At the Adelphi, we are presented with a specimen of
Liverpool wit,— videlicet, a burlesque on Shakspere's Tempest, written by two brothers named Brough, and transplanted from the boards of Liverpool to those of London. In native drollery, and the art of uttering felicitous allusions to the cur- rent events of the day, these Lancashire dramatists do not seem to be in- ferior to their Metropolitan competitors. The notion of making Caliban a red hot Democrat, while Prospero represents the Conservative principle, is happy, and humorously carried out. But in the art of burlesque-building, Messrs. Brough are as yet only tyros: a course of Blanche would enlighten them as to the method of following an original story closely and at the same time producing novel results. The piece has the stamp of success upon it; for, with all its defects of construction, it has jokes enough to awaken a sufficient number of laughs, and gains much force from a strong cast and some effective scenery.
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