The pecwiar genius of Oscar Wilde i "An Ideal Husband," The gift gram and paradox—for in hie case was surely a gift, greatly culti-yated—has been liberally used, und the dialogue sparkles cynically through the four acts. The play is wel remembered in Shanghai, as much for the admirable reduction of it giveh in 1893 by rough, as for ite itrinsie worth and vivid reality." For "An [deal Husband" is a very clear, immensely clever, und faithful excinpliticativn of certain truths, chief among which is the impossibility of escap-from the consequences of wrong-Joing.
The dishonour of twenty-two threatens Sir Robert Chiltern twenty years after with social and political extinction, and the acara of the wife in whose yes he has hither: o been all that is good and noble. Ir is unnecessary to go into the details of the plot, or to describe with what power and dramatic insight the situations are conceived and worked out. Remains only to tell of the performance on Tuesday night—which was admirable. Mrs. Brough gives us, in Mra, Cheveley, some of her finest work. She shows us the adventurose with an artistic completeness of effect which we expect from her. The high level of acting with which she begins remains to the fall of the curtain, Her performance is perfectly even, well balanced, and always superb. Mr. Brough plays Lord the languid man-about-town, eventually the god from the machine who sets things right. Always dry and caustic in humour, he isa welcome figure whenever he appears, and in the scene nth Mrs. Cheveley which sets the crown to the play he made a very deep impression. Mr. W, T. Lovell played Sir Robert Chiltern, a part differing considerably from those with which he is usually indent
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