The times., 1901-03-26

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tural, and sympathetic Mimi. whose love
for Carton is the spirit of her existence.
Miss Haswell showed the deep devotion
of this lovable girl artistically and with
much simplicity. The role Of Lucy Man
nette Is a colorless one, but Miss Grayce
Scott rescued it, by her charming person
ality and created a distinct impression
as the doctors daughter. Miss Louise
Macintosh has put aside her society
manners for the week and does some
splendid work Vengeance, the leader
OF the mob. The excellent handling of
the mob, by the way, is worthy of note.
Matinees will be given Wednesday and
Saturday
The Academy-''BOwery After Dark"
Could Chuck" COnnors have witnessed
The Bowery After Dark as produced at
the Academy of Music last night by the
Harris & Sullivan company, headed by
the strenuous Terence McGovern, the
much paragraphed Mayor of China
town" would never return to the place
where they say such things and do such
things"
Strangely enough, the star is the shin
ing light of the play, and while knocking
down the villain six times in each five
minutes may not be classed as acting"
by those who love the old school, the
Brooklyn wonder was always on hand
the show is saved a prompter. The pro-
ductiOn is melodrama with vengeance,
and to those who can remember the JOY
and the thrills OF The Streets of New
York and Messenger Boy u" the at
traction will furnish three hours of solid
pleasure.
II is doubtful if the Academy of Music
has ever held such large audience as
that which greeted the whirIwind boxer
last night. Standing room was valuable
enough to fight for and there were those
who battled for it. 1t was a real old
time "teu-twent-thirt' aggregation in the
balcony and gallery. with sprinkling of
the sporty element in the orchestra and
some society folk in the boxes Terry
had but to appear on the stage to loosen
bedlam, and the modest gladiator found IL
hard work to get his lines sandwiched in
between the howls of ecstacy and screams
of delight. His was always the centre of
the stage and when the tumult subsidized
he was permitted to say: All gwan now
do as | tell yer, or III give v Somethin-" J"
Whether he smOte the villain or not, the
effect was the same, and five more min
utes of mad worship followed.
The play is the average alleged eXposi-
tiou OF New York'S Chinatown, with sew
eral of the most evil-minded personages
imaginable thrown in. The villain is not
curses but with little provocation sells
his wife to a Mongolian, strangles his
own child. stabs the hero seven times by
actual count, and endeayors TO lure all
his friends into snakepit. Fortunately
the snake pit scene was not produced last
night, although on the programme, but
such a surfeit of bloody things was there
that small item like this was not
missed.
In brief, the eminent Mr.. McGovern is
always on hand to foil the plotters
against the heroine 1t is his hand that
prevents the deadly dagger from doing
its evil work, and his strong arm sees to
company begin "A stranglfng match, it is
ended without harm to either. The
author of the production has catered to
Terry and the public, and both evidently
get a vast amount of pleasure out of ii.
AS a great moral play the eour acts
into them. In the first climax Is pro-
duced and the mongoliau thugs foiled
by the production of a cross in an opium
joint. and later on some time is devoted
to an explanation of the differences be-
tween the true God and all other gods.
This section is madly applauded by the
gallery.
The play is worth seeing if only TO
witness the one great climax, the bout in
the Broadway Athletic Club. This comes
as near being the real thing as the law
will allow, and Jack DOnah.le, Terry's
hard knocks while defending himself
The usual Irishman. Hebrew, and Ger
man characters are brought into the
piece, and all are good, while the villain
is the most YtllafnOus parsonage on the
stage. The scenic effects are good, and.
ahead of the average plot written around
a successful fighter. MatineeS today