A long story about a number of yeomanry dressed in
uniform, a num- ber of hussar officers likewise dressed in uniform, and a number of ladies, the wives of the former, dressed in half uniform—that is to say uniform down to the waist—forms the substance of an Adelphi piece called The White Sergeants. The main plot is evidently built for no other purpose than that of producing a series of groups distinguished by the peculiarity of the dresses. Not being taken from any foreign play, it is termed original, though the means of attraction have been constantly used for the last thirty. years. Here also the broad comic characters are the most amusing in the piece ; and a scene of jealousy and reconciliation between two lovers in humble life is played not only with great effect but with much refinement of feeling, by Mr. Wright and Miss Woolgar.
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