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At a period when every new piece seems like some old piece turned in- side out, the sparkling forth of an original idea may be hailed with a feel- ing of satisfaction. Hence' though the expedient of a gallant military captain, who literally—after the true cracksman fashion—robs his lady- love of 15,000/. on purpose to get rid of interested admirers, savours of an ill moral, we are refreshed by the novelty of the position, and appreciate the ingenuity by which we are made to believe that the housebreaker is a real housebreaker, till we are informed that he is a gentleman. It will be perfectly understood, that when we talk of originality, we mean originality as far as our own glorious Britain is concerned. _el Desperate Game, as the new piece is called, once throve on the other side of the Channel, with some such title as Cireonstances Attenuantes. We much doubt, though, whether it was better acted at Paris than by Messrs. Keeley and Leigh Murray and Miss Woolgar at the Adelphi.
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