New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-07
TIE DRAMA.
ADAvGHTER OF THE NILE.

At the standard Theatre, last niGht' ne"
play called A Daughter OF the Me was ii
yc.rd with i.s au nor. Miss Laura Doh j. ''S Pi''l
NOR, large assemblage witnessed thie = ou'0'i"i'
cyd II vtth interest aud kindness The piece Is ..
mtNei character, parity comedy partly drama l'S
heroine ii. lied "A Daughter Of the Nile, Tor u" reason
.hat she Is supposed be OF Egyptian onin' ana MISE
pon whose general appearance incl mes 1aNoTaOF
10 he Oriental style. Is careful 10 make
herself look as Egyptian as possible
The scenes and persons Of tne play, however are
American anu lis action passes AZ Hudson River villa
AID Ia Paris In machinery il l. trite and depIoia"y
weak The expedicnt Of eavesdropping-4lways once
-,cnapl-is oycd agalu and again. The chIel merit
en- the lauq7,are which sometimes bubbles into tart
,a,re ana vungeut drolery and sometimes soI'ehs 'o
ireainv northumberland nj all times Is lhulcaH'o
II mental stren-th and slngular'!' n0'
- either balance " thoughtfulress OF ahy1H
az. sts and safe cultivation. In the second act of
hi, piece the Lord Of Buregh proposes marriage u No
rulare maiden and Is accepted, and then the village
,,aidsr allows herself to be deceived. by the most
,r.nsuarent devic~-a misunderstanding that ehsues
troln eavesdiOppnc-and persuaded tha her lover 10
tataless Vhereupon she promptly agrees 10 run away
with another man. and Ia the meanwhile lalls
asleep graveyard, and the foAr ac's'
NJ the piece winch follow describe her
sreann She is a Princess. in Paris, the widow Of an
sred prince whom she married on his deatbbed she IS
eight years old.r she Is a. rich as Nome Cnsto Ana
sb sriu loves the Lord OF Burleigh, although he has
married somcDod, else-and that somebody her enemy
Tie desire for revenge has Kept her alive all TINS ume
md she lives to lind ont her mistake-Which might 30
,eov nave been a-certaincd IN the first place. anu lh
lc could not have occurred and then she awakeh- 10
tpow that all her trouble has been dreamed Ihere Is
.smau legion OF plays this plan Something more
man commonly novel would he neclful TO arouse
ir-h interest IN old scheme. TINS l. hot pfoNl4et
IL D4urtf.r the Nla and, should u >ucreeu az
Ill is success viii be Cue to it, harmony ~ sentiment
KIM rb, customary ideas OF romantic women
vvno - rci-e a more considerable influence
n such matters team is gen rally supposed.
Vi.s LAURA Do's theory of acting appears o De NE
cnnni one of personal revelation. Sne VIII place he
ma, e. m tnt.u and she Will suppose that the spectacle
Nm. afforded must necessarily make the spectator
nanny Her ideal otucr w0rt-. Is indefinite 10 her
srf rfl -en-u ,u,. and ctpucious aud hef As mess
al xeclron makes It still INDEFINITE 10 me De-
holder she w> "a handsOn. bright aud strange person
iDeut Tie audience recalled her al the emf o. eacl ac
TIE scenery good rJugnou-nore tAdu sood III the
third act Inc cast rs a. follow
Aurus Soneravke an English Lord Henry Lee
Coon. BlurJ,ry Bellows al American Prince, . 81, ,,
--'~'' Lindsey Harris
Sir CHARLES Dan -le Ioth lawn CieaIy
I'll Ilua father who f-0weO the WIND. >O smith
katrina A ! ~. u daughter, devoted 10 herself - IT,,
Toto Irrafa devoted 10 the hunt Miss Lillian tdgngton
An fee.u, Allyn. devoted % heI daughter MIS- No >ilh
,ei,n, a ,yav flower H-urie Louise Btscom
Hother' Drlry a blot upon Tie Allyn hscutcheoui o. ,
e. y i IS Laura Don