16 FEBRUARY 1856, Page 11
At the Olympic, on the other hand, the custom of
deriving dramatic inspiration through a Gallic medium is still retained. Stay at Home, as a new " comedietta " produced on Monday is called, is but a second ver- sion of Un Mari gui se Derange—long familiar to the London public, both by its production in the original language at the St. James's Theatre, and by the first version, brought out at the Haymarket, with the title lanelagh. The dialogue is, however, completely rewritten ; and the piece is made to look as English as any piece can look that has a bal masque and a duellist among the essential elements of its plot.