THEATRE ROYAL.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1905, 2 April 1880, Page 3

THEATRE ROYAL.

The management of the Theatre Royal must certainly be congratulated on the manner in which the legendary melodrama “ One o’Olock ” wan placed on the stage last night. It is an excellent specimen of a class of performance which, although considered now-o-days old-fashioned, was once an institution in the palmy days of the drama in England, and which gave to the public many artistes of high celebrity and renown. The plot is conceived in the true spirit of romance, the situations are highly dramatic, and the musical introductions give variety to the interest of the play. Mr Boothman made a knightly hero, though of the evil type, and Miss Elorenoe Colville was a graceful heroine of romance. Mr Hoskins sustained the comic element in the character of Willikind, and Mr J. Stark was an excellent seneschal of the garrulous order. Miss Lizzie Morgan looked charming as Oswy, and in conjunction with Mr M. Alexander as Rolf, sang, “The Minute Q-un at Sea.” She also introduced two very pretty ballads, “ Parted from Thee,” and “ I wait for Thee,” the latter written and composed expressly for her. Miss Maud Vincent sustained the character of the dumb page, Ledlyn, in a very graceful manner, her action being full of poetry. Miss Ruth Gray and Mias Lucy Ashton, as Paulina and Clotilda, rendered efficient aid to the piece. Three or four of the principal scenes, particularly the exterior of the castle, the gothic bedchamber, with the sinking bed, and the necromantic cavern, where the wicked knight is claimed by Sangrida, the Wood Damon, were excellent specimens of the scenic art, and the mechanical effects were also beyond what has usually been attempted in the theatre. The play was received with favor, and will be repeated until further notice.