Alexander Drake's comedy was like that of the French, who never appear to be acting at all; he was himself the comic being the author aimed at depicting.

Let him speak whose words he would, from Shakspeare to Colman, it was impossible not to feel that half the fun was his own; he had, too, in a very high degree, the power that Fawcett possessed, of drawing tears by a sudden touch of natural feeling.

His comic songs might have set the gravity of the judges and bishops together at defiance.

Liston is great, but Alexander Drake was greater.
Mrs.Drake, formerly Miss Denny, greatly resembles Miss O'Neil; a proof of this is, that Mr.Kean, who had heard of the resemblance, arrived at New York late in the evening, and having repaired to the theatre, saw her for the first time across the stage, and immediately exclaimed, "that's Miss Denny." Her voice, too, has the same rich and touching tones, and is superior in power.

Her talent is decidedly first-rate.