21 FEBRUARY 1852, Page 11

A slight ordinary farce, produced as the sole supplementary recreation

after a long opera like Robert the Devil, and supported by two or three un- prominent actors on the dreary expanse of Drury Lane stage, is an odd spectacle. A spirit of emulation seems to seize the audience ; and the zeal with which they grasp at their cloaks and bonnets, as if determined to have them on before the descent of the curtain, is a serious impedi- ment to the appreciation of dramatic humour. When we have said that a trifling little piece called Too late for the Train is totally insufficient to check a fervent anxiety for " early hours," we have said as much as is commensurate with the importance of the subject.