CO Chaim.
The story of the jealous husband, who disposes of his rival by cement- ing the door of a closet in which he is concealed, is worked up with great power in a short drama produced at the Princess's with the title of The NarriedDionarried.. Thclate AL cle,Balzae, to whom we are indebted for the tale in the first- instance, killed the -unfortunate lover ; but the dramatist, More benignant -lets him out of the closet when a sufficient amoiint of terror has been produced, and also marries him to the lady of tis- heart ; relenting her by the Proof that her worse half has :a first wife still Irving.- This tittle concentrated ilom of .strong excitement is an interesting fact in theatrical art, partly because it shows how much hia3' be made of a very short -story by a skilful management of its pro- gress, and partly because it brings out with more than usual perspicuity the talents of two young ladies of the company, Miss Heath and Miss Murray. The public had yet to leans - that the former was capable of sustaining one of those strong melodramatic parts in which Mrs. C. Kean so highly distinguished herself years ago,-and that the litter was an ex- cellent soubrette of the pertest and most independent sphool. When anything but a glut prevails in the histrionic market, the record that a new talent is diseoveted may be reckoned a piece of valuable news.
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