The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-12

that brownie shall never get back
alive. A scene by the Golden Lake
follows, where the short-skirted girls
reside and ''danco happy hours
away" in company with certain aero
batlc and tiendish-looking chaps of
the male persuasion. The queen of
this elegant domain suddenly ''comes
to time" bursting out of her attire
like q sugar almond from a tinseled
motto paper She tells her loyal
subjects cock-and bull story about
being converted into q little dove,
(by enchantment, in which situation
q snake attempts to make Of her
banquet, and would have succeeded
but for the sudden appearance of q
mortal who kills the vcnomous cop
perhead, the dove Aying away.
Just at this moment, brownie and
his hired man arrived, and the loyal
lists determine to slay him on sight.
The queen i'll motto papers disco
vered the brown chap (who, blythe
way, now shines forth in splendid
store-clo thes) to be the identical hero
who killed the snake, and of course
she puts tine royal veto on any kill
ing, and invites the two mortals to
witness n "shindy" by tie ballet
troupe. And they just "get up and
git" you bet! They oMstrip all for
mer efforts, and take the rag com
pletely off their previous leg efforts.
Why, the wearing apparel of four of
the ''loyalists" would not have made
Il shirt as big as that Worn by Wash
burne when lis orderly exclaimed:
''Arise, oh! valorous Wjsconsiner,
and travel with exceeding muchness
and vehemencc, for the rebs be upon
theer' FOR full dress, they were lust
''old business!' Ii they had con-
cluded to Shed the remainder of their
dry goods, they would have been
just rs warmly clad, and as complete
ly covered up. / trembled for the
wardrobes of the quartettc rs they
gamboled around in such festive
way. But the articles of dress we're
well made, and here was neither rip
nor tear visible at the cnd OF their
straddllng about. But while they
were son it" [ assure you, it was
exciting time for the audience
The queen explained to brownie
that he was In the hands Of the devil
and his rump Congress; and furnished
him with talismen to prevent mischief
to himself and "hissen." In the re-
naming two acts, it is ''nip and
tuck" between the opposing forces.
Brownie has many hair-breadth es-
capes with fatty, whom he carries off
from the castle; there is more dane
ing, heaps of deviling, some comical
passages, to give time for the arrang-
ing of scenes; but, finally, white wins,
the devil is baf1ed, and the Black
Crook, failing to bring in lost soui
No. l, is conveyed below stairs, with
much outlay of blue fire, and accom-
panied by several demoniac ''supes. {"
The piece winds up with a scene
certainly the most gorgeous and mag
nifcent event seen upon the Ameri-
can stage. At least ten minutes are
required to fully develop its beauties,
when it at last stands complete, the
most brilliant result Of scenic science
ever looked upon, after years of
theatrical experience.
The Black Crook, as q dramatic
work, amounts to less than nothing
its chief and only features are a la
wish display of leg timber and costly
stage effects. For four months, this
play (so-called) has kept the stage,
the theatre, every night, being crowd
ed to suffocation by the most refined
and select of audiences. Why this
is 80, each must Judge for him or her
self, but certain it is, that such is the
fact.
| Should the Gothamites weary of
the B. G., Manager Wheatly might
pack up his legs and devils and
things, and give our Lacrosse people
taste of Black Crook, at Singers
Hall. am sure he would have one
full house, when he comes, for the
theatre-going people of Lacrosse pos
sess critical tastes, keenly enjoy dra-
matte entertainments, and that is
what is the matter with the Black
Crook.
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