At the Princess's, we have Mrs. Barrett, a first-rate American
actress, playing " la haute comddie " about as well as it would be acted by most young ladies who make themselves generally useful in various departments of the drama: When Mr. Macready and Mrs. Butler have quitted his theatre, Mr. Maddox should either set about a-serious re- formation of his company, or at any rate turn them to some new account. The Merry Wives of Windsor, at Sadler's Wells, is an instance how a com- pany without individual actors of extraordinary talent may produce a sa- tisfactory effect, from the completeness of the discipline, and the manifest zeal of every one to do_his best. But what pleasure -can be derived from such a performance as that of the Aelle's Strraagens at the Princess's, where there is neither an assemblage of individual talent nor a pervading zeal for the ensemble? Mr. Maddox has a pretty theatre, admirably situated; and the very locality will always make it attractive to a certain point: bat he should take pains not to trifle with his advantages and sink it too much into a mere provincial establishment.
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