The Sun. — 1860-05-15 (London, England)

ADELPHI THEATRE.  Last evening a serio-comic drama, entitled, " It's an 11l Wind that Blows Nobody Good," was produced here, and met with success. The play has evidently been written for Mr. and Mrs. Wigan, as each of these talented artists have a part which suits them to admiration. The story of the plot is briefly as follows:—A good, simpleminded cobbler, when a boy, rescues a child from death from the hands of a dying woman (Phoebe Briggs), who has been attacked by ruffians, just in time to receive the name of its mother, and a certain packet of papers. Time rolls on, and we find at the opening of the drama the cobbler Simon Strap (Wigan), occupying a shop or stall very near the South Sea House, during the time the " Bubble" was at its height. The child Kitty (Miss Simms) has grown up a handsome woman, and Strap, whom she believes to be her father, is dottingly fond of her. The generous cobbler imagines that when the time shall arrive for his telling Kitty that he is not her father, she will instantly accept him as her husband, especially as he is by only twelve years her senior. Incessant work, however, has made him appear somewhat older, add he has omitted to notice that a certain poor but worthy young surgeon has found favour in Miss Kitty's eyes. This young gentleman is suffering much from straightened means; the cobbler discovers it, and for the first time he regrets he is not a rich man, in order that he may assist him. Strap, who has withstood the " South Sea Bubble" fever, however, determines to invest £5 10s. 6d. in the venture, bat this sum, owing to the mistake made by his uneducated apprentice, Hemp (Mr. Toole), appears on a slate as £5,106. The money is invested, and the result is a fortune for the cobbler owing to an extraordinary rise in the stocks. Previous to learning his accession to wealth, Strap relates to Kitty her history, and then he discovers that Kitty's love for him as her father is intense ; but as a husband she has selected the young surgeon. The poor cobbler hears this announcement with a breaking heart, but he nobly resolves that his darling shall not be disappointed in her husband, and he enriches him by giving a thousand pound's worth of South Sea stock. The surgeon realises, and thus becomes a rich man, but his money is not required, as Kitty turns out to be the daughter of Lady Walford (Mrs. Wigan), who had in her early days married a young Jacobite baronet, and whose death soon after occurring, prevented the marriage ever being publicly known. There is of course a bit of villany in the piece. It consists in the scheme of the murderer of Phmbe Briggs to secure the girl and her fortune for a dissipated nobleman, for which he is to receive a good round snm, and which, of course, he does not accomplish. The acting of Mr. Wigan, as Strap the Cobbler, was of the usual thrilling description, and elicited loud applause; while Mrs. Wigan, as Lady Walford, and Miss Simms, as Kitty, also received a similar compliment for their admirable acting. Toole has a good little part in the piece, in which he convulses the house with laughter, and Mr. Billington, as the young surgeon, made a most interesting lover. The house was very fully and fashionably attended, and at the fall of the curtain the comedy was given out for repetition every evening until further notice.