Judge — October 7, 1882 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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THE JUDGE. Ow his w Romany Ry slight ¢ home from the first night of “Tho at Booth’s, and when he had in some legree recovered from the eflects of the appall- at of the house, Tr upee unbosomed himself to his companion as to Mr. Sims’ plays in genoral, and “The Romany Rye" in particalar, “L think the prevailing ery of the critics against what they term the ‘melodramatic crazo’ is carried too far, and is anyhow not much to the point. The public, ‘as a rule, know, and indirectly dictate to the managers, what style of entertainment they want, and it is the managora’ interest to supply it, and the critics’ office to critically and impartially examine the work brought under their notice, and then declare whether, su gen- ris, that work is good, bad, or indiffe Teannot say that I place ‘The Lights o' London’ or ‘The Romany Rye" a ys ofa very high class, bat, in the name of justice, let us be fair to them, and not howl in parrot-like phrases that tne bold, bad man- agers are vitiating the public taste and producing bad and expensive articles when good and cheap ones would pay them better. In matters theatric, as in the demand governs the supply, and I for one believe that, instead of the seating the public, the pablic elucates the stage. What we have just seen to-night 1s in the first place not a melodrama at all; it is a mere succession of wonderfully realistie and beantifally elaborated scenery, one’s interest in which is heightened by the string of commonplace incidents, varied by an occasional, more or less, dra- iatic situation, on which they are strung. Looked at from this point of view, we witnessed a clever piece of scene setting. With the exception of ur asly painted and designed drops, the scenery is excellent and th lous. The chan; are worked with machine-like precision, and from fir to last artists and stage-carpenters are to be congrat- ul It ts characteristic of the piece that the vas and paint should be criticised before the flesh and blood, must not be taken as implying any slur on the cast. They are all up to the level of re- spectable and hard-working mediocrity, some of then indeed above it, Mr. Mackay narrowly escaped creat ing a powerful part as Joe Heckett, and it was moro the anthor’s than the actor’s fault that he failed. Miss Stockman’s G Heckett was exaggerated, but this, in a theater as large as Booth’s, 18 allowable. Why Miss Cayvan should bave worn the same airy, gypsy costume throagh all the sudden changes of season through which she passed I can’t imagine. Perhaps tho suddenness with which Mr. Sims changes summer Into winter prevented the gypsy maid from getting her winter “dads” out from her * uncle's.” But she might have borrowed a shawl when the snow covered the ground. Mr. Dixey as Boss Knivet was laughable, but “the scent of Varietyelings to him still.” To sam up—I think *The Romany Rye’ good of its kind, though it may be a mighty poor kind, but if the public w will pay to see a poor kind, why blame the mana when, as a business man, he gives them what they want!” all else, have just nechanism in but th tio The Harrisons, in their new play of ** Viva,” are rath- er out of their element, and naturally cause one to wonder why, when they have made money and achieved areputation, of a sort, ina well-lefined form of comedy, they should launch out on the risky sea of dramatic drama, Malle. Théo is more charming than ever in “La Jolie Parfumeuse,” but we see no reason to alter our nlon as to the Parisian favorite, and we think Mr. Grau will be inclined to agree with as when he ‘foots up” at the close of the season. is the salt of life,” salt must bo count round about the Alcazar, for there ) pare and sitmple has succeeded * Olivette” and the ina, It la a fair show, too, only a little too much of the “intermission * business, and a g. eral slowness mar It to some extent. suggestive Miss Palmer had a succes now Sam Hague and his ul week at Haverly’s, and lish Minstrels bold sw There are some clever vocalists in the company, and the first part is excellont ; but their “ nigger” business is funny from the wrong point of view. 0 be Br The genuine Black-birds” are, after all, found at the little honse on Broadway, and M Bireh, Hamilton & Backus, with their associates, “raise the roof ” nig Carin hare. 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