The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-02
AT THE ACADEMY.
ssAfter Dark'' and Its Realism Scores a
Success.

stAfter Dark" and Its Realism Scores a
Success.
The gallery was packed at "After Dark"
last night at the Academy of Music. The
rest of the house was well filled, but the
gallery reigned. For it the play was
constructed; by it the applause was given,
and ut it the actors spoke their lines. A
more impossible plot could not be found.
George Medhurst. an erring scion OF
nobility. in disguise to escape the conse-
quences of a forgery, is forgiven by his
uncle's will. on condition that he marry
Rose Edgerton. The fact that he has
already married one Eliza of course does
not alter matters. Eliza is requested to
disappear, and does, by being thrown into
the Thames, whence she is rescued by Old
Tom, once Frank Dalton OF the GUARDS.
now a drunken Deggar. She proves 10 be
Toms child. For her sake he reforms.
George and Eliza are reunited and every
thing is lovely, while the usual fate of
the melodrama befalls the villains.
William A. Brady, as Old Tom. the
hoatman, did much to redeem the play.
BY his really mastery work the character
is not only made interesting, but appeals
directly to the spectator. Alfred Hast
ings, as Gordon Chumley, deserves Il role
IL ~ ottbOt q a L y . hio oSShO ~
Bellipgham is well worth seeing. But
the pet and pride of the company is
James j. Corbett, who. i'll the scene iu
the Elysium Concert Hall, appears in a
three round boxing exhibition with
james Daily, and arouses the gallery
gods to a wild state of excitement. Iu
the same scene james McAvoy rendered
five extremely vulgar alleged songs in an
alleged tenor voice. Dove Davidson de-
picted Dicey Morris. proprietor of the
above mentioned choice resort, and part
ner of Dillingham;, whom b. f. Horning
MADE as villainous as Wilkie Collins in
tended him to be, and that's Il good deal.
Z. II. Bender. as Crumpets. and George
Robinson, rs the caddish Sir George Med
hurst, deserve special mention. Among
the ladies of the cast, Marie Rem carried
off the honors by an excellent representa-
ton of Eliza, and Lisle Leigh presented
Rose in a well considered style.
The scenery is excellent, and the stage
effects, particularly the rescue of Eliza
from the inevitable tank, and the tunnel
scene, where Tom appears again as a lifa-
preserver. are truly thrilling. The first
act closes with a raid on the Silver
Gambling He'll. where, on the approach of
the police, signs change for those of the
Salvation Army aud the whole company
are discovered bawling the Sweet Bye
and Bye"
after Dark" has wandered away from
the Bowery, where it belongs, and it will
not wander back again until after this
week. Meantime there will be the usual
matinees.
"LimIted Nail" in Hoboken.
standing Room Only was the sigI
which greeted late comers at the Hobo
ken Theatre last night. The attraction
was The Limited Mall" and Judging
] frA,,, ifc racanfinn III will hnva ~ unanaSc
full engagement at the Hoboket
Theatre. One of the features i
a train Of cars that dashes across tn
stage. BY a IN ique shift of the scener,
the train Is seen To enter the mouth of
tunnel. a torpedo is exploded and stop
the Train in time to prevent a wreck
There is also a sawmill scene equal to tina
in Blu JeeAns.u