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The oOrthe OlYnapic, - under the auspices of Mr. Wigan, has

answered expectations, high as those expectations were. Taking the per-

,ipa0110 ithusaorginal, be has adopted that worst of all English peen- ointrititaartheaperpetual.and purposeless change of scene. Mr. Taylor, on istlinethet5hand,:avoids the traditional barbarism, and simply has a change snernioWithatrchange of act. The "original" English, and even the "••'of French-plays, usually make it a point of religion to iibitilittsiness of the piece with an incompatible lump of 8 hie& V' lieed only refer to the version of Un _Ms dePamille at ;the Superabundance of conventional drolleries is a e, I iiVh4 have undergone a thorough French training, wee once of the acting renders the comic business palatable inapiffeutituiervntive.-of all London audiences. Mr. Taylor as care- dilichevrisintimsise comedy as. if he had never lived half an hour's frotiothehanke of i the Seine; and for the purposes of relief, in- 40MitteiitrOlsetentrie Oharnoter-part whioh is as much tragic. as comic. up his- approximation to the Parisian stage, he

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French metropolis, during the ministry of Fouche, "iiew historical personages after individuals who have 0-team. Thus, his heroine is named Fontanges, after ,Quatorze another character, is called Desmarets, end of Cardinal Richelieu. Trifling as this pecu- -hartt.)hiSpistsealiewss,the conscientiousness of. the .author. He will' not ;tart liitsselfssfitk sthe invention .of. a foreign name,• and yet wishes to -iaiveidiatiehtedmmen-places as Delleville, Dubois, Legrand, &e. • Mr. Taylor's plan is superior to his execution: • He has chosen a saWy -!.4141b inorn!than,in"-'elaborstion of the notion that a lady- ividitiri 'love With gentletitazi whom: titat'to,c*Itikie and from it he vas dlicited suds-, t.lny yliph are Terry efrecfiVilt*iWetiid'tl Igta Atif, and heroine of the' • See; :11Fiat iEtintruding ..oa the dram Teiall1n or wo 0 ogne constantly leading to a ddit on` or the • formaneesefitheafiistlaight as a sample of the manager's plans, we are assurcalethet thes--choiee• of 'pieces will -be made with some reference to litprurp Meriti and-`that the style of production will be marked by that e'-!deganaiiancl,propriety without which no manager can now hope to sue-

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xik•The alldgcaieal introduction, by Mr. Planehe, which inaugurates the geehimeitaiapolished, as is universally the case with that gentle- imitheriwuries.Compositions. It has, however, the disadvantage of being so -timbal like Mr: BUskstoner's Ascent of Parnassus, produced last Easter, that suggeets•a-comparison, which is not in favour of the later work. Mr. lid Mogi-liVigan, -appearing as Mr. and Mrs. Wigan and discussing the ofutul+6 fortiluesof their house, cannot but remind the world of Mr. Back- 4tiontois hfr. Brickstone placed under similar circumstances ' • while no-

morelloeely resemble the allegorical personage Fashion giving a1huctes-14 thelattor;.than the allegorical personage Fancy bestowing good chawnseliiia-thesformer. But there are several good points in the Camp of -etsCOlynikisis-p one of the best being the introduction of Macbeth in the Itloidtintots ofthe;Garrick-and Kemble periods, as a contrast to the style of

01ftiertisliotitinsvr in vogue at the Princess's. . Thitatiffiiiirliinoe of 'the evening, a drama called Plot and Permian, from the pen of Mr. Tom-Taylor, is a remarkable production. We have been overflooded with adaptations of existing French pieces ; but this we be- instance of an original play deliberately written on the• the rout

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■ 'd Co...,..... ii 'A 4 'I. LIVE-lsolisW-L • As far mitmecess with the audience sir: Advi. a2-1-( a police-agent, strongly compounded of ofEdi 1"*"' . e was, though subordinate in the plot, the mos. ' i H' drama. The importance is solely attributable a • I.44. of Mr. Robson; who shows himaelf to be one ce r-

formers who can merge their own individuality into the in. ty they assume. Our best comic actors, from Liston inclusive, have had and have this defect as artists, that they attract rather by clothing characters with their own peculiar drolleries than by applying their talents to the production of new individual realities. We shall be much disappointed not only if Mr. Robson do not take a first-rate rank in his pro:casket, but if he do not take a position which will earn him a place in dramatic history as one of the most remarkable actors of his age.

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