New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-13

the manly, res,lute, impassioned acting Of
Mr. 0snlond Tearfe-is the supreme point Of
the piece. Ii Is an episode, to be
sure but that Ia the chronic faut ~ tn. workthat
it is all episodes and ght be extended indefinitely
in almost any direction The true way to enjoy 1t,
doubt, Is to take the pictures rs they
arise, and accept, without an attempt to IN
derstand both the diabolical person who hunts his
generous brother into lunatic asylum and the To-
tai delinquency Of oil those forces Of
police vigilance, and all those certanties
of cause and effect which invariably in.
terpose 10 prevent In actual life the consecutive
miracles Of nielodrama. True dramatic art selects
it's materials and Yields them and directs then, q,
some ideal purpossto ths calculation Of character
or the enforcement of an idea. MeIodrama-whbeh
mind what they say nor care for its drift so that il
peases on the instant-lays all its stress
%ors ' sSh fa shtfa la ss aim such S reptile Is
spirits o., its plot may perhaps exist. hut
of course they are the exceptional monsters Of the
too; that they would not be such ally
fools as to undertake man OF the, devices 70
compish them il they did. That IL startling stu
alton, indeed, in which the villain murders
brother an the while 70 be Ills victim;
but it il utterly preposterous, In itself
and IN the preparation for IL. The CORY libera,ty
of these authors indeed piles dread upon horror to
such extent that at last they are felt to be trif-
ling with ereduty, ans, the stare of horror turns to
the gentle grin Of amusement.
erql expenditure and adroit mechanical
skill could effect. Its was due to
its framework and its success, was very
great, The applause that rang through the house
was almost deafeuinr No such reception has been
extended n anything else produced IN Nsw-fors
this season. The enthusiasm Of IL wa
astonshing-and very plainly Indicative Of
the truth that the American theatrlcai palate
q piquant spice. Time when such noiest
revival OF TIE sensation drama h!ea as Mr. bon.
cieanlt made in launching . The Colleen Bawn'
writer who started this current afresh and who
invented this name for IT, But all that Boucicanlt
ever did. with the header or the railroad tannei
or any drvice of that order rs childs play TO- The
Terrible Trii,i Te@ptation,S Never Too Late to
Mend" and The Tower Of London boiled into
these and more, by the way Oceur in this. IL will
be thought by some that such piece is unsuitable
for a stage Of the first class, bat there Is really
no force in suchan objection. There never wasa time
in the history Of the drama IN England or Amer
len, when the plays of Shakespeare, or Gene
dies of tho Sheridan and Goldsmith order,
period Car1ick had to. introduce pantomime
n Drury Lane, and 1t has prevailed
there once year ever since, Sheridan
introtlnced Kotzebue, and save! whole season
biy Fizarro,v whirh is wrctehed stuff, bat
good spectace. There is good reason
why lnanager should not resort to melodrsma;
only it night be- wished that the meodrama
not quite insane. Now York has never seen a more
snowy piece than "'The World at Wallaek's nor
wnrs,, Gne. Mr.. Teare made The chief hit OF tho
night hut that of Mr.. Elton a. the comic Hebrew
.,oundrel was perhaps, quite level with il.
Miss Bonfacp Miss Detehon and Miss Emma L0-
raine distinguished themselves by forceful and
were called at the end of the fourth act. The eur
tain fell at l.