The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-01-30
HAZEL KIRER' BY THE L. A. D. A.
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always acquit themselves mach bette
before 4 large and attentive aalienC
than before comparatively empty benches
! Not an account of their unpopulatity br
entirely because of the weather the al
dicn"e which greeted the first productio
Of ti#Z"! k;!ke by the Elkton Amateur
! Dramatic Association in Oil Fellow
Hall or "Wednesday evening last wa
disconr,gngly small. Happily for a
| concerned, the weather incEnded Thurs
day night proved far more clement an
therefore the hall was filled with an al
dieDca that fully entered into the spiri
of both play ana players. But upo
both nights the Play was well presented
| "Wednesday evenings performance in
critical op,nion being the best, as it wa
the first spark struck from the red an
glowing anvil. and therefore a fresh an
vIvaclous production. We believe tina
AT last the Elktnn Amateur Dramati
Association, or its members rather, hav
| found = play to which they are correctl
suiiea. It is better for them than Olive
Twist, simply because it depicts lif
which they can understand life Will
which they are familiar, and into tn
scenes Of winch they can enter NATURAL,
and as If they were at home. After al
has been said of the standard plays Q
the elder British dramatists the power o
the Legitimate play to-day lies in it,
vivid home scenes, its little domestic in
ciients that touch the heart by thei
simplicity aud keep the bosom swcllin.
with memories of the past that com,
creeping over the breast like the noise
less Footsteps Of angels bound on SOME
holy pilgrimage. Play goers are rapidly
firing Of Roman forums and Eenitiar
palaces, they are beginning to show {
definite preference for the simple New
England kitchens and h0mely parl0rs OF
the old farm house, which are enough tc
inspire mutual feelings of tragedy, pa
thos, OF humoT in the human boSoms OF
to-day. Therefore such plays as Haze
kirke are worthy their popularity. Sucl
characters as Dunstou krke may never
become quite 50 beloved by admirers OF
the historonic stage as Julius Caesar OF
Hamlet but they viii hold their own ii
America single-h&nded against a host OF
the armed SplrtanS, Pizzlros or Ions, oil
the lG-h contary plays. All who wit.
ueSS such scenes as those depicted in
Hazel klrke are acquainted with what
they see. Although the plots are cast
on English soil they are as truly repre-
sentative Of America rs is Uncle Tom :
Caoin OF Rip Van Wrinkle. And as VIC
have said those who have viewed PLAYS
Of the description Of Hazel Nike are at
once made familiar with all about them,
aud are at once made heart and soul il
love with such folks as lnhabit the re-
gions Of Blackburn MIL There is some.
thing like pastoral poem ~ romance in
every a5t OF the play, and those who wit
Il IS 1t feel that they have met with men
and woman of whose lives they already
knew some hing about and whom they
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