The play is long and portions of it are tedious. The dialogue is generally commonplace. Two strikingly original lines, however, attracted my attention: “Love at first sight, you know,” and “this is the happiest day of my life!” The postulate illustrated is kindred with that of Congreve’s well-known (and almost invariably misquoted) couplet, “Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.” That theme may, perhaps, be interesting. It seemed to interest auditors at Wallack’s, but the manifestations of approval were probably due to the manner in which the play was acted rather than to its intrinsic appeal. Annie Robe appeared as _Valerie_. There was in the personality of that actress a certain muscular vigor incompatible with the ideal of a sweet, fragile girl, intended in the original scheme of Sardou and suggested in its paraphrase, but Miss Robe’s performance evinced a fine, woman-like intuition and it was suffused with touching sincerity. Wallack, as _Walter_, had to personate a character which, for him, was of trifling moment,--the poised, self-possessed man of the world, at home amid difficulties and always master of the situation. The kindness of his nature shone through his embodiment and the grace of his action made it delightful. In Wallack’s acting there was that delicate suggestion of great knowledge of human nature and of the world which can be expressed only by those who have had ample experience of life, and also there was the denotement of a nature which had been sweetened, not embittered, by the trials through which it had passed. Kyrle Bellew acted with simple dignity in situations which sometimes were of such an irrational character as might well perplex or baffle the art of the most accomplished comedian. His performance was much and justly admired. Sophie Eyre, who assumed the affronted female, pursued her baleful purpose with surpassing energy, much breadth of treatment, and frequently fine theatrical effect: but her performance excelled in force rather than in refinement. This is the complete cast of the play as acted at Wallack’s Theatre: _Sir Everard Challoner_ Kyrle Bellew. _Mons. Xavier_ Henry Edwards. _Hon. George Alfred Bettly_ Ivan Shirley. _Dr. Rushton_ Daniel Leeson. _Roberts_ John Germon. _Jameson_ S. Du Bois. _Helena Malcom_ Sophie Eyre. _Valerie de Brian_ Annie Robe. _Lady Bettly_ Mme. Ponisi. _Julia Trevillian_ Helen Russell. _Agnes_ Kate Bartlett. _Walter Trevillian_ Lester Wallack.