Show to play in love and law mr nobles has established his claims to a place among the cleverest f our native dramatists it is by far his beet dramatic work and one that will outlive his best previous efforts the story is interesting and tersely told the dialogues are very bright in the comedy and bullof intensity and vigor in the more drama tic passages the principal characters are clearly drawn and well defined and the various climaxes well conceived and deftly executed there is not during the entire four acts a minute that is dull or lacking in interest mr nobles is among our very best natural comedians and character actors and he has never appeared to belter advantage than as rfelix olaff it is a real pleasure to aee an irish gentleman on the stage he is a type of dramatic character we have sadly missed since the final exist of dear genial john brougham S louis republican |