, 1877-11-28

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"atruck On'' IL tho title Of the comedy which
5 now running Mt this theatre for a brief season
after It's prolonged succcss in New Yosk. II
one were sIfspoecd to cayil nt such Insignificant
hings, one might bc inclined u, question tho
appropriateness of tho christening, encc thcro
a hardly smell of oil, 10 to speak, throughout
.hc piccc-Iust M in the case Of the 'Danites."
1hcro there is great deal of everything but
Avenging Angels. This would be nero fault
finding, however, and tic point Is not essential.
By ony other name the drama brought hitler
BY tho Wil'lnulsons would pass muster lust as
we'll The argument Of the piaY Is grounded ona
patlctic domestic cErcumatance, common
enough few years ag o, natncly, The separation
uf father from ILLS family, aud their eventual
reunion. after many sorrowiul iribulattons. The
playwright has gone to work evidently " In tho
armor Ut purn lntcnt,h aud he las done sew
cral clever things In tho way of character paint
w sx or tStgr " . T. "5 ws.o z fGo
their best. Regarded simply as play, y y
gaps between thu cause anil the consequence,
and tho spectator has to innko up hts tnlst].
tram, shansly, to glye tbs .reins Of bis
Imagination into tho authors hnnd,
and be pleased he knows not why and cnrcs not
wherefore. III thts spirit any one may witness
INV Hilt&NIlt8Jlla uHu buE1 Rlu$ nSku ttCA9NNEt
The scene is In the oIl-regions. ind the leru is
Dutch cobblcr. tho parent Of All interesting
shtd. 1Ic IL translated to the scat Of war as q
tubstitute, anil comes. home like an old Hip
van , WIN Wnxf nt aen %{ % I'LL s
minor ones Which 20 70 make up the pEot,"-
such a. The receipt OF title deed, It's conceal
tlent. the Interference OF y'lc ot! villain, WHO
Is kind Of hyFrocrtte one meets with frequently
In I>ickcns' tiuyeIs; the march to the trout.
reminding ont Of al tneilcnt III ono Ut
the Rohertsonnn comedies; tho return of the
trazY father; tic climbing up atl oil derrick;
the fnll; tho restoration by MI af7,iablc surgeon
l,n1nc in tho nick 1T time to save the buried
title antl confound tho villain. These Incidents
arc ct,tn.lot, enough in thu eyes Of thentre-g0ing
people, mud the only thing that lends them an
nao 10 farn. ioe Inc @ d.pay ot ee1an Clever
faculties possessed bY Mt. Williamson aud May
gic Moorc, both Of whom are endowed with re-
inarkablc dramatic faculty. Miss aiou!e laa
vein w1liel, Is peculiarly her owil-nFtnini and
att Her acting Is quaint and tyEnathctie, lcr
vulce is Hwect, !lcr rocalsn EoMl, and ,icr fnan-
rscr full Ut spontaneous nirth Her artine ~
the young Gefan g.i j. r;esty' nilIan;t;, ana
q "Reminiscences of lip Van Wrinkle, and Of Lear,
und OF Edgar, and Of q common crazy Individual
wllptn ono may meet my dny upon the streets.
So far as It goes IL is sk!ltuly ncted part only
tlt cIaFaetes !aGhb VIZ csseAttusn " " ns.ss .
efeat'on' ' anu IL out u p3e'sas'oos pee' ~ e'afs
Thc srcncry na;nte,1 for tho niece IA ycry rea,-
tstic and very srl! done. Tho view Ut Oh City,
with r!ttsburg IN tho dlstanGcs must ,aVe been
rceoEuized, Tor u was Loudly appiaaueu Ms tne
catoss ,rc1 Erov,, ~ fame hcrc mi r,snwicrc
nsl.orsE whom nre J. J. Sullivan, ]. =. Peakrs,
Sol smith, and others who aro not 50 familiar to
"ts'e' ""e>''s"~ee'
r11r rKEI1oaf,.CAuY CONCERT.
nacae by tue Nellogs-casy co*nbltatlon contain
I'd every element VI popularity. It was In tht
first tu.tnnco n popula, audience, about @, 0og
peopls m pouring Into tho huge basement, sitting
Oh hara eaatss a'4 sn'sct'"s' "'""u. nnane
audible complaint though there WIS nothing t.
keen them warm but their own enthusiasm,
whtcl, nay account for about 5000 colds to-day
l1oFe tual' 'ne'o WIZ ,,1 9ss 1'.,.. w. ~
were oil popular, and more Than ordinary H.
tcrcst attached to them because they arc on
their return to the States from California, where
.nes NV" ,a. ~! auu ss a" .,nL. ,,i =,
bring 1aufeis' hasps' eso"ns' w" tsan"s ~. "
trinkcts lav!sfea ul'on them W tue enltus'.
asttc callfornians. Tbs programme was
o' nss snu" P.sss.t ~, w. Va u.s..As, ss4,
for many day, ehcy nave stosmea ana captured
audiences, and carried OF any number OF en-
corea as acalps OF song. Programme. artists,
or1 ,,,,,,onco beIng nor,,,or of courso cncorca
anu suus.so w., ~ s.a,ae ".,, ~, ,,,a
were popu'af' anu 20 .ae auu'enee sesuseu wv
worth Of Its money twice over bY encof'ne near
II everything on tho programme, cvcn 1T tlc
expense Of proongIng tho concert untll nearly
midnight. Tho Haydn Ofthestra, belNE III i
popular mood, insisted the audience in tic pro-
iongatlon very materially, by taking !ts tenlpos
as stow a& possible anl Giving tune tho 80 w,
aid 4s IT. hntl thrce long numbers, belng q
leontne share Of tic proRFa1nn,e. II
surrecded admirably lit that direction
Tho concert in other particulars was Que
which does not call for criticism 50 murh Rs fot
plcasaut notice. Tho two magnets ot tho even
lux wcra Miss Kellogg and silss Cary, and
upon each Of these d!vas the au.lIencc showstct
WA 1ccrlved with tho same degree Of cnthusl
nstn. Eaet. had tho sumo number Of c''rorcs
moiel n1,d as like ~ twtns. Mr. katl and Mr.
| Conly opct,etl thu vocal numbers with Ballet
very lrn,aat!c settug Ut Longfeluw's "Execl
slof," which they did 10 finely taat they ha4 y
| amid a generous round OF applause with he