Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-07-19
KIRKE.''
A Play Of Great Dramatic Power
and wholesome Purity.

n THY ~ NsNGAb
and wholesome Parity.
The Opera House was crowded last even
ing by q brilliant audience to witness the
first representation in Eureka of the cele-
brated and affecting comedy-drama "Ha-
eel Kirke'' as presented by the Madison
| Square Company. 1t is but mild praise to
say that the play scored asuccess. A piece
| Of such skilful construction, powerful ef-
fects, purity Of tone, vigorous and at times
witty dialogue in the hands Of people like
the Madison Square Company could not
be otherwise. 1t portrays human nature,
exalts the noblest traits Of man and wo-
manhood, and develops the kindliest SYM
pathies between those who love the poetic
feelings Of the soul. 1t moves to laughter
and melts to tears; one moment the audi-
ence is bathed in the sunshine OF comedy.
the next the emotional nature finds serious
thought for reflection. The story unfolds
gracefully. 1t is a touching narrative Of
suffering endured by an innocent woman,
who married ont OF her station in life, and
thereby received the curse of her father,
whose iron will land those who are ac-
quainted with the Scotch character will
know what that isl would not yield, even
when the man he had chosen for her freely
gave her up to the man she loved. Tit
marriage being consummated, the rumor
goes abroad that it is invalid, on account
OF some technicality Of the Scotch law,
which forbade marriages across the line.
This rumor comes Of the cunning of an
Irish family servant, who imagined he
was doing his titled master a great SER
vice by freeing him of a plebeian wife.
The husbands mother had pledged her
son in marriage to q lady OF his own
rank, in order to cover up the malad-
ministration Of that lady's estate by the
mothers family. This mother appeals to
the wife to free her son, and she, be-
lieving the man has deceived her for
whom she incurred a fathers curse, and
that she has been led into q void union,
flies from him, and wanders aimlessly
and in misery and restitution, to her old
home, where she finds her now blind
father as unr~elenting as ever. The in
tercession of her manly old lover proves
Of no avail, and after from parting her, she
leaves the house during a wild storm
without and attempts to drown herself and
misery in the mill-pond adjacent. Her
husband, however, who followed her in
his search to her home, braved the rag
ing elements and was wandering IN the
banks. Seeing a woman throw herself
into the water, he jumped in and rescued
her-his wife. Her father had heard
her supposed dying scream and became
conscience stricken, so when she again
appears before him again she is forgiven
and blessed. The company throughout
is excellent. The leading roles are pow
erfully rendered, while the subordinate
ones are only inferior in the character Of
the lines. The cast is as follows: Hazel
Kirke, Miss Effie Ellsler; Dolly Dutton, |
Miss Sydney Cowell; Emily C~arringford,
Miss Kate Denim; Mercy Kirke, Mrs. Sol
Smith; Clara, Miss Maud Osborne; Ar
thur Carringford, Eben Plympton: Dun
stan Kirke, G. W. Couldock; Pitticus
Green, Charles Bowser; Aaron Rodney,
Frank Weston; Mcthuselah higgins, Ed.
H.. See; Barney O'Flynn. w. b. Cahill;
Joe, E. NJ. Roberts; Dan, George Waters;
Thomas, Frank Duyal.
The same bill tonight and for the last
here. II our readers want to see
good acting and q rich comedy-drama
they will not fail to see "Hazel Kirke."