The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-21
AMUSEMENTS.
Academy of Mnsic.

tempest Tossed Walter Sanfords
rev American comedy drarna, which VIII
receive its first presentation in Jersey city
at the Academy of Music this evening,
has recently filed successful engagements
in New York, Brooklyn and Newark.
achieving a degree Of popularity seldom
accorded to a new production. This play,
like all that rave been presented in past
seasons by Mr.. Sanford, is staged in a
most liberal manner, the various scenes
forming a series of stage pictures mat IN
point Of realistic beauty it would be diff
cult to urpas
The scene of the play is laid upon the
rock bound coast of Maine. and the story
is said to be founded upon incidents from
life among the humble fisher folks, VINO
are seldom heard Of and more rarely seen
in our larger cities. 1t is a simple story
evolving a woman's love and mans sell
fshness: a story full of stirring incidents,
touching patllos and thrilling situations
Of one fathers torn affections and an
Others villainv. of one daughters sacrl-
fee of all family ties for the man she
loves and of another's heroic self-saeritlce
in her efforts to cling to and reclaim her
father, who has fallen step by step from
a respected position to that of a besotted
drunken fisherman, living at the opening
of the play upon odd Jobs on the fishing
slnaeks and spending his meagre earnings
at the tavern. In the first act he fsadis-
charged by Martin Preston on account
of his drunkenness, endangering the lives
of the crew, an action that rouses all Of
Haggard's evil passions and renders him
- -. - +.11 ~, +b1 hands Of fhd villain,
wainwright, who having inveigled Nellie
Preston into a secret marriage is now
anxious to free himself in order to marry
Haggard's daughter, who, as an act OF
restitution, has been made the sole heir
of Wainwright's uncle. Mary Haggard
loves Tom Preston, who is hated by her
father. Wainwright. playing upon this
hatred of the Prestons, induces Haggard
to abduc Nellie with the intention Of
drowning her. Haggard Stops short of
murder and s~ecretes the girl until VAIN
wright, believing Nellie disposed Of, at
tempts to murder Hasgard and leaves him
apparently dead, adroitly accusing Tom
Preston of the crime.
The third act eliminates in the old
lighthouse. where Haggard, having had
time to sober up and think over his ac-
tons during his recovery, has made up
his mind to mend his ways and resolved
to undo Wainwright's villainy. This de-
velops a strong scene between VAIN
wright and Haggard. To prevent the ex-
posture Wainwright blows Up the light
house, a scene that in point of realistic
effect is one of the most thrilling and ex-
citing on the stage today. Throughout
the play there is a quaint vein of comedy
that ripples over the more serious and
dramatic scenes as naturally as water
from a pure spring, keeping the audience
pleasingly interested and amused. In fact,
as one of the New York managers put 1t:
The audiences were kept working over
time,'' %applauding and laughing by turns
during the Tempest Tossed engage
ment. The engagement at the Academy
Is limited to one week, commencing this
evening. with matinees Wednesday,
Thursday and Saturday. Manager Hem
derson having arranged for the extra
matinee on Thanksgiving Day to accom-
modate the crowds who cannot attend the
evening performance.