, 1874-06-25
AMU5EMENTS.
nooLET'8.

Monday night Dir. DAILY brought out 1t
Hooloy's Theatre ". 8. 0ilbert's laBt grcht stc-
cess. "Charity," which made hit III New forl.
mud had \ long run at hia Fifth Avenue Theatre.
1t WAS tho moBt nnccoBaful piece Of tho boason,
aud Is suoh WAS rcreived for tho third week Of
his stay In tho city. The intolcrably hot weather
OF the rast woek has initiated againbt the pros
perity OF tho ploos iu Chicago, but With cooler
weather tho drAmh will without doubt attract
crowded LouseB for the remainder Of tho week.
In order to g,yo III intoll!gible sketch Of tho
plot, we must anticipate tho rise Of tho curtain,
and aomo OF the developments Of tho Htory.
Mrs. Vanb,ugh, the heroine, has in early lifo
beon in all, oxcopt nanao, tho vito of
deserted by hcr lover, sho is loft with ono
Haugtor Rss When The psy ,,p GpSos 1, ssH is
tor, who IL cugaged TO Fred S'naf|eY, an ntrans
lypocrite with but one redoomlng foature-a
firm conviction of hia father 4 goodncaH. .Smai|cy
e If @sGie ssst o Il pa nobs
Of bis son. Smaitey senior, pleasant edition Of
pookenif, is perpetually endoayoriug to degen-
erato society by proving other people 40 deteata-
bio NJ himself, III which respect, by tho way, 10
tuluted @ith ayarlce, as In . great deal OF our
modern goodnoBs. Among other thinga ho coyets
the fortune Of Mrs. pandrugh. That Indy has
into pSsssas9a Of eerts,n properly left
Smaiiey would be tho hor, could sho ho dispos-
sesBel. Hence Snaaitey, unconcioue OF tho ttuo
condition Of affairs. enuoaVore to show that
Capt. Tan6rttgh hao another wifo living whon
His apparent motive is the exposure Of ain ha
rcAl object the sinners estate. Armed with cor-
tain pnEers ho charger Mrs. pan6,1sgh with
blgany, and learns from her own lips that she
voluntarily relluqrishas iii claim to tic prop
olty, which Smdiiey accordingly seizcs. But
the persecution Of that artful poison does not
end hero. Hia habit Of hypocrisy has become
to him seeona and he r." cnaengo
OF house and homo lntorwoyon with this his
tory. and neatly blelIded, Is tho biography Of
Ruth 1rc<lgea. Ruth Ii tramp of The worst
stage in tho custody Of 4Nrs. Vanb'rtqh's ser-
wants, who have arros led hor In the net Of rob-
blng the Eantry. Ruth is desperate character,
bnt, being left alone With Mrs. vanbru9h and
~ ana i iuduecd 10 load bettsr >fs. ID lie tnirdd
aos. ruth, WHO is now member Of Mrs.
Van1rughs household, recognizes In
Smdilcy tho man nho vrouged her. De-
ss1mtnod upon revenEe' she watches him
forged BY SmaifcK, comes in at tho right time to
Of THO first Mr. .Vaabr,tgh which 6masley nss
| datcd ton yosra l.teT. by some extrHordInary
lawful wife. though sllo thya no claim to tue
property Ut Which Hn,ditey has robbed her. The
drama ends nth q determination expressed by
| I'll partiea to emigrate to America.
r,s Of Wllkie Collins ''New Mngdelen." II il in
every way superior to tile work Of tho moro cole
brated writer, iuasrnuoh ~ there is nothing
distorted In tho pictures 1t proaents. It is
heightened by tho character OF FHxpariington,
private dotcctive, whose SERVICES al valuable,
whose speeches aro raoy and original, and whose
situations are among tho most absurd Of modern
pieces. "Charlty" ID written With keonly
Hatircaf aim. aud In many respectn iH remark-
ably good piece. 1t ia strong in tho originality
and drawing Of its characters, aud iudloioua in
tho development Of it's sentiment. But It
possca8eB certain intrinsic Weaknesses. Soma OF
fore tue curtain is ruug &,wn. As originally
written. tho curtain fell upon = mazY juntitica.
tion Of virtue and focEy condemnation OF ytce.
N1r. DAILY hns obvlated thcee latter er-
events. But how comes 1t that, il Mrs. Tan-
bruyh mover naB, nor pretended to be- the rife
Of Capt. Vanbrugh, the discovery OF S'nai-
lsy's fUrgery Of the burial certificate Of tla first
Iredget losea lar interest BY dociIty. The
climax to Which sho contributes by revealing
tie forgery ia Btrong, but s:agy. In nj other
respects hlr. Daly's rewriting nas been exceed
ingly serylcosblc, and Inns saSed tho drama
from much deserved excortatioD.
pursuit OF Mrs, Vanb,rqh after having SECURED
! Ler property is without motive. On
| tho oontra1y, it appears to III a happy
! illustration Of the mastery which hab.tual
y|ce obtains over tho Judgment and OF tho IA
| c,lty with which the industrious seoker after
! micir roscopic atoms in tllo obs of others will
ignore tile obatructng influence Of yant timbor-
| lands in his own loss sonuttiye ontics In place
| Of roak, we venture to cali it maeterly.
Tho characters Of this drama n1e drawn with
| great inairnt into human nature. Every ono Of
| tnem ia dntinct in type from tho other. Even
| tho two Smailev, are unlike, Tao ono is a
| in baiief Of hls own soourdreIism: the otIor a
| less seasoned rogue. but Just as dotestable The
Btuatlous of tic drama arc remarkable for
st;opetb and ingenuity, That in which father
aud son are irving to dupo one another is
eoualcd only by tho latter scone, iu wt,1ch each
! dibcoyera to how tborouch-pacod = scamp lo il
| ralatad.
Il Is ono of the beauties .of th;a n1eco that II
| contains six parts Of ooual morlt-tho two
S,nai{evs. Wrs. Vaubrt1h. Rufh TredoeU. afr.
F4t1Da;Iinqt0u. aud D.. 4Meluv, AuY ono OF
thebo could be- singled ont ss Tie part for star.
No matter rho ths etar might be. va doubt il
auy ous Of them could he PLAYED botter than by
the artists who play thom al Hoo1ey's Thoatrc.
Judged by The ordinary stAndards. the heroine
of tia piev ia undombtodIv 3f,a. Vnnb,1.1h
piaycd by Miss Dyas The atroncest actinr
puft. iu tho firss two acts. ia R,ah Iycioett'
piayed by Miss Davenport. TLe most ouioysble
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