10 JANUARY 1891, Page 21

Schoolroom Theatricals. By Arthur Waugh. (Cassell and Co.) —The five

plays given in this volume seem well adapted for their purpose, They are humorous in dialogue (rhymed, by-the- way, and therefore easy to remember) ; they have action ; they do not require anything remarkable from the actors or the scene- painter. Mr. Waugh, who gives by way of prologue two pretty, pathetic little stanzas, supplies practical directions for the manage- ment of scenery, &c. Persons looking about, as doubtless many are looking about, for plays to act, might do worse than have recourse to Schoolroom Theatricals. It is not easy to get a play nowadays that is fit to act, at least in a schoolroom, so full are they of sensation, intrigue, and crime.