, 1881-07-10
James O'Nei1l in "The Ro-
nance Of a Poor young
Man"
Removal Of O:Neill and Company
to Hooley's Theatre.
A New Charge Of Plagiarism-Was
"Hazel Kirke" Purloined?
lettings Concerning Plays and
Actors at Home and
Abroad.

1IOOLEY,S THEATRE.
t.Cintlerc]la al Scl,ooI'' improves upon ac-
,uaiutul,cc. The first impression tie spec
tator takes away from the performance is
That the play is light, frothy, and thin, but
wholesome as far as it goes, and pretty Ill
the exact sense OF that word. i second view
tends to confirm this opinion 50 far rs 1t IL
favorable, and 10 modify j. so far Is IT, the
contrary. "Cin,lerella 1T School, is dainty,
kuGl something anore. 1t is ingenious. all
mated, and not Wi,rl1y devoi! Of dramatic
merit. This last quality is ob>curcd to some
extent by the music, the inceSsant and 1T
times exaspe1atrng tinklr helping far more 10
clog the action than IL promote H. II
..Sclloul'' were as familiar to the playEo'ng
pub!ic as it used to be this obstruction might
not make Il great difference: but the Robert
sou version has been lung out uf the Keeping
of the people. who do not, As a rule, burden
their memories heavily with the stories OF
old plays. For the :ath. ri those who may
witness this refreshing. production DURING tile
few remaining nights ii has to run, the 1ol-
lowing condensed synopsis OF the Incidents
in the musical parap!lras4: Is Subjoined:
.Niulc MufA't is It'll orphan reared and educated
by DR.. ki,htc'uuritn from ch:trI:asle motives IN
lapyrns Seminary, where the piece opens: sac
occupies :he anomalous position OF apuW!~
teacher. She has Il warm friend in NflylE -Mlt-
1uT. Il wealthy young fady 1runl Rr;izil- anu
warmer ad,nircr in tho tutor i'itf- SU'ltur. who
wishes IL marry her In consequence. OF her re-
jccLon Of his suit. Ntojc is subjected 10 every
annoyance aud humiliation the tutors spitelnl
resentment can E1!!et ul unc In her ue1ciSeiess
situation. .Au a1tCuipt U1t the part 0t -Htf"lt 10
interfere i'll her fr:end's defense uad rcDel
against the ''1linnn Of 'itSpn1!sin as sne cais
>Ult;1r, affords :Ac;tn. ciinlax tn The school
rDOtn scene: that terminates tnc hr.t act.
Lord I-nwntennys. an EExiish Peer, comes 70
Ansric in search Of missing srana:a''tt: :t.' Ma
RirUclc. His lnrt=iaip is an ula friend Of 1jr.
kt1ld'rp.rttn. and coti;'S t. stc him 1T 1!lpyrus
Seminary. :cc"nlpassie1 ly bis ncpaGW and us
uc},hcw's ct'lt.::;c chnsn> Jt:ci: F". Ihe young
&:cntItincll while out sh.nt':.2 meet WIKI All a-
Venture in the woods it, which l,sl slipper Of
dimfnlit;ve proportions. II very large pair Ut
rubber oyershocs, and I'LL inluriatcd bull-tne
lurtcr saot by jack f'lo while in The act nf cn:is-
fnx A a?a ,ust'fsEu.ay t4p9rta Io ,r,p9 paF,S Is
y0uur people quickly T:ncns li:fo !nEc. anu :lil
exciting double conrtshi Witnessed by ;he DC,
lighted scbool-sirls during the 'n'"'nl'Shte,t
evening that follows IL Sc!,nol examination at
which all the characters have becn present,
affords oplx'rtu'iisy fur c"1.,;c:ll s:tnat'ons:
which the uu1nor has :.tni:ca himself with
happy effect The result uf this Irritation is
tnc a a1f po i, Ga 's d
en- iron, the scaoul by HAS Z,I4o,"i ff":'ss tue
Minerva u the cs1ablishme:t- Ni'R't Is the Tin
1crc!l; of the play, and athousa, l:Sc the o:i9i-
uut Cinderella. she suffers nuch from unk!nl-r
ness and ',ee'ec5. like her prototype ne IS 1n,-
ply rewarded Ill thu cnl. Tor sue Is. in the last
tue bride Ut +t7Nr EcVt iH time tu he id::!l&-
il,.1 as the lus,xlert gr,ndchiid Of Lo11t LnM'-
,fn u neT ,c ffa' @ any a ! bex nss Il i1
school girls who sing. dut,cc and perform calls
thcntc exercises, play upon xyiophones. ana do
al kinds Of girsil and distractins tn:nSs which
add the interest Of the co,ncly. wil'!c the &c
centric Hiss Zcno}'fd Tropics and i'fvf. S'sstt',
together with Ms lsy:!s sttttlN":i, :. slrepy
Hirl who shutters and is always getting into
trouble, supply the broader element OF hunlur.
