New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-24
Mr. Uaner has changed the plan Of his second
THE DRAMA.
wALLAcK's THEATER-LoST AT SEA.

WALLACKS THEATER-LOoI AT eEA'
Effect has duly followed cause in Tho ex-
perience OF Lost Sea-" at wallacks TAeater Tho
play was shrewdly constructed with distinct view
toward precisely the sort Of 10 has achieved
both in England and here. Fire and gunpowder will no.
more certainly produce explosion than will The def
combination Of certain wel-known, well.worn, tine
bonOred and agedefying elements OF the commonplace.
the romantic and the sensational result in popular play
The dramatst may aim to hit the mOmeuary superficial
taste Of the me he aim TO touch the heart aud
guide the mind, and fulfill tho high province Of tho
public Instructor Plays written with the tst Of these
aims exist for the moment and then are seen no more
Lost at Sea" Is OF these pieces Its scenes
drawn mostly from the streets Objects OF the sidewalk,
and tho riverside reappear the stage IN the course Of
its story. The spectator bridges cars, steamboats,
signboards, contingencies and drawlngrooms, audA
superb presentmeut OF a conlgration. Aud, mixed up
with all these. Is alromantic story OF retired East
Indian whom everybody believes to have been "ost AZ
sea-" but who has to London just in time to thw,
q nefarous plot against his rights Of property We
have touched upon the leading features OF the plot
Of this piece previous OCCASION and upon that ground
need nger In more adyerting TO the subject
What we design u.s. IN recording it's popular success 10
touch lightly upon what take 10 be the cause OF that
effect That is its precise consonance with the
mood of q volatile taste which Graves momenary eI-
element Lost at Sea" Will not aud cannot last long
But while IL lasts It will prosper abundany Everybody
will wish to see 1t once, and 1t vii! repay everybody
for one visit. There is harm In it. That famous
thoroughfare which Mr. Bouccault lately said he in
tended keep open does not wind its way through this
drama. Here are nOs elegan. Cyprians, no luxurious
villas in the suburbs devoted 10 faro, vice, and cham
pagpe. The story may be improbable oven to sinesS
it is Clean and 1t deals for the most part with decent
people, The worst creature In it IS only swindler
Lost at Sea" has been as we said before. put upon
Wallacks stage with excellent scenery There much
variety and there is great deal OF stirring
life In them. Mr. James Wallack, Miss Henrques, Mira
Laura Phillips, Mr.. Fisher, and Mr. Marowe ably sup
port the serious weight OF the play, while the comic
element is abundanty supplied by Mr. j. H. Stoddart
and Miss Ellie GermoD. To the remarkable effect OF the
Fire Scene we have referred II Is greeted every night
with the most emphatic applause.
NIBLo'S-THE MOORE BENEFIT.
The attendance at Nblo's Garden, yesterday
afternoon was not very numerous, but there suf
hcent throng TO make the benefit substantial The pro-
gramne to which We referred Tuesday duly
red The principal artists who appeared were Mr.
John Gilbert Mr. H. Hsckett. Matilda Heron. Mr.. aud
Mrs. Barney Williams Mrs. John Seton, Mrs Laura
Phillips, Mr.. c. II. Rockwell. Mr.. Mines Leyick Mr.
James Garden and Dan Bryant The hit Of the occasion
made by Mr.. Gilbert, in Forty and Fifty" Dan
Bryant and Dave Reed aroused the rapture Of the multi
ude with their dance OF "Shoo, Fly" An interesting
feature was Mr. Edmund Falconers recitation OF his
poem Anne Hathaway, which is a graceful and ten
der-thoughted meditation Shakespeares domestic fe
Mr.. and Mrs. Barney Williams contributed to the ele
ment OF mirh in the farce Of --latest From NewYork
Mr.. Moore will profit to considerable extent by th1
hearty aud clever effort the part OF his generous
friends,