, 1884-10-05
UNCLE JOSH"
He is Warmly Welcomed at the
Opera House.
Den Thompson, the Comedian, on
His Tenth Tour.
The Great Character Actor Scores
A Big Success.

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Plain hon,olv s,rrdv old ..Iosh Whit.
oon,h', o,,rao,od 70 tbo onoro uouso lost
o,on;no a l,rro and ronrcsaD,a,;ve op1;.
once poonle 90 AGAIN and AGAIN n 500
Mr. Denmap Tbomnson IN his really
mas,erlv creation Of he old fashioned
stra;obt forward Nov ENGLAND farmer
Verv ee,y beater-ooers but have seen
.LosIna VL,tcoD,B at least two or three
fines vet all IF them look forward as
-ea0erlv IN his re-annearance lauph AZ
heartily and as spontaneously the last AS
the first time tbev SEQ him and finally
leave the theater with the consciousness
of having snent n tboroughlv ENJOYABLE
evening There is A ne, sonial freshness
about the star character that il irresistibly
attractive. Thomson is beyond compari-
son the most finished representative of
the typical New England farmer ON the
American stage. To the odd appropri-
ateness of his language and the peculiarlv
ant i~neisiyeness of his expressions
much of the bumor of the plav
is dine. but bevond these there Is n sturdy
realism to his stage business that is ex-
cessivelv refreshing in these DAYS when
b~ufFoonerv is too often passed off as
comedy. Tbompson's great success in
his n~ecpliar line of acting IS dine IN his
nereect naturolness Those who CRITICALLY
stpd;ed his work last evening observed
the care and ingenuity with which the
,;out;,, Of the character had been
studied out Every movement and motion
was truc IN life and his n-erformanco rs
an entity Immersed one ike some benuti-
G,l oner. o-vor;s;talv rendered without a
s;nola e,lse note to mar the harmony Of
,be rendition Tbomnson's own indi-
v;drol;ty i comrla,elv merged into the
obarao,or and Co.. Tho nonce he "a in reality
,bo nroo,;ool hence, vet GOOD. hearted
Now uomnsb;ro farmer
The nlor ;tsolf ;s suner;or IN most ot
h. LII, oro ur;,ton oxnresslr n moot
tho necuI;or reouirements of = narticular
star OF course there is a little tawdrv
sort;mon,.Etv obout !, n suggest;op of
biob .strung and acutc mortality with a
hid here and there for the svmpathy Of
the gallery Gods Int the effect of the nlav
a. vbole ;s entirely Wholesome Some
Of tbe cl;moxes are very well worked mar
t~;cularIv tbe ono closing the third net.
wboro .Trncle .Josbp ;nterrunts his nrnver
over the dead woman IN heave her drunken
husband tbrougb a fonrtb story window.
Outside of tbe peculiarIv comic business
tbe most beort-st;rr;ng SCENES occur in the
CLOSING act A very effective ouiet niece
Of acting il where eTrncle Josh dwells
unon his love for the old homestead and
recalls tho visit of his brother maid after
many veoz and tolls how the two old
mon cat Car hours Ike children recalling
reminiscenses of and living over again
their uveniIe careers. The great scope of
Tbomnson's ~canabilities As an actor was
well illustrated in the scene in which he
learns of the supnosed defalcation by his
only son The vivid and powerful anguish
of the old man is n strongly realistic Bit of
acting
M Tbomnson's sunnort was in many
r-esnects worthy of him. Mr.. Irnacio
Martinetti os .,Roundv. the bootblack. -
pave n ouite brilliant niece of juvenile
character a,tinp and in his duet with
.sTot" WINS heartily and enthusiastically
encored
Mr.. Dobell gave an eauable perform
,.,1 .,o, colo With much Cael;ng