Miss LOTTIE VENNE laid herself out in her inimitable way for a broad interpretation of the visionary's very earthly mother; indeed once or twice she almost laid herself out of the picture; but she still remained irresistible. As a pair of light-hearted young lovers Miss DOROTHY TETLEY and Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS played really well in parts that were not nearly so easy as they looked. And there was the dry humour of Mr. BROMLEY-DAVENPORT, as the father (I fear he must have missed the romance of twin souls) and the open-air charm of Mr. NICHOLSON'S performance as _Gentleman Susan_, the pedlar. In a word, my grateful compliments embrace as good a cast as ever caught--and held--the spirit of an author. "PRISCILLA AND THE PROFLIGATE." When you have been jilted by _Cynthia_ at the church-door and, two days afterwards, in a fit of pique marry _Priscilla_ at sight (of course you can't always get a _Priscilla_ to consent to this arrangement; but _Mr. Bensley Stuart Gore_ had a young ward at school who wanted her freedom; so that was all right), you may think to persuade the Faithless One that you have given solid proof of your indifference to her. But you mustn't dash off to Africa an hour after your wedding with the declared intention of being eaten by wild men or wilder beasts, because, if you do that, you give your scheme away and _Cynthia_ will have the satisfaction of knowing that she has driven you to desperate courses. Yet that is what _Mr. Bensley Stuart Gore_ did (he was the "Profligate" of the title, though he never gave any noticeable sign of profligacy). After this strain on my credulity I felt prepared for anything, and was not in the least surprised to find him, six years older and still intact, on the terrace of the Hotel Casa Bellini, by the dear old shores of Lake Maggiore, which, as the programme advised me, is in Italy. It seemed, too, the most natural thing in the world that the author, Miss LAURA WILDIG, should have collected _Priscilla_ and _Cynthia_ (the latter in tow of a third-rate millionaire husband whom she loathed) at the same address.