Another and an older living dramatist, Mr. Kenny, has had
a five-act piece produced at the Princess's, entitled Infatuation. A Dutchess, married by Imperial command to one of Napoleon's creatures, is infatuated with a young German adventurer, who feigns love for her: she gets divorced from her husband, and then discovers that she has been duped 'by a sentimental swindler; whereupon, she revives the hopes of another suitor. The mite& is 'in itself disagreeable, and fatal to serious interest: nor does its treatment give it dramatic effect; for though the author's purpose is moral, the cha- racters and incidents are repulsive. Miss Cushman played the heroine powerfully; but it was impossible for the finest acting to excite sympathy for her "infatuation." The Wallacks and Mr. Leigh Murray played the principal male parts; and the performance was applauded, certainly, on the first night. On the same evening, a two-act trifle, called Our New Governess, was brought out at the Lyceum, with success. Mrs. Keeley is the " New Governess," who undertakes to cram three intractable girls on the " artifi- cial memory system "; and the aim of the author throughout is to create amusement by ridiculing current follies and knaveries. Wigan as "a swindler, and Keeley as one of his dupes, contribute to the fun.
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