The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-20
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Il l. said that Mrs. Harriet Beecher
Stowe never saw Uncle Toms Cabin played
la that pect she is great deal better of than
most Of Ms. After looking NJ the elaborate affair
nj Booths one can readily understand IN"
natural repugnancc she may have. II i too
pathetic. too mskus. to use 7cDsys word
too heterogeneous. - usn Spenc-rs Il j. true
TINT the much-plnyed drama never had such n
populous preSentmcnt before. There must have
been AT least n hundred more negroes in this
version than In the Original Jaeots'-. A.
mntter OF quantity it lelt-as the preliminary
critics say-nothng to be- desired. unless It
might be- the soul Of wit. In quality 1t was
rather shoppy md side-showish. with an UNI
usual amount Of The religious element thrown
in. Everybody knows how strongly t.o-i thor
oughiy enterpri-ing managers. Mcs-r-. Jar
rrU Palmer, lean - the religious
side ~ the drama. They have made an
tnci4 1Toms cabin and i 'i may not 'biS c pre-
suwpiuou- to say there or' internal evidences
IA the r"Iglo-ity OF some Of its spots "i
bon ot Aimri Tookcr. Their j. IN The
rHrid alienation OF the business of the variety
shoy uud ia" sound III the PRAYER meeting the
hand. tn. sweet l8y and By s.en- all the sweet.
~ when I, preccdes Tle. Hamiay Ma ani
Nearer my God to The. chaunt'd Nv
dark"y throats. lends m.llowing influence 10
the cn.otap: -tirIcd lv ~ syra,ing 'lolly
have II. is a thoroughly Mr'hodis drama
Little Era preache- b.uutifui sermon Ino'e
Tom cNhOr;, IN Ia" solid old time sty,e. and -
finW go"s through IA" preliminary stag 81
conviction and repentance. \ camp meeting
atmosphere rests upon IL rom first 20 last
The songs 81 Zion. strangely blended with
rctrains OF DdnTv Jtp md Madame
Angct. weave then selves utJu' the incidents
and impart To- the grand ensembles the chara,-
Or IT Moody ana SHnkey cOngre Cation. We
have no doubt the copyrighted and Religious
edition OF this play will 10 much good. OF the
acting It w"rc ludici0us perhaps not Ia say too
much. lncle Ion's religion 4 must be- urg fd.
however. nppearcd - have weakened his chur-
ater and there - Just III" faini--t tOuch
Of exutation IN Er0's knowledge that
she is going - dir and have bang
up apctheoss. Apropos Of this. It may be
Well to suggest 10 the evangelical management
that there j. iu-t the slightest Improperly in
keeping Erd's soul over from the end OF the
fourth not IN when -hs dies 10 the end 81 the
sixth, in which sne scars into the Rthsr in
white Swiss. And speak ne Of mechan ism, IL
may also be well - remark that the floating Ice
in the Ohio river should not smoke. These.
however are trfing innocura'irs. which W.
feel sure will be- corrected nj future representa-
tons. There can be- no doubt that n 'le
Toms Cabin" terminated and SO Dountlully
padded. is q moving snow. The single
minded multitude will laugh over Mr..
Harry Hawk. who with tn ail ol an nm.
| brclla does some really good aDtlng. ana werr
| over Era, who is very sweet and winning, a. IN
| deed all children are. whether they play parts
| or not They mag even forgive AMT Dph@fa
| for saying Oh. how sniff -" scNnu hundred
times in the course Of an hour and W. feel sure
| they will honor Miss Mnrlr Bai - Tor making
the most eccentric IODSy that can De conceived 1,