Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-04-01
NICK OF THE WOODS"

audience last evening to witness the play o
Nick of the Woods, the players being :
company of Carson ladies and gentlemen, who
kindly gave their services on this occasion fol
the benefit of Curry Engine Company, No. q
To be more explicit, the entertainment was
given to raise money to pay for the bell re-
Gently purchased by the Curry boys.
Made up, as the cast was, of non-profes-
SIGNALS, the more rigid laws of criticism were
suspended, and all shortcomings were over.
looked in the prasew orthy object of the per-
Torrance, as well as in the generous spirit
the footlights. We question the judgment of
| selecting blood and thunder drama for an
| amate ur performance, but will, in a spirit of
candor, admit that this is none of our bust
ness besides, we are not in lecturing mood
The faults of last nights performance were
such are inseparable from amateur efforts ::
tendency at times to overact an occasional
disregard to Hamlet's advice against ''saw-
ing Of the air - some awkwardness in the
matter of entrances and exits, and just trife
to the debit side of the account. To the
credit side should be placed, a careful study
of tho parts a general absence of rant an
avoidance Of too much playing to the audi
ence; good tableaux, and general desire not
to attempt improvements on the text by what
is professionally known as gagging. The lead
ing part, " The Jibbenainosay, was given
with true conception of the character, the
subdued portions being particularly well rell-
dered, while the more vigorous scenes were
not overdrawn. Briefly, the part was well
played "Teie Doe" read her lines with
good emphasis, was we'll up in the business of
the part, and in some of the scenes was quite
effective. edith Forester" played her part
well, giving the correct meaning of the au-
thoress, and showing more than ordinary elo-
stationary powers. Richard Braxley," the
" bad man" of the play (from the Forks was
played with proper understanding of the |
and was as detestable u villain as
ever received blast from the gallery of the |
old Bowery. Roland Forester" the gen.
teel male comedy character of the piece, was |
q neat bit of acting. "Raiph Stackpole" was
the typical frontier blowhard, ready for fight |
on the slightest provocation, and gave the |
part with force and discrimination. Col. |
Tom Bruce played his part cleverly, and
his makeup was capital. Some of the minor
characters of the drama deserve special men,
lion, for which we have not space, while
others were decidedly amateurish. " Ma or
O'Leary" III tn first act sang with good voice
mi mar 'er Nancy Lee" and for an encore
ya>r : arne2 dltty, which latter was prob
Ib:y tn OUT as feeler to test the popu-
ari. ., me new Constitution of California
Fhe orc .estTa. under the leadership of Chas
3. i.aus 1876, endered good service in giving
he muse Isctdental to the piece. Two new
vel es, a w"'d and waterfall, from the
,ru h o. T L,ycock, we're the subject of
ner}ted adn. alton from the audience A
landsn.4 auH vas doubtless realized for the
'urr ;, -u-ti,, and the parties who have
Vor' - Il: and faithfully for this meritori-
us o.. 40 Aeservny of the fullest meas
re al 1T TO THEN well directed labors
Til ~ Law The game law goes into
fee ao@ will remain in force until
ep st. here IS heavy penalty at
acl rs Rr..ing of any game, the pur-