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Show Theatre. " Uncle Tom's Cabin " was repeated repea-ted last night, but, owing to the terrible ter-rible storm raging, tn a somewhat slim house. Miss Alberta's Topsey is a unique performance, and during it she shows tlie possession of talent that borders on the wonderful. Her J banjo playing, comic singing, break downs and genuine acting, stamp her as little short of a precocious genius. ge-nius. Mr. Vinson's Uncle Tom is a splendid impersonation, and it may beas well to state here that the character char-acter is one in which he has "starred"' most succcessfully and before highly intellectual audiences for months at a time. Mr. Marden's St. Claire is a quiet, gentlemanly and even performance, per-formance, indeed this gentleman docs everything entrusted to him in a careful and highly creditable man- ner. Mr. Wilton's Phineas is a sue- : cess ful sketch, but hardly fills the ideal of the hastily manufactured Friend, whom love,, not belief, had Quakerized there is scarcely enough Quaker in it. Mr. Iiea has little to do as Mr. Wilson, but does it well. Mr. Forstcr's Marks, though carefully care-fully rendered, lacks tlie comedy we ' have seen infused into the part; and Miss Napper's Emmeline deserves commendation. We believe these include all tho characters omitted omit-ted yesterday morning, which we had not space then to notice. The drama has never been so well played here before, taken altogether, the combined cast being stronger than any that has hitherto appeared in it in this city. The performance last night was got through with a little before 11 o'clock, the piece beingjudieiously shortened. '"Uncle Tom's Cabin" will be again repeated to-night, to allow many who could not attend last night, another opportunity of seeing it. |