The music Is indulselitiy described i'll the
above notice. 1t is if not wholly without
merit very nearly 50. and bears Il remark
able resemblance to the Sun1ay-sehooi me,'-
t1res Of ;. Eyan.clinc." Miss Fielding. Mr..
Digby Bell, and Mr. Macdonouglt are capa-
ble Of doing justice to much better llll1sic.
and the same may be said in Il general wayof
the ciI0rlls whose fresh voices ;'lid admirable
better class 20 surprisingly well. It would
be base flat,ery tn say that Cinderella ut
School, from I inns!c:l point ct view, COM
pares ut all favorab'y wi1l! Fatiitza,,
s-Ulivette,'' or even - D;llrt. laylor,'' III al
of which tile ultra-c;ssica! musical critic
turns up his l,ose in SUPREME 'lis,tain:
4 performance will by given this fs5unday)
night anu next Sunday ty Mr.. Days co''l-
pany, contrary 10 tile custom nf Tie 1a:ll-
:.grr. But. lis -' they all do it, and no very
,
has been deemed best to fall i'll with the
fashion.
Of the acting of the play il is unnecessaryto
speak more At length. Il gould not well be
better than it is. Mrs. Gilbert has a slllilll
Fart. and scarcely Il chance to show her IT.
ll1;trkable abilities; but Mr.. Charles lie
Clcrt4l las Il better opportunity which lie
fully improves We hazard nothing in say
i1,g that, if llt Ind done nothing else, his per-
for,nance Of the part Of Lori Larntcnny$
would entit!t him to be called one Of the
very best character actors i'll this country.
His own identity is completely sunk in the
character: and his ut'avering address to tho
Young ladies' in recitatiyt, III the eluse uf the
pluy,- ginning My lear yt,n!ig ladies, -
is one Of the most admirable things that have
been seen on our stage for long time Dig
by Bell, James Lewis, Arthur MacGonouSh,
liay Fielding, and Ada Rcl1an appear to adj
vantage, 50 tar as they are permitted by tic
lex: al,d the music to do So; but nunt. nt
to i;iake "'thc grandest effort Of their fives.'
.t':lnierell:.' will run during the present
week. and the engagement will close With
:i,.. performance ncxt Sunday night Fina1l-
ci;t.jy it has been moderately successful, and
,,U;:li have been entirely SO but for the
Scurcf,ing weather. On Wednesday, the only
cool night Of the week, every seat in the
lower part Of the house WIS sold, but the at
tendance instantly fell off Wien the ther-
Ilu1,,tter climbed again into the 1,ineties 1t
was universally remarked that 'Clnderel1a'' -
night than to half III attendance. Every
puillt was taken "Wednesday. and most Of the
songs were Iapturou>ly encOrtd.
GRAND O1'ERA-UOUSE.
Afr .pfLon: Isasfnr rs the New 1orE Past