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Show amusements. at the grand oceha house. "Alone in London" had its second representation last evening at the Grand. A fair sized audience was present, pres-ent, and the performance was received with approbation. This afternoon Mr. Arda La Croix's new play, entitled "A Domestic Comedy," was given to a rather attenuated atten-uated audience. The play has great promises for its future success, and Manager Man-ager De Slietley is entirely satistied with its first performance. The scene is laid in the Adirondack region of the state of New York, and tho plot hinges upon tho freaks of a madman, Harold Merely, who, because of a long imprisonment impris-onment for a crime of which he was not guilty, conceieves a deep hatred for Warren Ashley, by whose evidence tho conviction was brought about, and goes crazy on plans for revenge. One of these is to steal Ashley's grand daughter, Little Fay, which ho does, and carries her off to (ho mountains. He is pursued by the whole population of the village headed by a detective, Manly, and the plot culminates in a thrilling seeno where Manly throws the child from a height into a rocky chasm. Meantime Ted Tierney, a traveling tinker who has become a hanger-on of the family, has secretly taken up a position immediately immedi-ately below the madman, catches the child as it is falling and saves it, and the curtain drops. Tho scene is very effective, The piece is well written; the dialogues dia-logues are good and in some instances witty; the movement is quick aud interesting; in-teresting; and the hits are numerous. As is always tho ease w ith a first performance, per-formance, there was considerable nervousness nerv-ousness exhibited by the performers, but all in all tho play proved a success! As theVompany become moro used to their parts it will pass off with more smoothness. Touight "Alone in London" will eloso tho Do Slietley engagement. |