The Drama

THE DRAMA.

"Eloped!- she- she eloped! Then are the angels false"

Lear-Act 1st. sc. 5.

This touching piece, "The Lear of

Private Life," was played on Thursday

night last to a well and respectably filled

house. For pathos, incident, and moral,

this is unquestionably the best dramatic

production of Moncrieff's, voluminous a

stage writer as he is, and ingeniously as

he has dramatized "Eugene Aram,"

"Monsieur Tonsou," and several more.

It represents a father slung to  madness

by the seduction of his only child- her

consequent suffering and his own-her

final return to virtue, and his his to rea-

son. The piece abounds in touching

scenes, which, above once, draw the tears

from many of the audience. Mr. Sim-

mons personated Fitzurdine capitally;

Mrs. Taylor rather failed in the placid

plaintive character of Agnes, but did the

character much justice notwithstanding;

in the harp scene her voice was particu-

larly sweet and thrilling. The other parts

were well sustained. The after-piece,

'The Warlock of the Glen," was ex-

ceedingly well performed. Mr. Mackie

played Andrew; Mr. Knowles the War-

lock; Miss Winstanley played Adela

better than any character we have seen

her in yet. The house opens again to-

night.