The piece is evidently from the French; as the point
and spirit 4 the dialogue, and in part the management of the plot, testify. i
It is got up in splendid style, and for the most part in correct taste. The costumes are superb, and complete even to the powder and patches ; the amplitude of the trains renders the hoop un- necessary, and we willingly dispense with it. The characters are well cast, and effectively sustained, as is usual at the Adelphi. Mrs. YATES, as the Marchioness, is a most captivating coquette, and dressed in gallant style; and Mrs. HONEY, another conquest of De Florville, not only looks pretty, but even acts tolerably YATESwell. has a natural vocation to the Rake; and we never saw him more completely in his element. HEMMINGS makes rather a hard-featured demoiselle. REEVE, as the Marquis, is very droll ; and, for a wonder, his memory served him on the night we saw him ! W. BENNETT, as a cleating old Count, with a young and gay wife, amusing himself with solving rebuses and inventing charades, acted well, as he always does. His hard itn- mitigable voice sounds cordially, for he always seems in earnest. He is BLANCHARD—without the humour. A scene of a masked ball might have been made more imposing, with very little trouble. It would be worth while to give it more space. The boudoir of the Marchioness, lighted with girandoles placed before mirrors in the panelling of the room, is a very complete scene. Altogether, the piece is very lively and attractive. It is full of Gallantry and intrigue without grossness, and with a reasonable quantity of smartness and repartee; and its moral termination will recom- mend it to English audiences, notwithstanding-the suddenness of the conversion of the characters.
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