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This week has shown, in two instances, how much may be done perfect histrionic execution, in spite of the uninviting character of t* subject to which it is applied.
In the first place' what can be regarded as more unattractive thantee announcement of adrama constructed for the purpose of showing "n- kee eccentricities " ? Some ten or twelve years ago, we were litenlly dosed with Yankeeisras ; no kind of wit was so abundant as that hjorid between the Irish bull and the Munchausen tale, which is distinguithea by the name of Jonathan. Not only did American actors repreent Transatlantic peculiarities, but English comedians rivalled them in: heir line ; and a school of humour which was confined to one person or zo, in. the days of the elder Mathews, found followers in every quitter- Night after night did all sorts of audiences roar at legends cf an oyster which was so large that two men were required to swab' low it, and of a winter which was so severe that ice-creams were milked from the cows. But new legends came in after the war had subsided, and the " fun " of the first year became the "bore" of the second. What hope, then, was there for a Yankee farce called The _Forest Rose and the Yankee .Plonghboy, produced at the Adelphi on Tuesday—especially when we take into account the fact that it is as clumsy a piece as dramatic inaptitude could accomplish
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