The Portland daily press., 1871-09-15

The MAN O. ALLIE Rarely indeed had
modern drama taken such firm ho'd of the
sympathes and aft ctions of the people of
America as The oue named above, which is to
be Offered to our people this evening. 1t is
tht spectacle OF man with some uncommon
traits, despolled by fraud aud prostrated by
Trouble. James HarebelPs misery floods the
soal with an irresistable tide OF pathos, ele-
vAles the beholaer in moral dignity and broad
ens and sharpens the sympathes with the
highest aspirations as well as the humbest
grltfs ot humanity. Tue time of the play is the
yeaI l79O The action passes partly in Scot.
tish hamlet, Which is called "Aire," and part.
ly In the city OF Edlnburg. Nine important
personages are introduced. Four scenes are
set In the first James Harebel, in the draw
ing 70 ,m OF Lord Steelnan, asks, with much
seii-respect, permission TO ded cate his forth
eomIg so'ume OF songs to that nobleman.
owu, called The Man o Airlle", descriptive
OF tue character that he ,ries 80 live up TO-"
tls made Known That he has set aside E200,
with which TO pay the expenses OF publsuIug
his DOCK. Ihis money, loge her with the MS
he entrusted witE his toster-b brother George
Braudun, " nom be meets at | ord Steelman's
house, aud who promises TO take the work to
LDhdIn, aud see 1t safely and properly placed
& fed. '''
- George Brandon is a vain. weak. un-
pilhcipied uaD, who has good impulses, but
whom circumstances often torce into evil ways.
de wishes to IN ,rTy Lord Steelman's daugh-
tel ; and ka>e's hand has been promised to
HIN. de Is in deDt-and intends, when mar
Iied, to pay his debts with his wlie's inherit
ance He owes Sir Gerard Hope $500, which
tbls gentleman had paid, to him from dis
grace. Slr Gerard, suddenly appearing on the
haze, fnr
pay INN his money at obce, iH order to retrieve
bis damaged credit In this dilemma be yields
to temptation; usss poor Harebeirs 9200, and
wntedies him out Of $500 more all, indeed
thaG tne poet possesses Dy means of fcti
tlous tale of dlstTe o. Ot course, the MS. new
er goes To London, being thrown into drawer
IL Loso Steelman's house. Promise is made
that the 9300 shall be returned to Harebell
thin certain time. 1t also becomes evident
in tnls Ii ST act, we should add, that Kate does
hot love Brandon, but That she ana Sir Gerard
Hope love each other, though they have never
spoken on the sui Jet.
Act secuL "a SHOWS the home of the poet 1t
il au tumble pace, but cosy and neat--a rural
cutlagt. This act lets US know thai Harebel' 4
wife, Mary, Is In deiicate health; that he has
two GhLareo, one OF " hon is an Intaut yet ia
The cradl. lha. one of his neig bors, an +ccen
tic ehdrac eI, SaundeIs by name, thinks him
"a pooT, simple body, unit TO be trasted with
sller WHICH opiuion may assumed az
that "t he Whole neigh bt hood-and tuat the
girls oi Alrlle sIeg their poet's songs; lin Iact
their singing OF his Man o Airlie'' is heard
uDaer tbe couage windows, and James Hare
bell peiLs them with flowers aud bids the m 20
away.) Many ue llotle touches OF nature
acorn thIs ACT The poet is heard Grooming
cradle soLg over his set plug babe, and telling
BIS imaginative fauces to his sympatheIi,
wife. lhcre Is an amusing ycrd -comuat, too
between himself aud the cdnuy Saunders. But
the main business OF the act is to portray is
patient salLng for news of his book, followed
by The arrival OF BraLdun, with another taie o
taiseho' d, ending III what, 10 Hareoell, Is the
iu'n oi Ills home the ruth that his money j,
All Iost. a vivid taDieau in which the evil
doer and his mischief are contrasted, with
starting tdect-ci Sc, this part OF the drama.
:, L. act thifd We meet with the Man o Air.
He 10 Ediabufgh. lie Is far from the hills
ana Tue btalbcr now, but he is still farther
n ndpplheSs dis wife and baby, whom he
nau oetu forced to bring to the clty have
eu' ne Is now Lold Steeiman's secretary.
A9 companion Is bis little motberJess 10,
b, h npit. VI Tue poor soul is weil-nigh broken
W ue tolis 10 bear up aud To work One trusi
II YET Ieli blm; he has Iaitb in hnpa,ity q nd
~ Ias teiis'ous hope. But presently a heay
~ w W, " 'Aa l = al 'he rest falls upon his bleed
~ nealt alo ehieebIed mad. The treach.ry
o. u abuoh, WINCH has laid waste his lite =.
fully made know IL o him. arc 80, h's me, *
mab ouibuts, he drihs ouIte a w. 80 80 - -
atcuots anu pecunes eu.ifely crszad n,
Oapo,.is LAX tLen Is pitiiul to bear as nax
We'll oe su mlseo. lie thinks tnat his -
has come back to him. weartna ~ nis "li'
Globes, aDu that sbe is walking ho HI st"se &e :
II ia 20 ber lie speaks; ana So he pi,des ama,
from sIs ht. Ibls is one ot the most pnwa"t:.
scenes ia the Whole range of the MD,
drama.
Twenty years are supposed to elapse betvso,
th, IhiId and fourth acIs Lord St+elman h.,
grown 10 be = very old man. Sir Gerard AN
Kae nave lo0g sluce COME to pleasant unde,
stapdibg. TIE soGg. OF james Har+beli hay
been published, AID have brought the late +,
w;ro ot 30 uT4ble fame. A statue, TO IL
memory OF "rne Man o Airlle," has been S.
non the burder OF a lake il his native tow
lhls wolk vi ait is about to be unveiled to Il
puplicyIew. Ii 10 a holiday aud all the town
people are assem- bled to participate in the ee