New-York tribune., 1877-07-03
TILE ORA MA.
"wooDLEIGH" At wALLACK's.

The ..i.i play of the Summer season at Wal
lacks was given last night before "A good audience
as Summer audiences 90. The play is from tie
pen OF Mr.. Philip stoner and 1t is announcer
that since its production elsewhere. 1t has been
entirely rewritten FOR its first representation in t
city No one who last evenings performance will
call the conjecture harsh what the play cou!d
have been before IL written. II Is impossible t.
find relief uHnatunl action in It's dialogue, Tor
OF dialogue ii is understood on the stage, there Is
none The players talked for twenCy minutes after the
curtain arose without saying thing and these inter
val. Of lnquacous duness grew longer the play
older OF one thing however. Mr. StOner cannot be ac-
cused. No one can lay plagiarism to his charse
"WOodlcigh" play which We cannot conceive that
any one could have been tempted 10 steal
1t deals with life Virginia plantation pc
fore AMI during the war. There are Two nan
brothers sons o. the head OF The estate, WHO are III o'
with The same yOuug lady There IL jealousy luiI'
md Que brother is hnng ny the other over GIN
icntIy situated estate for that purpose IN
brother who las liitted the crime. supposng that
his brother Is dead hcs, and finally emcrgcs in the C.
ond net when the begun the chief of hanH
OF guerllas much given remOrsefu soltoquy ana to
staggering ont houso-doOrs in the middle OF dreams
The brother who flung over the preclce IL saved
by The Il both the brothers Ove-a process which inc
whole family calmly witness from the front piazza with
ulucjI and wel-brej admiration. Thon thus brother
sinks into "A lower deep OF insanity than had char
e,.orized him in the first act. and having
b, fore heen imbecilc, now becomes lneohereh'
The c s captured by Of the guerillas and carried
10 the camp wLeYo there meeting and recognlton'
MT until however Of the family has made singular
at;cmpt enter the place by donning the Federal un-
form lk ly 10 he fatal color in nest OF Confederate
crras There is more trouble IN the third act but al
last m the fourth il to the guerrilla brother u 20
and take look into the window Of his old hOme "hrh
he discovers that lis brother is alive. This much aiter
M ranner Of prisoner in Artemus Wa as story VINO
al sixteen years in solitary confinement unui IL SUI
denly occ1r, him 10 open tne window aud jump oui
However the meeting between the brothers restores tn'
one TO ms family and his love- and restores to the o'hr
his reas,n-a boon which does not beall the remaining
pcrsonares Of the drama until the curtain drops lie
gets il mack with a shres; the rest OF the characters re-
sume thci.s NOR quietly.
Toe fru of the play i esneciay d0lefu Mary ION"
tbe art rssaVed b., Mr. Thomas WhGu, IS intended by
tEe author as either serious example oi al ohOHn
st,ge--fri~k HuH On polltlcb lunatc He Is Gu
rions compound Of an thrcr; gets weekly drunK ana T.
uueucc. s. uy foolish. has great taih III tEe como
virtue OF frequent rcpeons OF things that are frivolous
6u NOT funny his hi hest idea of huinor is to- protest
every mlnu,es that QUE shall toAr out MS eeS
IN nrt aud tislmple upon IT." Wth this, the actors
did their best in struggling with the niay. MsS Little
Allen aud Mss Marie Bates MessIs. Tleo Hamilton and
Cvr Searle did well could eXnected But IL can
hardly be LABOR Of love 10 play IN " % dcig.' The
scencry was good tde scg n scene In The last act being