THE THEATRES.
A farce called Sluice you Directly, adapted from the French, is one of the least felicitous of the Lyceum productions. It has all the flimsiness of the extreme vaudeville school, without any of that neatness of construction by which so many Gallic trifles are recommended. The dialogue, too, is of that pointless kind, so embarrassing to the comic actor, who wants to make the most of his part. The situations of a lady in man's clothes, sitting down to be lathered in a barber's shop, that her husband may not discern her features, and of a poltroon who at the sight of his adversary disguises himself as a barber and tortures an unfortunate customer, create an occa- sional laugh; but the piece, even with the support of Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Harley, has made no great impression.
The success of Miss K. Fitzwilliani, as a dramatic vocalist, has called into the field her brother, Mr. Edward Fitzwilliam, as a composer of songs. Her character in Share you Directly is of little import; but one of two airs which she sings is more successful than anything else in the piece.
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