20 NOVEMBER 1841, Page 13

At the Adelphi, the popular story of Ten Thousand a-

Year has been dramatized, also by Mr. PEAKE ; who has furnished a meagre but intelligible-outline of the leading chz,racters and incidents, for the per- formers to fill up. As regards the comic hero, Tittlebat Titmouse, this is effectively done by WRIGHT; whose stolid look and vulgar assurance befit the conceited jackanapes admirably. Mr. Aubrey becomes a non- entity on the stage ; and not even Mrs. YATES could prevent the incom- parable Kate Aubrey from being a subordinate character. Gammon would have been the great part of the acted version, as it is of the novel, had YATES played it: but Mr. LYON, though he took pains with the character, is too vehement and passionate far the smooth-faced, cold- blooded, and glib-tongued scoundrel. WILKINSON, as Caleb Quirk, quite plays down Gammon in the scenes were the two worthies appear together : his final interview with Gammon, when he rushes in half- frantic with dismay at the ruin and exposure that stare him in the face, is a most powerful piece of tragi-comic acting. His dressing of the part is capital ; indeed it is the only artist-like bit of costume among all the characters : Ta grog and Haan/Kick look more like housebreakers than linendrapers, and even Titmouse is not up to the mark of the descrip- tion. The children's ball is a pretty and amusing scene : the repetition of the names of lords and baronets that usher in a set of infants is a di- verting satire upon hereditary titles. The performance on the whole is amusing, though it is very far from realizing the descriptions of the novel: the mimic bank-note at the top of the playbills, in which YATES, as Manager of the Adelphi Bank of Fun, promises "to play Ten Thousand a year on demand," is likely to bring plenty of specie into his treasury; for the promise, unlike many that take this form, is sure to be fulfilled.