2 OCTOBER 1841, Page 13

HOLCROFT'S obsolete and mawkish play, Deaf and Dumb, was re-

suscitated at the Haymarket on Wednesday, for the purpose of ex- hibiting Madame CELESTE in the character of Julio ; a deaf and dumb foundling, whom the Abbe de rEpee adopts, and eventually restores to the title and estates of which the boy had been dept ived by a wicked uncle. When this piece was first produced, the skill and benevolence of the Abbe de l'Epee were the theme of admiration ; and JOHN KEMBLE gave dignity and impressiveness to the pulpit sentiment and airs of the Abbe': but with Mr. WALLACK personating the parson, and his brother the wicked uncle, to go no further down in the list of dramatis personte, .five acts of preaching formality and sentimental twaddle became a different affair. CELESTE, as the deaf and dumb boy, has after all very little scope for her pantomimic cleverness, and her performance pro- duced but a slight impression : her style is better adapted to rapid and vehement action than the expression of profound and grave emotions.