Academy of Music.

Thames Star, Issue XI, 21 June 1880, Page 2

Academy of Music.

The attendance at the Academy of Music on Saturday evening was much better than on the previous evening, the pit and galleiy beiDg well fi led. The piece chosea was Tom Taylor's four-act drana, "The Ticket-of-Leave Man," a piece we may say previously performed here by the Cricketers' Amateur Dramatic Club Mr J. B. Steele was very sacres9iV m the character of the uckeL-^f-leave re :-<i, honest, law-hunted Bob Erlerly, though we think he scarcely dressed the p;n appropriately. His rendition of the pathetic passages was veiy effective, and every \ )int won warm encomiums from the audience. The May Edwtf/ds of Miss Mar"c Wilton was a mosf; ai-.ra>*iive piece of di'amal'.c rer>res< n'afion. The characteris one in which an ac *ess a: \ ''ally show hec talent, and Miss WiUon did her best. Mr J. O'Brien "sitta.cluraoter jf Hawkshaw, the detective, won golden opinions, and the Melter Moss of M* Paiterspn thoroughly >leused l lie audie .ice. Mr ffaygarth icide tue most of (he mean spirited Maltby, and M? Thomson as the bill broker, Mr Gibson, did all thnfc was required of him. One of the most amosiog chrr^cters was tbat" of M s Wi''ou"hby, enacted by Mss Ji !ia Hudso i. Hec rcncltioa of tbat goodns^ired though gar olous old lad T was si*jr)ly peri"et,ticn. Miss Grace Hatiiawa ~r as S;:.ra Wi I!.oughby played fv.iiy thcuga her voice was hacdly sui'able for thrt impersonation of the hoodlum of 15 surr ners, who smokol end went ai'fce. 1 the rats. Tl 3 whole play was most successful, every one beiiig well up in t ■<! or her parts, i id the audience were tho:\ugb^y pleased. To-n:Rht H. J. Eyron's chefd'ceuvi'e " Oxx: Boys," md Aluddia as tiie after piece wx'l bo plucad on t^.o s^age.