New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-02
THE DRAMA-MUo4U.
STANDARD THEATRE.

ocular dramatic season at this house
onened last night by Messrs. Brooks DICKSON Win
W. nev drama Of ain the Ranks" by Messrs' sims q
". and large audience received the play with many
no,omens of interest and sympathy. Its good play
=, low order II aims reproduce, as with pho-
ronhc process actual scenes and incidents OF common
xsl,sh life Il opposes bad man against good man.
and involves the good man In many troubles ana dan-
ers and at Last 1t defeats the bad man. and exhm's VII
me triumphant over vice. IL 10 very long anu
very fun OF incident, persons and pictures l''
notwithstanding improbabiltes Is really Interest
ing and its alienation Of exciting situations with hYe
scenes of eccenu1city and humor is fehcl'ouS ""N
nossesses an air Of freshness and novelty
I,s hero an innocent man, is hunted down by rl'"'
who contryes to impbcato him In nefarlods
and who drives him well nigh to the verg' VI run So
perls and escapes OF this hero constitute le P' n,
OF these pers and escapes could occur no"u'i1 80 -,
IN play-and IL lie the radical defect OF
hs ho,oronh Kind that while srenuously pretending
TO copy actual life. they so often pear 'a.Tv ,,t -,
against f. In this work-as in YOUTH manAiN''
The Lights % London" e'c'-'no %, 80. W.
FACT is the theme considered the must n' 70 -
human nature are employed, the most o'O"'' 80
n,,ona IDEAS are reiterated and there no proven"o
as,vss of character expression Of anything
ssa,ye or ideal The principal faculty employed 10
thar OF ingenuity and this expended upon deVisg stu
tons that shock and stage tnat aOnsh inc
avera0e beholder-to whom and not 10 thinking people,
apia a
more ingenious and unexpected than those MADE
An Mr. Boucicaults capital play of "The shaughraun
h, niece has been censured In England rs calculated
q discourage recruiting, and as containing unjust IN
duous reflections upon the army officers In comparison
az N courage and services with the army men, Likewise
It, exhibition OF alleged crueltes in military discipline In
England Is pronounced untrue and. indeed caumnious
MANY errors of detail made the authors In their treat
,nent of military affairs have been pungenty speoihed
In fact the play 10 be positively worth
lea, ss portrayal Of the actual life Of British soldier
Ira attack upon the Discharged Prisoners Ala Society
for limiting It's charity the special field that assumes
20 occupy-is particularly and very properly condemned
In brief, Messrs. Sims Pettitt figure as haphazard
authors Of the demsgogue kind, who swell with universal
benevoenoe but lack the ballast OF common sense Ths
a said Of course with reference to the drift OF thought
and morals In their work They have not been thor
ough In their labor, and they are not sound ahc
tust in their teachings There certainly something sus
n,c,ous and misunderstanding how widely and how
well both public and private charity now operates-ir
this constant aranment Of governments and society 10
alleged injustice TO the poor Some people seem really
think that there such thing as goodness on earth
except II be dressed in rags and wallowing In muck
rheatr,caTy however, this effort Of Messrs Sims 4
Pettt is serviceable effective and certain 10 De ppuaI
Ii was well acted last night at the Standard VIVID the lo