"A RUN OF LUCK."

Evening Star, Issue 7356, 31 October 1887, Page 2

"A RUN OF LUCK."

After a highly successful run of "Alone in London," Mr Bland Holt withdrew that piece on .Saturday evening in favor of "A Run of Luck," a production which is the joint, work of Henry Pettitt and Augustus Harris. The authors can hardly be complimented on having achieved a great literary success, the play being one of the weakest in construction anil in dialogue that-we have seen for a long time. It has, however, a strong redeeming feature in presenting some very animated scenes, in which huntsmen,, horses, and hounds, racehorses, jockeys, and frequenters of race gatherings form some very effective pictures. We have already given a description of the play and its surroundings, as judged elsewhere, and we need therefore <}o no inore than comment oh the manner in which it is produced hece. That the piece is;strongly cast by MrJElolt will be evidenton a perusal of the following list of the .principal .characters :—Harry. Copsley, jMr Howe; John Copsley, Mr Poulton;. Squire Selby,- Mr Glover; George Selby, Mr; Gates $ Captain Trevor,. Mr Ireland; Charlie Sandown, Mr Bland Holt;:. Jim Mr Wiseman j Lord Earlawood,. Mr Norman; Daisy Copsleyj Mrs Bland Holt Lucy Byefield, Miss Mabel Tracy; Mabel Selby, Miss Ida Herbert*; Mrs Wilmore, - Miss Agnes Lorraine; Aunt Mary, Mrs Walter Hill; Phoebe , Woody Miss Montie , Fredrjcs; Auctioneer, Mr % A. Biyan. The piece is splendidly mounted, the scenejy ttoongfcont being -ijood, and, -aa m " Aloneinj London,"' excellently managed. ,<Tfc» most prominent parti* Mr.cHolto,- that St &mde«iyfcrily &mde«iyfcrily repn>aenjsL aaXr^^jj^^J

faithful conception of the author's idea is concerned ; but it must be confessed that the character is, in some of its featiuea, an impossible one, and that the weak puns in broken French and Latin which he has to give utterance to nre utterly inappropriate, and fell very flat. Mr Ireland was seen to great advantage in the part of tho gentlemanly villain, Captain Trevor ; while Mr Cates makes the most of a half wicked and half good young man in the character of George Selby. Of the ladies, Mrs Holt had a sympathetic part in that of Daisy Copsly, while both Miss Herbert and Miss Lorraine have interesting characters. The remainder of the cast is of satisfactory strength, and, with all its faults, "A Run of Luck" will probably keep possession of the boards for some days.