The New York herald., 1865-10-05
The Last Act Of LOlah.

In hs notice Of the Olympic theatre yesterday your
critic admits that he did not stay TO the last act
dd-having more patience and more time to spare. Be-
fore informing you Of its striking effects allow to
mind your critic that the plot Of Lolah is stolen bodily
from well known play called The Of Ice. and also
that Miss Lucy Rushon graduate Of Astleys crcss,
London where she PLAYED Olinska to Adah Isaacs Men
kens Mazeppa from which circumstance you may judge
of her quality As for her quantity she ~ large
Miss Emily Thornc and Of the same style Of beauty.
The last act Of Lolal-Mr. Hayes face pencil being
exhausted-takes place in New York drawing room.
Enter Mr. Garrison, an English fop, and proposes to
marry Miss Kate Newton. Garrisons whiskers don't ut
him; but still Miss Newton accepts him, after knocking
him about for while in the that Hecnan and the
New York ladies usually affect This is al. Miss Newton
has to do in the play except look handsome Then enters
Mr. Peter Lewis who tries be funny and fails Then
Lolah on, with her back hair let down. and says
that she has Lord Morton who has produced i'm
preston upon her Mr. Rockwell her lover, gets jcal-
at this but is set down upon by Loab, who
big bowie knife IN her grdle like the young ladies' OF
this city in general
captain of act first disguised that hug own mother
wouldn't know him He says Lolah, ~ love you
BE mne.n She ggges and tells him TO call again in the
evening Then sho clears out and leaves him all alone
"Ha ha, says he, t'what If she knew that had muir
dered her motherf No matter she shall be mine any
how Ha, ha Y After which he goes of, and regret TO
add that the audience laugh at him and guy him. Peo-
Pile should remember that Lolah is moodrama, not a
farce and not poke fun at the bullet girls and the acios
in such rude way. | protest against these unsccmly
interruptions otherwise serious performance. Mr..
Peter Lewis the low comedian does not make people
laugh Why should Lord Morton the heavy villain?
In moment it Is supposed TO be evening, and Mr..
Peter Lewis appears in full dress apparently with pain
in his stomach, II Is not pain He has simply dis
covered that Lord Morton the pirate captain of days
and acts gone by Miss Newton comes in and she
and MISS Newton walks away in q huff Her place is
supplied by Grandmother Gilbert, to whom Peter Lewis
con1denaly reveals his discovery about Lord Morton
Loah enters in bran dress OF white and red satin,
and Grandmother Gilbert tells her the secret She init
that she had thought all along, but had never
been certain before, and declares her intention 10 knife
the villain. Thereupon she gigges and sends away
everybody.
Last scene Enter Lord Morton in fun dress sult
ready 10 die. Lolah locks the doors and says-'You
murdered my mother II did. says Lord Morton.
''but will make you good husband Notwithstanding
that riinr incident OF my early career "Iou must
die, says Lola and whips out her bowie knife. ~ am
always prcfaicd, the bold Lord Norton and whips
out dagger The sympathes o. the audience are cn.
trely with Lord Norton for Lola Is great deal larger
than he Is, and 'oneh 20 FIGHT man OF her own SIC,
as lad in the gallery philosophicaly observed The
betting Is two to one on Loiah "Ncli says Lord Nor
ton, 'it is very unpleasant thing % lghi duel with
LADY, but here goes and hc makes rush at her.
She dodges and upses tho Canue Ego The duel ~ tho
dark
ioah crocps around determined not 70 Ioid Nor.
ton If she can he'll i. The nohlc lord stabs chair
under the pleasing deiusion that u i loa she croeIs
and he crceps, and the flesh 81 the audience cncps.
Finally they latch hoid of each otlcr md have 4
struggle IN VII ch Lord Morton gets tie best ~ " First
knock down ior the lord o. high decree. Grcat Ite-
mcnt the gallery. Bets 81 ten 10 four on Lard Morton
offered with 10 akers "wiil you ~ n,inc?' inquiries
the honorable gentleman. mary, or "ncvcr, says
Loah "lhon die, -ays Lord Morton, and Is about 70
say Miss Rushton when Mr. Potter LOWS opens locked
door and In mot cowardy ana disagrccabc nor
spos the lgt ard shoots the noee lord All bets are
declared 'of and " curtain falls
am sarc you viii arrce with y, that vour ctc lost
n great dramatic treat by not !, mang - see the ns
act Of this moral drama, when, permit me 70 remark, i
stu kept on the boards of one 81 our "hrSt class