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A DRAMATIC CRITIC
man, an actor with a natural touch and a
gift in pathos, was Uncle Tom when I saw
the play ;
Miss Gaszynski, who had been
doing pas seuls and other dances between
pieces, and had been promoted to be Topsy,
made a remarkable hit, and was said to
have won a desirable husband by the ec-
centric drollery of her impersonation \ and
Mrs. Vincent, then a slim and swift young
woman, was a flaming and, by the familiar
law of nerve calorics, blood-chilling Gassy.
It is worth noting that the playwright did
not then dare to risk the popularity of his
work by repeating the final tragedy of the
novel, and that the drama closed with the
rescue of Uncle Tom by George Shelby
from the murderous hands of Legree.
Through all the curious fluctuations in
public taste during fifty years, the play
keeps the stage to this day, having suf-
fered shameful misuse in some quarters,
and depending upon packs of real blood-
hounds, and upon " star combinations "
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