From Things Theatrical.Bowery Theatre.—A new version of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" has been produced at this house, with great effect, and draws immensely. Mr. T. D. Rice, who earned his fame in Ethiopian Minstrelsy, of which he may be regarded the Pioneer, enacts the part of Uncle Tom, and more successfully than any of his competitors. He is decidedly the best personator of negro character who has appeared in any drama. We feel confident that the Bowery for many evenings will be crowded to excess, and will command, by the performance of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," the most respectable audiences that have gathered under its dome. At the National Theatre, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and "Little Katy, or the Hot-Corn Girl," continue to delight its patrons, and we cannot perceive that its rival at the Bowery diminishes their number. The various characters are admirably enacted, and hosts of people have, with "moist eyes and refined feelings," admitted this fact. Whatever may be the prejudices, political or otherwise, for or against the "colored bredern" of this country, the feelings provoked by the representation of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" do us credit. It has demonstrated that our benevolence and humanity are wholly irrespective and independent of any sectional sentiment or predeliction, and will be exhibited and exercised whenever excited, be the subject good or bad. |