At the Adelplii, a new piece, called " Who lives
at No. 97" has been produced, for the purpose of placing Mr. Wright in an unusually conspicu- ous position, where be may display those oddities which give such delight to the audience of this popular house. The person he represents is an in- quisitive booby, who, determined to find out the secret history of his fel- low-lodgers, never perceives that a certain conversation which be has overheard, and which has put him on the scent, really concerns him- self. The audience are at once let into the truth, and are thus enabled to contrast the profound stolidity of the man with his superficial acuteness. Mr. Wright, abstaining from all exaggeration, and relying on sly looks and quiet innuendoes, plays with an unobstrusive humour that almost reminds one of Liston. The piece rests entirely on this one character; all the rest being introduced to bring out his peculiarities.
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