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The new piece, in which Miss Amy Sedgwiek took leave of the public on Saturday last, is built upon an old notion. The heroine being blessed with a French cousin, who attends her in the capacity of humble com- panion, and being, morever, desirous of an admirer, who shall love her for herself alone, feigns that she herself is the companion, and that the cousin is the heiress. The young lord, against whom this stra'agem is directed, and whom she has never seen, has likewise changed places with a friend, from similar motives ; and thus the right parties are, as a matter of course, brought together. This plot allows scope for that harmless democratic sentimentality in which the author, Mr. Edmund Falconer, takes delight ; and he has introduced, by way of relief,. pompous clerk, whose jokes, though not the most brilliant, receive value from the utterance of Mr. Buckstone, and find favour with the audience. When Does he love me ? as it is called, is re-summoned to the boards by the return of Miss Sedgwiek, who plays the heroine, it will probably enjoy a fair longevity. At present, -Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews are the leaders at the Haymarket, having reappeared in the Overland Route.
The revival of the burlesque, Shylock, at the Olympic, on the occasion' of Mr. F. Robson's benefit, proved so successful, that it will be repeated next week.
On Wednesday last there was an amateur performance at the Lyceum by the Honourable Artillery Company, for the benefit of the National Rifle Association. An address in verse, written for the occasion by Mr. Tom Taylor, was spoken by Miss Kate Terry in the character, of Britannia.
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