The peccadilloes of Mr. Peter Piper, at the Haymarket, may
afford amusement to those who can enjoy coarse caricature, and are not fastidi- ous on the score of delicacy. Mr. Peter Piper, a punctual City merchan t of sixty, by visiting a theatre for the first time in his life, is at once trans- formed into a would-be debanchee; and, retiring into the country, he com- mences his career of profligacy by making love to his ward under the very eyes of his wife. He is of course exposed and ridiculed; and the ludicrous dilemmas in which he is placed furnish the chief portion of the fun; which the clever acting of Farren as Mr. Peter Piper, and of Mrs. Glover as his wife, in some measure redeemed from grossness.
Mr. Rodwell's Memoirs of an Umbrella has supplied materials for an amusing and effective piece at the Adelphi; in which the main strength of the company, with the welcome addition of Mrs. Edwin Yarnold, is put forth with great advantage.
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