The daily gazette., 1880-04-08
An,usen,ents.
PERFoRMANcE OF "ouR BoYs."

There was fair-siEed audience pres
ent at the Opera House last evening. 70
witness the representation OF "Our
BOys,D by the Chestnut Street Theatre
company The comedy of "Our Boys" Is
well written, the author having been
careful enough to conduct 1t so as not to
allow the dialogue or Situations to drag.
The action OF the play ID LAID In Eng
land, and Is intenied to show the differ
ence between "blue blood and the idea
OF a man who, without any extra0rdi-
nary education, becomes wealthy through
the sale of butter. Although wealthy he
does not forget his plain, style OF living,
and the language OF his father, that Ia
the PLAIN old unvarnished English. On
the other hand the proud but poor bar0-
net lives according to the demands OF
the upper class Of society In England
|. Each of the fathers have . son which
they send TO the same college, where
they form a warm attachment for each
other, aud when they graduate leave fol
their homes, where they continue theiI
friendship formed at tho csllege. BY
this means the two families are throw .
much together. The two sons are fc0m.
manded by their respective sires 10
marry certain young ladies, but to this
the sons object and refuse to d. as COM
mandeJ. They ieave their homes and
seek work in London, taking up their
residence in lodging honse. They
fai to obtain work, aud are almost re-
duced to the direct extremity. when
lady loves. This leads TO q rec0ncilia-
ZION with their fathers, and they retuf .
home aud are happily married. AL
through tho play ruus certain ameunt
of sentiment, while the dark side is well
poi trayed as we'll as the bright In some
places the dialogue Is witty, and there ID
Just enough humor 10 II to keep an audi
euce In delightful frame Of mind.
or the company the least that can be
said ot 1t is that 1t was good, each mem
ber thereof we'll knowing their parts
and what was better they understood
what the author intended to lconyey In
ihe lines. The expectations Of the
audience we're realized, and therefore II
is not necessary TO criticize the acting OF
any individual member of the COM
pany. ..i...l. IL
.H THE "GALLEY SLAVE" yes.
.Bartley Campbell's great success o.
the day '"The Galley Slave" will b.
presented az the Opera House thi'
evening, for the second time In thli
city. The play ia Que Of absorbing In
t-rest, anJ the dramatic situations art
exceedingl fine. 1t somewhat resem BILE
"a Celebrated Care" in its actions. Il
Is play well worth seeing, aud thu
Opera House should be crowded. l.e
"KERRY cow NEXT TUESDAY
The Ledger says The theatre-goinG
public never seems TO tire Of the lrisi
drama, and as kerry Cow" In one o
the best of it's kind, Mr.. Joseph Murph!
| had fair share of the theatrical patron
tge of last evening Mr.. Joseph Muir
| phy, in addition to his own talents as 81
actor has the good fortune to Re Al
tended by a company which enter full.
into the spirit of the play. The scener.
was beautiful, and the horse shoeing u
the third act was fine bit Of realisti
acting, drawing forth hearty applause
which was repe sted as the carrier-pi geo
brought the good news which closed th
| play. 1t will be presented a. The Par
Theatre every evening durins the wee
and Wednesday and Saturday maiineei