The Sun.
London, England, 1869-10-04 00:00:00

ADELPIII 7REA7RE.

On Saturday the regular winter season com-
menced at this theatre, and on the occasion a new
drama, the joint production of Mr. Boucicault and
Mr. Byron, entitled " Lost at Sea," was the great
attraction. The piece is one which probably is laid
aside for the purpose of presenting a series of sen-
sational situations, and as these materials have been
very cleverly strung together, a drama that on Sa-
turday called forth the most enthusiastic applause,
is the result. The drama is in four acts, and it tells a
tale of great rascality frustrated by love and honesty.
A certain city banker, who is hopelessly insolvent,
through the aid of a " confidential" clerk, learns
that a ship, bearing a Mr. Coram from the Indies,
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of Coram, and with this
view he induces Rawlings, the clerk, to get a man
to personate the supposed dead man, and for so
doing he is to share the proceeds of the fraud.
This is done, but Coram, turns up alive, he having
been saved from the wreck ; but on ar-
riving in London, he falls exactly into the
hands of those from whom he ought to have escaped.
The discovery of Coram's arrival leads to plotting
his death, and this is arranged to be produced
by poisoning. The drink of Coram is drugged,
and then the house in which he is left, as it is sup-
posed, dead, is set on fire, but from this peril he is
rescued by the daughter of one of the rascals who
bad plotted his death. As Walter had previously
saved the life of Kate), from self-destruction, a
love at once arises, and from this the whole of
the villainy is discovered ; the rogues aro
punished, and Kate), in the end marries Walter
Coram. There is a comic under plot, but although
it does not add to the interest of the piece, it is a
source of great laughter. The piece, although
some of the sensations are not entirely new, was
received, as we have said, with great applause ;
and it will certainly prove a great at-
traction to the Adelphi• The principal
parts in the piece were well supported by Mr.
A. Stirling, Mr. Atkins, Mr. G. Belmore, Mr.
Beveridge, Miss Rose Leclereq, and Miss Lennox
Gray.
The scenery was particularly effective, more
especially the view of the Thames Embankment by
night and the representation of a house on fire, in
which some very vivid effects were introduced,
which gave great reality to the mimic scenes. The
piece is a great success, and it will doubtless keep
its place in the bills for more than a hundred
nights.

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piece of the " Arc de Triomphe," so much admired on pre-
vious occasions, will be repeated to-night for the last time.
The grand illumination of fountains, &C., commence at
7 o'clock.
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