The Lost Diamonds, produced:at the Olympic on Monday, can scarcely
be called a novelty. It is a version of the French piece Un Secret, which has not only been played here by Madame Albert and M. Lemadre, but was made some years ago to wear an English dress at the Lyceum; and is without any distinguishing feature. Mr. Stuart, who generally subsides from the high tragedy into the heavy melodrame, has reappeared as the jealous husband in this piece. Although not one of the most fascinating of artists, he is by no means ineffective, especially in situations of harrowing remorse; and his engagement fills a gap in the Olympic company.
According to the horoscope of foot-lines, the star of Beaumont and Fletcher is in the ascendant. Sadlees Wells engages to produce the Honest Man's Fortune; and the Olympic promises the Woman-hater, sub- dued into three acts by Mr. Spioer himself. Neither of these plays seems to have been acted since the time when the Puritans placed a general ex- tinguisher on theatrical amusements; of which fact the two managers ap- pear not a little proud. May this dip into the bag of obscurity prove for- tunate! The drawings which brought forth King and No-King and the Double Marriage were not remarkably felicitous.
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