Tis the voice of the Critic
I hear him complain,
"One more afternoon!
Fools! they're at it again!
These dull Matinées!
Wretched plays I must see!