The Express.
London, England, 1852-09-11 00:00:00

A "revival" effected last night at Sadler • ells
That,* memo to have a viholisome praticality about it
which promises to render it proliteble. Some twenty or
Sweaty. eve can ago, Mr. J. R. Planchi brought out, at
Cenreat-gardea, a comedy entitled " The Merchaat's Wed-
dime," a gnat novelty is several respesta, sad which was
reeegnird se • esteems This pins* was made up from two
or three as plays, cusabiaing late one modern five set
comedy tem plots—fint of levee Mayse's " City Metal,"
toad, worldly, of Rowley's " Match at Midaight," beim,
additionally, illustrated with taste of the paint of Cook's
" Ontea's Tu-Quoque." The pile were ingenious sad
V2l;atler dialogs. was node &sly "old leglids," bet
witty by tls• se et sees reformer; seettho
eassablis moss esmellest plop. Wears smears new may
times the piste hes beau as the stage sines Charles Kimble
mad Farrem Old 111/0/1711111.114 in it together ; hat, Der.
Unity, • genesatlen has 0191199 d 90 saw as to regard the
Merchaat's Wedding" es • wonky.
Just sow, who the tomapetitive public ansusesenn are
as few, 110 9199191 d *la lbs 4 wield go to Sadler's
WAIL =ha " Msed Wiests is a very delightful
play, as esbeelef plays tee eon may hope to meet with sow
sad spin maw the can of Mr helps, and lengthy as it ie,
threee\ in elaborate Ivo acts, net be en instant tedious.
Underabeelly the ainenesth cesteey wit sounds odd whom
seemed is slatemeth watery and the 001111-
biertlea of mien Mope requiems.* with defenses to the
=rties met Jmpw Mayas sad W. Rowley is net quite
ot. artistic. Ist the quaintness sit the
inaguage glees • special seat to the jests; the aseselers ere
plentiful end original; the interest is cleverly sueleined by
a symmetrical junction of two essentially iliselmse we ela-
borate plots; sad altogether a more seevissalie pews for
attracting sad pleasing we have nee mesa Ike mama time.
The story, cleverly complicated's thm=eteemm le
told. Two assent city re our early
dramatists sissy' made 1L die Waal of the
court side of the town—have two wild, veynorring
The old gentlemen, in order to tent Mit to nal
orderliness of the young gestlesnen, Nil May as
a voyage to Greenwich, sad seed up weed that
they have bees drowned. The bsis ars &NOW
at the sews, and are diluted in anisquent
rejoicings by the recovered enestors. The ems heir
punishes his uncle for disintiniensee by inveigling the old
gentleman into a fallacious manias', preliminary to which
be has signed away his wealth to the imaginary wife, the
heir's sister ; sad the other hair granites kis spite by ally-
ing himself to an heiress, who tuns at Italy the heiress's
westing said. Them there is the plot a the first heir com-
pelling • capricious lady to marry him by meeting the con-
dition else has aanesseed to all saiton—that she is only to
be won by a stratagem. Ile steals late her chamber at
midnight (whence Rowley's title), and gives her the alter-
native of risking her reputation by awakening the
house to turn him out, or commenting to algs
a promise to marry him—a ltswedick and Mom-
trice antagonism alone preventing the declaration of
mutual affection. This material, worked up into a well-
developed whole of plot and counterplot, supplies an abun-
dance of the necessary interest; and there is the distio-
(ankle( feature in the play, that all the " parts " are
characters. Amelia, the coquettish beauty, is admirably
represented by Miss Cooper; and Mr. Henry Matelots, as
Plasma (Charles liemble's part), acted with consummate
excellence. The Sadler's Wells company is always remark-
able for the finish with which it gives the minutest details
et • play ; sad the rare merit was never more visible then
on this occasion.
The drowse were carefully accurate; and the scenery
was new, sad true enough to the London of 1638.