New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-01
MT7sJC AND THE DRAMA.
rnccrRrY,S FAIRY.


.,,i,.rod account of Mr.. Gilberts new plsee-
III, certain 70 be presented in New-lork before
. condensed from the London StG"d"'" Vi
December 10: ,,--.-i,-or s,,cb free rein
~ f'rr, "a i'm the entirely orginaI 1atH ~ i+
" ,Togrertv's Fairy when vas p'G 49, nj
night ST the Criterion IheaLif o mosaic could not
IuIe VI ' frr-o any other writer; nut ultiI un
opveut oual rs the piece Is peIiSIL, rn,d,. wifi
en6.rt togetber with the authors Teaul VIZ
stage enc We go; brrnor carry the work success
am 81 ,tr,,,,b The story opens IN inc uI@Ni;lN-
room OF r Ia'o. .,t, Fii' the guests, in
Yar| 5o have come to assist at fo9'@VS
lsc., -, 10 jenny Ia bot Jeaey Is an extreme
charrnjng clr ana II Is fGCb hos never been
romau'l. The Young surgeon, Foggerty. has de,
gFon +hrt t5is is his ease, aud Jenny has acc'pled
him though in truth he mas ,re 30 r'5,s5ersb'e arc
It5o -,r,,t lions whom he had met M Melbourne;
e. hi. best man. UGlkRsbaT' 2JgI ~ l.'N q $500 &c
- f,t TJflfn>hGU had an eNty,tru' pi",InD.' Ia
nsa,;.,- J.ogffs hand until the discovery thai ne
III trained a former affection Ior ~ ~. u
80 ne T,,f secured his dSm'Sli' auu II ~ IT.
IL ~bn breaks to FOgaTty the dlTelnl news ~
De6o >p;f has landed, anu Is on AeI way ~ 'n0
Wh,t is 10 he donef In the good old DAYS when
s:.Lt,,i lovers had fairy gOjmothers one on ihose
ld''i;a,, ,vould have turned up to protect Fo9geB
80 h. observes that If there Is sucn tnig Is
fairy goim Their an oppoItun.l ol snu" ,E I I,s
- is worth. such as may never occur aSain' HdS
orisen In "a moment through the wall there appears
a. EJ1 Pfleeca his tuteldry genius ready TO hclp
I'm generally. and IN particular TO save nm
I'm I H<.jT She even carries. her medicine with
her and presents to F0gg6y a Phlal ana
iittie box of clObues. swallowing one OF the
ia+ter will always summon her, ana lot Jhe FORMER,
80 takrS tyvo teaspoonfuls at any time previously
eynressiur wish TO blot any person ont OF ms ca
,ear blotfed out that person Will he put-ahu heII
IL the puint-wth him or her Will be h.otleo I' an
tbe circumstances that have arisen from the &C
onaiDtance and the Fairy explains now, Que 'li *
having led TO another, he owes ms very ~
.bA fat that a certain dog tumhied INTO 'nt hI4tI
C,,os She warns him against taking the remedy,
Co. i i desperate one ard It's consequences ea'ol
ioI te- T,r he accepts il, and when, at the very
,,ept The wedding party Il on the point OF START
M 81, -, II appears. claims fOggeTty, and makes
b"Tsalf peculiarly unpleasant ne has recourse 10 tue
nbiai and bots SPIT from ms llie ,-.,
Pill.e so and surprise are among the most vaua-
10 drowqtic qualities. and both are here IN abuh'i-
&c When foqgerty is found again he IS IN PACK
SraWinr-room in Harley-St. How ana WhY ne ca,le
go ~ mystery TO him. and Rebeccd, VINO appears
declines 70 afford him any information on Tue
ground that her kn9wedge OF MN having aIIS yI
sbTonGb beiia Spif, she Il Spilled oue' IL Is WIN
The greatest relief therefore. tina he sees a coupe
of Gridesma DIS enter, young ladies VINO had 3ech
gornd IN that capacity before, on his wedding day
He is not married then, but Is Just ABOUT 10 DC anu
sniff was A hideous dream. Jenny Is upstairs puo
bRtore She comes down Mss MdiriRa dc ere is an
nouuced tall and tragic lady VINO treats FOggfIy
~ g tLs rclstlous between them were more thaI
5rend1y "A he has never seen her before TINS Is
yainflv ucrDexinC and things are not maze cIeareI
xrhG
as II seems to marry him. for he Is ONLY besi man 70
Taikip,haw But TOR SPIT all would have gone uII-
tereutiv and this is the complexion TO winch 'nIIka
YouIJ have come. Yet, Jenny contesseS she IoEeS
To1ceyiU hest and when all seems hopeless reIeI
coJDes from an unexpected quarter
T1Nlanr men have tTted with the atecllonS OF
1f,IriUn de- Iere and the eighte nth trner Is none
Ctbar than HdIkinShdW. lie admits IT, he cannon
deny n and he cOllapSeS; WhereuPoH -1al-
sgun 10 the horror and astonishment OF ,ytEHy'
ates herself into F'g1rrtgs arms and elS MN
how the obstacle UdkinShGT being removed anu
tnrned over to the attention of her experienced SO
icitor she can accept those professions 0i auecuoh
1yhich for the last twelve months he Foggr'y' mas
showercd upon her. That unhappy man, struck
with horror lncontinently fees Ndir!Rd pursues
him and runs him down. after long chase; al the
staTting point Meantime, however, Id'e9t mas
called in tTo mad doctors, who pronounce f09geFty
10 he insane and on horrors head horrors are accu-
muIatiug when most ingenious means OF escape is
fonnI F0ggcrty has still fOTty-seYen gloDules le1t
and ne produces RebeCc0, rather cross at nehg
called m This he does not mind, ana having pointed
ont thqt things may be made awkward Tor her
nv means of the remaining glObuieS, ne boldly mol
Gates veak places in her geIDents men ne
zoos The ,raught all the consequences OIL ms having
known Sniff were to have been Obuterated, Dut sIe
Febecc1 Is consequence and here he Is IN dIihcul-
flies winch she has brought about. Rehscea admits
IT, ard agrees TO put everything as IT was on Ile
wed Iinl dlv, with the absolute omission OF Det'd
Jnstantaueously the changes; all things are as
they were when the curtain rose and the marriage
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