, 1875-05-16
BLACK TOM.
a Politicians Plunge Into Dra-
matte Literature. 8,
4 Patriotic Play Constructed On No7el
Principles.
Tha Views eS the Funny M2a Coaeeraiag
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As' ueofge Won Aollan, our Ctv CollactoS' is
gentleman OF such ambition sud capacity that
he aspires to occupy two great dells Of noble &C.
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Wncn no has oeeo nbie ia snatch from the occu-
pations Of official duty aud the politics Of the
~peop2e'a party" La has davoted tn tha rearing
Of non,o ,noo,rn.nk + ~ ar,,,n.;a reo;n. This
"o>s' s1to4aa3eos W ~ nA'4s soa1ao' ".m
IL no" eesore M III tina shape OF manuscripts
copy OF play entitled. ''Biack Tom q, 4
Union Mans Rayenre. / National drama III
four acts.., Il xxa :. hanny co;Xn;denca kha;
t1,;o, e <..t,.n.,r So. ..., ,1.t-1 80 T.,
.a0 nA..onA' o'a.4a "aS e'"p47'"u 3usE -
s1mS FOR its production during tia t1rmy and
Nary Reunion, 70 that its patriotic sentiments
might fau upon sympathetic audiences and
n,oy;oat1 ~ <orrse. thre onr rn,o.crr1 ir,,n At
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ens enauoe-tne ofa"a % taancnea upon .nS
waSoa OF popular favor with such scla8 and dis
tiactioo that al thu hearts that yesru for tha
tr1,s American dran. NAV aax u fashoIa it heeaf'
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doubtless gtadlT ros.l ~ sons de8crlstoa OF this
work OF peopla's party eonl,.s,! 1aeaLts and in
adequats as it-khs aeIcsipaon-tazJ ts.
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is laid In Kentucky during thoso dask periods OF
the cayaI war when \ deaul:o1y guerilla wartare
kept large tracts Of territory ii constant dread.
Ihe ars1uatia porsonn are IT.. Bo41rn. Ken
lucky planter aaa Uaiou man Hor7l, his SOD,
Maiue IN the S3utnern army; Esther, d&ugh-
ter Of tho former :: John Miller. horse.taoctur
ka,ls OF the Unlon army q number OF soldiers,
gaerulas, etc; AMI lastly sbe Goddess Of Liberty
hatseis. OF thase the lover and tao heroine sre
Cast, Hdzaksa4s aud .Es1zer. and the Lar sets
forth their easrsnsement By reason OF the
accession eenstmeuts at the LATTER and their
Ha7ok4us and his tsoopa oppoltuuely coma on ,no
stage to says her father from death nad MS
property from destrucuoo at tire hands Of tho
suerilias vhercupou tho Goddess Of Liberty her
sell tlesceuds from tho clouds, aud. III mixture
OF bank verse anI rLyue, blesses j: tae charac-
tera, arranged, by direction Of tho draraatns IN
uan circle, in order properly to recasye: her
benedlcsion. The amazing feitliisy Of the
shown ln ths creation Of
!; ANOTHER AND 1aLErExp pasg ETEAKsG,
OF the most thrilling Hud-ous of the Hurt that
: bring down tbs 'gods OF the Ade1.,hi aud
maxes their Oiy1ap3z--the tbi1d Ra:lery-shase
with tnsit thunderoua ap.lauss. The climax is
character, and we apprehena thst the Fart will
REQUIRE al acsor OF greater talent than Chicago
can produce. Black Tom, mysterious PSF
aonace. whose presence aeems 70 lusplre :ths
wheneYer he Gomez, a. sort Of .labbcnait,osay,
always dogglne their trail. Meanwhile, Aa1sT,
the hogse-uoctor is IN high favor With CoFley, tho
guerilla chief Astar Ting denouameus tAkea place
showing That both ara neithot, bus are = ta.anor
uamed .Join 6tan.on, rho haa sworn 70 hang
Co..!ey for killing his wife and aous and destroy
ins his homestead. Tai.S be does III = very
original way, ~ will be described whom re ta1za
up the patts OF the drama IN dataaL
Tho '6tgt thing that imprehseB the critic N
reading over tniA srea. work ID the '
+ skw AND ORIGINAL PB1No1p1s OF DRAMATIC COZ
sTRUcgloA
observed In it. Ordinary playwrghts strive to
make the scenes OF every act lead u 70 climax
aud grand tableau N the last scaas+ In tpis
vaJ Tho audience in lett in paint Ii suspense dur
ing the intermissiops Of the acts. They have
seen Angelina falt ii The handY o1. bantl1ts, her
faithful protector struck down, and raseaiity
trium phaat generally. While tas stage~carpen-
tor is preparing the hovef IN "hice her reseuer
il to di.coyar har, in the in:aginzhous Of It's
audience she may be suffering the greatest
ba,dships Nr, Won Hollen, mindful that the
trne province Of art is to divert, xYoi1s thia "
winding no the business OF aach act smack snd
clean before b. lsts the, curtain fail. In the
eecuod set. everybody Leaves the stage, and
ths curtain falls on; emptiness thua Civ
iue thu; sudi.nce . rest even bofoxe the
intesu.ssiou bcglna. In ths lset scaas OF
tho first acs sill the principal characters leave
the scene, leaving only some soldiers who bad
be.n making = baokgtouad. Then according
to the mauuscriek .. q soldier steps forward
and sings popular song. Curtain fAiis.) By
this It vii be seen that NOT only does the dsams-
LIST guard against undoly e1clEngI:hs feelings ct
tue aud.enca BY an affecting tanleau, bur 10
makes provision for their diveraiou, even
wh,le the curtain is to1ing. in ordar to soothe
down any excitement which tho occa11eucaa OF
the previous scenes may have caused.
Another ev.denes Of the ,,~ ..,,,.
appea1s in the variety Of the orthogr@phy> 4
poetic license. brcaklng away from tl,e forms Of
pedante grammar'ans makes nse ct such sen-
deripgs Is j" comnnR, :" '.Yankey," :" hu,saness,"
"koaI," "tzoued," temtertng," "pitty,"
.,'emty," " abbiration,' track (tefaszing to
small religious neause) &C.; out tnls 70 sn1n
aud copiousness Of inaser1. dlaplayed in the
dialogue. In f1ct, to those Nho cannot apprcci-
ate ths beauties OF Mr. Won HoIlen'a id'ono,
tho drama mag appear somexhat lama through