Show I Theatre Quite a large audience assembled at the Theatre lastevening to wit ness the first perfofniancebySJonh A Stevens and his company in Mr Stevens play of Passions Slave The company i a very good one all through and is far above the average traveling company in point of ability M Stevens i an actor who possesses great power and force but seems t play rather unevenly evenly though this may be one of the features of his acting The excellent points in his part those WhiCh required force and effectw ere given with care skill and great power Miss Blythe is fine s a fne actress and a fine appearing woman She was gtveii scope in her character to portray girlishness and womanly traits both of which she did admirably admir-ably The other members of the troupe also did well in their respective respec-tive parts Passions Slave has in admirable plot the tableaus to the acts and the situations generally being extremely dramatic and sensational sen-sational and they were brought out to their full extent The defect in tie piece consists in the lack of interesting in-teresting detail which gives some parts a trifling air Appreciation especially warmly manifested in the galleries was Tonight Unknown will be presented pre-sented which is pronounced Mr Stevens best play Following is brief synopsi taken from an e change in connection with which is a criticism on the rendering of the several characters by the actors which speaks very highly of each Besiie Merribright a rich heiress fe nded with her guardian Dr liriukton Uessie bat a brother Untold of whose existence she has never heard Dr iirinkton has been an unfaithful guardian I guard-ian and the new of Bessie father death and Harolds return threatens to tiring about an txpoiure This is i prevented vented by the guardian and a villainous lawyer Arnold Tyson who board the newly arrived ship on which Harold has airived entice the young stranger ashore and attempt t murder him in a small boat while in tOe middle of tho treat The supposed dead man Is thrown over board but i picked up by a faithful old tailor who has followedln another batHe bat-He wanders t Beuios home in a de mented condition and i kindly cared for by her At intervals his reason strives to break through the cloud upon it In the end the villains are thwarted in their various plots by the reappearance of the old tar Harolds guardian who having disappeared ater the first act turns up m the lat and giving tbe aid of his evi dence t the returning reason of the Unknown assists in bringing the brother and sitter to their own The management of the Theatre The-atre having expressed a wish that Mr Stevens and company com-pany should play here the balance of this week he will proba bly do so if he can arrange his dates ahead for which purpose he has telegraphed to Cheyenne and Denver there Den-ver to can ascertain be postponed if his appearance |