Charlotte (a parioue maid)../Miss Thynne. Mrs. Goldfinch (his wife).-Mrs. Brough.
Mr. and Mrs. Bros have now established themsel 0 firmly in the affections of Shanghai th: weather which would ordinarily make every man who knows enough to stay indoors when it rains keep to his own fireside, could not. prevent the Lyceum being crowded on Saturday night. It was generally understood that Benjamin Goldfinch is a favourite part of Mx. Brough's, and well it may be, Mr. Sydney Grundy hias transformed the French original into a thoroughly English play. Benjamin Goldfinch, the hero of the play, is a regular Brother Cheeryble, with a charming young second wife and an excellent son, a barrister, and isa model of benevolence, openhandedness and susceptibility to imposition, until he puts on the spectacles of his brother Gregory, a regular Gradgrind, from Shefield; and' even when he has on his brother's spectacles, his real good-nature asserts itself every now and then, and the contest in him between the two natures is most amusing. Mr. Brough's representation is throughout a perfect piece of acting. The audience hang on every word, following him from the rise to the fall of the curtain with an affectionate sympathy which every spectator can feel permeating the house. The absolute naturalness with which Mr. Brough goos
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