Nebraska advertiser., 1877-05-24
DRAMATIC.
4" Above The Clouds

- ABOVE bHe t1ouGSs
This delightful drama. one Of the
latest Of Dramatic productions, Is
the play chosen for the next enter
tainment 70 be gjTen by the BLAKE
DRAMATIC ASSOCIATION of this city.
We clip the following in regard to the
play from one Of our exchanges:
sThe new and beautiful drama,
Above the Clouds was produced
I last evening al the Academy Of Mu-
sic bv the Fifth Avenue Theatre Co..
ly interesting play, fall OF story,
character. hUmOr and pathOs. The
plot is as follows: Philip 1hOTTe and
Aired Thorpe are suitOTs FOR the hand
Of Hester, aud, being bosom friends,
agree that which ever be her choice,
no change will be wrought in theiF
feelings Of friendship toward each
other. She chooses the former. and
Thorpe. wishing them happiness.
goes abroad, hoping 70 crush cut bis
passion and forget his Disappointment
Philip and Hester are married, and
child Grace Is the result Of the union
Alter an absence OF three years
ThorDe returns, and Is welcomed a. a
guest az Th0Tue's house. Then. by
articles and the agency Of forged let
ters. be altenates the affections of Phil
from his wife, and Thorue, in mo-
ment of frenzy, steals his child. places
her IN the care Of an old peasant, and
takes M his abode in a rude hut on
mountain top. Hester, deserted By
her husband, of whose whereabouts
she IL ignorant. after years of suffer
ing finally obtains employment as
housekeeDer for amos Gaylord. Y hose
mansion Is lot far distant from PhiI's
mountain retreat. Young HOUGrd
GAYLORD, IN his rambles. accidentally
encounters Phil who has assumed /
the name Of RiEgO'd.) and they be-
come firm friends and companions. Z
although Howard cannot induce him
70 enter his fathers house.
In the meantime the child Grace
was given over to the guardianship OF
ThorDe. upon an order Of her father, (
whose signature Thorpe, however, +
had forged. Having obtained posses
sion Of the child, he expended money
Iavf<hIv upon Eer education and ac-
c7mDIi=hments and having chosen I
the profession Of an artist, we find her
al the opening OF the play guest at
Gaylord's house. whittier she has
gone With the permission Of her guar
dian. 70 pursue her studies amidst the
Wild mountain scenery. Howard be-
comes euamOred Of the fair young az
ti=t. snd Is about 20 declare his love, (
when the pair are Suddenly interrupt I
ID by the entrance Of Slls1l, hi= sister, .
an iuc0Trigi5 bic young miss Of seven (
teen. The latter, however, being left /
alone, soon falls asleep, and Is in turn
surprised by Chips, her rustic and IN
polished but ardent acEirerJ and Nat
N-aYl0r, a pOetieai genius, who an
DOuuces himself a. the dUIHt courier I
Of three visitors. Turtle, Mss Gs-risi. (
and Thorpe. Before their arrival .
Amos Gaylord embraces an oppOFtu- +
uitv 60 ask EesteF's hand IE marriage. /
she refuses, and tells him the story Ut Z
her life, and lie sEeaTs I'd UuFzyel tHe /.
mystery and bring the guilty one 70 7
Justice. SGsy, Nat, Chips and Turtle, I
caring nothing about matters so seri- +
Gus, entertain themselves laat the
audience IN dialogue which aoOundS I
in Hum0r and fun. Thorpe now I
meets Hester for the first time since
PbiL's flight. and q bitter and eScit-
ing interview Is interrupted by the
entrance OF Phil RiHgaid, who has .
been attracted by s sight OF Grace : (
face. Phil attempts To shoot Thorpe, Z
but Is prevented by Howard and q .
tEbleau closes sue iis-s ssos.
In act second, Phil, who Is -eccv-
eriuE from pTOstTEfI1u brought about /
by G sight Of hiz wife and Thorpe, T5-
iatss 10 Howard the history OF his
wrongs. .-TuOrpa cOnt=sses MS vii
I0fn- - Hester, and demands the
hand or Grace IN marriage Howard F.
: successful II his ECCtuECt Grace
Amos L-@vIOri T5dseEis his VOW % .
Hester. having obtained q clue 20 the .
mystery through q remark dropped /
by Turtle iu 1T OF anger, 10 tie Z
utter ti~r0u ftEra Gf Thorpe. e.--GSy 4
continues her utschiev1us c0quetry I.
with Chips and Nat. who are finally T"
driven 20 5e=r=ra't0u and o com -
Turtle. the gnurmand. after " SHINING
the romantic Miss GeFrjsh, deserts her
for ''co'7 shoulder Of mutton. and
the play closes with me re-toratiou 70 p
PHI of his wife e0I child.
4 more pleasing drama haS not, I'm ]
our opinion. been put upon the stage
for wears. There is not a lire OF word
IN the whole play which could give
ofT-H=e t0 any one; Indeed. minister
0f th@ Gospel. who, as q class. are op-
n0=at n the drama. might witness the
performance with perfect pr0prietv-'
The BLAKE people hsve not yet de-
cided Uron tire time, but the perform
ance viii probably take place some
tine in the early DAYS of next month. /