| Show wenlock of wenlock wenlock of wenlock is one of those crude ancient plays filled with inconsistencies and which have been well enough in drury lane some fifty years ago but which is entirely out of place on the stae of to day the company which presented this play on saturday night did themselves an injustice in putting on such a piece they would have appeared under favorable auspices in a more modern play misa aearl ether appeared to be quite at home as lady bowena the proud and revengeful wife of the vil lienous wenlock her stage positions were natural and her dress was well suited to the part eva the rose of langley dale was very neatly presented by miss ella cluff the lady has an excellent voice mr H E dodgers had a very difficult character in that of wenlock of wenlock but he sustained it in a very creditable manner the gentleman vas given to bowing his head a little at times when a mora erect and proud bearing would have been more in unison with the pride and haughtiness of the character mr osborne made quite a hit by his rendition of alie character of wolf a moss trooper ho received considerable applause there is no tearing a passion to tatters with mr duke the gentleman plays with a naturalness and ease that is not always apparent in amateur performances for mances his rendition of taft character of hubert lyle was no exception to the rule hauglin Vau glin aa the barons jester and hansen aa the village tailor furnished tho fun of the evening it was very apparent that mr vaughn had been thare many times before and mr hansen showed a very great improvement pro over his former appearance the other characters fairly well sustained was room for improvement pro in be sword fight scene in the last act as was attested by the gods in the gallery at tha fall of tha curtain |
