25 OCTOBER 1856, Page 10

The promised Dred, founded on Mrs. Stowe's novel, has at

length been produced at the Surrey Theatre. By rendering the hero of the swamp less scriptural and more pugnacious, and by making Tom Gordon manifest his brutality in a more visible manner than is set down in the book, the author has converted the story into a dramatic possibility; but the piece nevertheless has the fault of its class, that it is scarcely intel- ligible to those who have not read the novel. However, the good and evil principles are well represented by Messrs. Creswick and Shepherd, and the scenery is more than ordinarily picturesque; so that while the popularity of the book endures, it may perhaps be reflected by the theatre.