New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-27
THE DRAMA.
WALLACKs TnEATRE-NoyELTIEs

siguaiZcd by the first appearance hero OF Mr. Kv,i
Bellew and Miss Sophie Eyre. numerous and brn'.,.
audience the performances and enjoyed il. In HI
Power" is a romantic drama, in three acts written h
young English actor, Mr. Mark Quinton, and IL has he
widely represented in Great Britain, with Miss a.
Cavendsh in its central character II has kewjse Ia
acted in other cities OF America but In NcwYork nm
novelty It's merits are exclusively thcatrcalt. pr,
cpal merit being ingenuity, aud its sole value cOnsis
in effective situation. But it has no essent Inean
no charm, and no permanent vitality. Its story 1.
irrational; its persons deficient OF character. O.,
principal incidents such could not happen s,S
its language is common place. With these slight onaus
cations it may be accepted as temporarily useful
theatre.
Its scene ia laid in Paris during the late war betwA
France and Germany. its title is derived from the p,
cipal assumption OF circumstance upon which Il !,
founded. It's heroine, MdJte Hastings, having in Ia,
girlhood become entansled with man. by marra,.
which proved to be marriage, is assumed to he IN
his power" when in after life believing this man TO
dead she has become the wife OF another. Il Is ne,
haps needless remark that this basis for plot lon,
ago became venerable by reason Of extreme age In b
coming Hrs. Hastings tho lady has omitted to inform be,
husband of the exact nature of her previous expert
ence. she is keeping her secret, and il naks,
her unhappy There is no reason why she should M.
tell it, and in real life she would have done whou,
hesitation. After she has lived In happy marnony fOr
wear the rascal who has injured and compromised he,
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jrr,tIonal Character. coipels her {, a..t him ~
I h.n,I a military di.n,,ch ., ,."
importance This rascal is spy in the service OF the
German authorities, while the husband Is English
officer in the service OF France In order to obtain tia
dispatch Mrs. HdSigS puts choral into her husband,
coffee, and sends him to sleep. This mixture would
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