The Jersey City news., 1891-10-20
Sadie scanlan at the Academy.

Sadie Scanlan at the Academy.
A packed house greeted Miss Sadie
Scanlan at the Academy of Music last
night-an undoubted evidence of the
lady's popularity, for it was not night
to tempt people abroad. Miss Scanlan
has pleasing presence, sings nicely ard
acts we'll. three requisites that ensure
success. Happily, to back these. she has
an excellent play in which the comic
element predominates, tho ugh there
is villainy enough to suit
melodramatic tastes. The plot is good
and che play compact, only nine persons
being concerned in It's development, a
fact which enables Miss Seaman to pre-
cent company made up OF satisfactory
people. Her own part Is that OF Ely
O'Shiel, .only an Irish" but pretty. viva
cious and courageous i'll two or three
emergencies that confront her. She is
really the daughter of Philip Palgrave,
who went abroad. leaving her In charge
of his cousin, Benjamin Palgrave. The
latter, listening to the advice of Andy
OShiel. gives the little one to O'ShieL
and his wife to bring up as their own, he
sending word to the father that the girl
is dead and appropriating her fortune
When the father returns, many years
later, although he does not recognize his
daughter, his suspicious are aroused and
to quiet those suspicious he is murdered
by O'Shiel, the false cousin being wit
ness of the crime. But Philip
Elstone, a lawyer, and Alik O'Neii,
Ely's lover, finally restore the girl to her
proper position and bring the villains to
Justice. Mr.. Nelson Compton plays the
villain and the other parts are presented
by Charles Dade, Malcolm Bradley. De-
lancey Barclay and Dixie Brooke. George
Brennan, as Thady McQuinn, who al
ways speaks the truth-sx Maggie
creates much laughter. Mention should
not be omitted of Miss Addie Cummings
and Miss Alice Gale, who play two minor
parts effectively.
The interest of course centres in Ely,
and the part affords Miss Scanlan excel
lent opportunity for her versatile powers,
and Of which she makes the most. She Is
unusually effective in her coquetries and
her Jealous anger, and sings charmingly
five or six very pretty songs, including an
imitation of her brother, j. w. Seaman,
in ''The Low Back, which brought down
the house.
Roland Reed.
Roland Reed, a comedian who has won
fame and fortune throughout the coun.
try, will make his first appearance in this
city at the Academy of Music next Mon
day nignt, Mr.. Reed has just closed
highly successful engagement at the star
Theatre, New York, where in the home OF
.Shenandoah' aud 1.-THE Senator. he has
duplicated their great hits with "The
CLUB Friend" The play is mingling of
comedy aud pathos, with larger
share of the former, and is one of
those clean wholesome plays that 1t is a
pleasure to witness The character por-
trayed by Mr.. Reed is a hustling man OF
business, honest aud frank, who endears
himself to everyone. The production
here will have precisely the same com
pany as that in New York. "The Club
Friend' will constitute the bill the first
three nights and at the Wednesia lay mat
inee. The last halt of the week will be
devoted to Que OF the most amusing of
modern comedies, LEND Me Your Wife. J"
At the Hoboken Theatre.
Hoyt's funny comedy, "A Hole in the
Ground" was the attraction at tue Ho-
boken Theatre last night. 1t was wei
received. The company playing it is an
excellent enc. The girls are all pretty
and every one in tbe company is a star IN
his own particular line. Commencing on
Thursday night. "The Wolves of New
r "a Off