New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-25
&" THE SILVER KING"
THE NEW PLAY TO BE GIVEN AT wALLAcK's
SATURDAY EVENING.


The first act of the play opens In sklttle-
alley where Wlfrid Denrsr inaddsned by hs losses on
the Derby is ms ace aS the Teecon thai he has
brought poverty and disgrace TO his wife and children
Geoarsy WaTe former lover OF Denrer's wife, comes
like a tend and taunts him He exults az MS DOWNFALL
fhrsatening TO shoot INN. He reaches Wares apart.
ments night. The rooms are occupied by gang
The Spider who does mis- work IN evening dress, and
is really a swellmobsman OF very unconventional
insensible by the aid of chlorotorm and thrown on
aoSr Teorn ROa Of F Struggle %
sues between him and che Spider aud ne shet dead by
and oresentIy Denrey awakes Then comes the rehec
zion he there Win the intention ol shoO
ing ware Better 20 home, better 10 home" he NUT
tss. and in searching for his hat he encounters the
~eless body OF GeCgfeg Ware. Here s scene OF grave
actor The drunken frenzy the desdening effects
OF chloroorm have dazed the mans senses and ne
naturally concludes that he is the murderer The re-
voivsr Is hastily put out OF sight the dead mans iaee Is
VIGOROUSLY covered with a taoe.cloth, and, wild with
In the second act, Denver returns to his wife No
words are needed TO tell III. story ana without nesta
he takes ticket from Euston Station Tor northern
in his disguise TO country inn He learns, through
anewspaper report, that the train In wnlen No 1aa
with petroleum. that II had caught fire. and that the car
rage in which he supposed TO have been at the Tune
opentiy he is free long be can avoid detec-
ton, ana he leaves Englandtor a foreign port.
months have elapsed Captain Skinner receives his ac
complies a handsome villa Obtained through years
of honest labor" ana TO him comes Neite Denrers
wife, TO plead that sine may remain 10 wretched
SSysi fST rev With election yS @s for
payment OF Ient. After good deal OF duplication
Skinner grants her request, bat he bas NO sooner
done than discovers ehe is, ana dispatches
her out Of doors. The second scene
OF this act lovely winter Tue Interior OF Mrs
Dsnrs hut represented OIL one SIDE OF the stage ana
on the other the village school 10 The Impressive ca
denoe Of the organ the children are beard singing a
Christmas hymn, and al It's conclusion HHfTid Denrer
enters But how chau ged he has grown Ia this snort
time Sorrow lett It's traces upon his face his fea
lures are noble marked with gle his hair - white
with trouble. He meets his little daughter llcad
nearly starving lie may not tell her VINO ne 49, go
he gives his purse and ali the money he has ABOUT
him He has grown 81 rich through sliNerJulnlhg IN
Nevada that No called The Silver KING NhlIe the
child goes 10 take 10 ner mother. Derer
peep his other child, VINO ~ IN the Dut 0y
ing for want OF proper attention. He meets J0eS his
faithful old servant who has not deserted bis mstress
in her troubles, but vino. the contrary Is her support
Deapey is surprised that his rcnnitances 10 Ills
wife have miscarried. Mrs. Uenver pres-
emily comes back to her shelter, but
ST. uctiops her But Ia the nit OF time the
ohild returns with the money which her father Lad
given her and the act is brought TO dramatic close
In The act, through tue 1ep OF tDe Old retainer
has everything inat money purchase. Under the
name OF Franklin. DeHrT Is forced to live away rom
his wife. He hope that alter all he ID not tue real
murderer GOeUiey Ware, ana vita the Intention OF
getting at tae uCd OF the matter he bans t1e teVeo
riverside sOrehouse under the disguise VI daf old man
Az lsss succeeds In etectiDg an entrance TO their
being being a exposed. and "reT deosrns his
The last OF the play is devoted 10 the capture OF the
clever Skinner. aud the restoration OF Dsneer TO MS
rri fla nnHc