New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-17
THE DRAMA-MU SIC.
THE PAPER CUASE.'


Miss Rosina Vokes beginning the third ana last
week Of her engagement at Days Theatre last highV
presented for the first time In America ne" pia'
called - The Paper Chase This was writteh Nv M
Charles Thomas. OF London. 1t Is good piece u "n
inferior kind II met with favor; and nhoouD'enN !"
can be maintained In serviceabic posiuoh "po' va
stage IL is a wild and whrlng farce repete VITA
,,uotiors that are ccmicaliy absurd and garniShed
with many pungent lines. quite in the old manner OF
Colmap blanche and Madison Morton. lis pea'
effect however requires for its ample evoinuoh 'hc
fine manner of comedy; and this was scsrccN III
TEMPTED BY any one in the cast The ONLY pcrio'"cf'
indeed whose acting evinced fuency and polish a
definite purpose and a style at alert and epoSc
full was Felix Morris. This comedian MAJ 10 CHI
body a deaf doddering old fool. who is the cause OF
mirth in Others and who occasionally calculates VIII
without being aware Of IL, and THIS lie ala WIFI III
cessant ease and crisp and unerrnC effect Ihee are
ten parts In the farce. and the last SIX Vi '"chi
are, for the purposes of an actor, posihvey eAcei
lent Captain Kirby Is character In which Sothera
would have rcveled Mrs. Pomiiet IS part ]"
which Mrs John Wood is continually suggested AT
her best Of mischief Miss Ro>ina Nokes VIII grow
easier In it and more com1cal she was s'nN'ni0
Oh this occasion, and the gavanc aspect OF tlis
lady's humor Is not the best aspect Oh IT, Inc
farce concerns itself. like a Scrap of Paper Gle
Pattes dts Mouches), With the adventures OF much
coveted bit of writing. This is recipe for MAKING
curry II is contided u a careless girl II Is stolen
by a servant. 1t is thrown into the waslcpapcr
basket II is used as a lining for an oid h'a'is
hat and the hat Is thrown into the street 10
land upon tie top of crowded omnibus II
revcrts finally to its rghtful owner. Extravaeah'
fancy was allowed to riot in the invention
OF the plot, and the spirit OF Is ui-
mitipnted whimscality. When Mr.. Jingle assuiheu
Mr. Wrinkles coat and character he was the cause OF
comical trouble for Mr. Wrinkle. When Mr.. Basker-
Vile I'm this piece assumed the name and character Of
her seasick companion, Mrs Ponfre, and hrted win
CAPTAIN Kirby and conidcd Mrs. Pomfret's papers to
his care she made comic trouble for Mrs POmfTe ana
for herself and unwttingly imperilled an inheritance
The tumble of consequences was piodgious ana quite
Undesirable within practical limits The Paper
Chase, might readily be relieved Of Its slight faint of
indecorum and it would be all the better for refine
ment.
An intimation Of the quality OF Its dialogue Is gwen
I'm this: Being asked whether her husband killed
by cab in Plccadilly Mrs. Pomfrct replied that it was
an omnibus in Holborn and, being ASKED whether IL
made deep impression upon her, she replied that u
made q deep impression upon him. There is much
more of that Quzzical so? OF evy such as requires
the ncatest method and the most delicate and demure
payfulness for its right treatment. Mr.. Courtcnay
Thorpe was two or three times in the right mood but
away from IL, and Mr.. Ferdinand Gottschalk
defaced a good performance by facial contortion
and excessive effort. so much can be done some
times Dy not trying Tile full cast Is recorded: