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      134 The Tomaha Wk. \Stptember 18, 1869.

      134 THE TOMAHA WK . \ Stptember 18 , 1869 .

      I " Progress:'

      I " PROGRESS : '

      1 Scene.—A Street Near The Strand. Enter...

      1 Scene . —A street near the Strand . Enter Dion _ Boucicault and Tom Robertson , at opposite entrances , meeting . Dion B . —Do I indeed behold the modern Sheridan ? Tom R . —Is this the modern Shakespeare that I see before me ? { They laugh heartily ' , and shake hands . ) I think Dion I B am . { recovering astonishing himself them ) . — with Well Formosa , how are , eh you ? , Got old boy up a ? posted answered sensation six b this y more twelve time letters correspondents with to a the vengeance newspapers . Fourteen , haven . ' The t leading I ? six I ' ve articles will just be ment will be for written you ! upon Every the body eighteen says nobody letters . ought There to ' s go an and advertise see it - , and that ' s the very reason everybody comes to see it . made Tom School R . ( wiping . Let away the corre a tear spondents ) . —Precisel fight y about the system something that . go That Dion ' s all B . you ( with want animation . ) . —How ' s Progress going on ? Tom R . ( with great animation )— . Oh , very well indeed . I moral have got lessons a good . My sound idea in plot the — p besides iece is , to you show know that , I go we in must for always keep progressing , —always keep pace with the times , — never stand still . Dion B . ( laughing sardonically ) . —Especially in dramatic matters Tom , R eh . { ? continuing We don ' ) t . — , do 'So we I arrange ? my dramatis persona in this ter than wise the : — present Old fog , ies who who always are always appreciate talking what of was the hi past gher as than betwhat isand who are averse to change or improvement in whatever Dion form , B it . ( may explaining come . ) . —The idiots—men who prefer Lady Macbeth to Formosa / I hope you lash them well , Tom . my Tom hero R an . ( still engineer continuing , who with comes increased to survey animation the grounds ) . —! of make an old aristocrat for the purposes of a railway . mechanicall How Dion do B . y ( do interrupting in it After ? Do Dark ) . — . Railway Got lode it or ! figurativel run That off ' s the good y in line . Formosa ? Had it . you you exp , comes Tom to R . ( explaining for ) one . — . No Heroine , the railway relation is not of seen old ; aristocrat hero only sees him survey survey ing from the window , . Falls in love with him , Atheistical because he surveys doctor . attends Love so her powerful finds out that her it gives her laint a fever - . scribes for hersends her to sleep , , and tells her in comp her sleep , pre that g her iven love his consent is returned , to her by marry surveyor ing , him and . that Surveyor old aristocrat comes on has — knowing meets heroine he is — loved grand . love Heroine scene affectionate . Surveyor , believing indifferent herself , not loved gives way and , engaged and declares . Heroine his passion works . upon Heroine surveyo happy r . j surveyor Canting on old the woman part comes of doctor on , and informing old aristocrat heroine to that bring it is her onl round y a schem from e does her love not -sickness love her and but cure ities her her of her and fever has , lent and himself that surveyor to the arrangement of conduct of . surveyor Heroine , . , p left Long alone window , , gets delirious at back in leading consequence to balrushes cony . out Snow of seen window to . fall Snow . Heroine falls harder , more than and more ever . delirious Heroine , bod tears off rushes all her on . things Heroine in her falls delirium insensibl to e get into her arms death of . Every- . Her y teeth chatter as the curtain falls . That ' s a strong surveyor act , isn ' t it ? Dion B . ( with excitement ) . —By Jove ! it ' s done at last . I ' ve be waited are the indeed first for it to . making do I ' ve it . passed progress I congratulate sleep . You less are ni you ghts increasing , my thinking dear your Tom who dram . would You atic Tom , reputation R . ( , flattered with gi , ant raising strides his . hat I must and look wiping to my His laurels brow . ) . — I ' m glad you like the plot as far as I ' ve told you . I'll go on with it . Le Dion t me continue B . ( with . gen Last tle act irony . Heroine , interrupting in a him bad ) . —No . ; Athe don't - . istical doctor in attendance . The doctor very again prescribes way the mixture as before . Tells old aristocrat that she must marry tocrat surveyor —the . Old Duke aristocrat of something must — get not consent Loamshire from , still my dear older Tom aris- . arrives Sick-room ; agai business n declares all over his love again , . Heroine More physicking repulses him . Surveyor because

      she aristocrat has not , having got old overheard aristocrat her 's , consent pushes the . Tableau door open . , The and g older ives his marries consent . Tableau . Curtain ! The ! heroine is immediately cured , and surveyor Tom R . ( with astonishment ) . —Why , you know the piece ! I should Dion B think . ( patting I did . him That on the rascal back ) Victorien . —Know it S , my ardou dear is fellow under ? sufficient obligations to me to make , me well acquainted , with him . Didn ' t I open a thoroughfare for him upon the English thoroug stage with hfare his for Seraphine him with , in the his same Deg * hl , way or what that you you opened called A a Rapid Thaw ? And to think I shouldn ' t know Les Ganaches / to However . see , my , it dear shows Tom progress , you are on leaving your part off , old writing fellow such . I rubbi ' m glad sh as literature " Caste — " such and " as Ours " Home , " and , " going or " in A for Breach good health of Promise y dramatic , " or " Progress "—you do it much easier ; and , as you have got a name screw ? as I have , it pays . Remember that it pays . What ' s the Tom Dion R B . . ( timidl ( with y passionate ) . —A mere gesticulations trifle— . £ 200 a )— ni . g That ht . all ! You the are spoiling Times would the market have , done old fellow it for . that Wh with y , the a column dramatic of criti Kudos c of in the leading journal into the bargain , . had Tom more R . ; ( apologeticall because , you y ) see . — , I I think go in , for perhap dialogue s , I . ought to have DioN B . ( placing his glass in his eye and smiling wildly ) . — in Precisel the French y . You write or Benedix in the in Eng the lish German languag . e The ; Sardou critics writes " This is thoroug ; hly Tom Robertson , " as they used to say say of , Labiche ' s farces ; in English , " This is thoroughly Maddison have Morton . . M " ake You money ' ve got . yo You ur critics ought to into have a groove had £ , 500 old a fellow night , as for 1 Les head Ganaches , of the . Gaiety Buck , y would , of the have Haymarket given it , you or ^ J ohn I've no Hdllings doubt - . ( Stopping , and after looking round . ) Between ourselves , it ' s an thing would awful but bad jump sickness piece at it ; . but and It that is ph frig ysic ' s all htfull bottles the y greater discursive from reason the , and commencement wh there y managers is noimmorality to the end . . It The ' s the onl Traviata y acting part with is the the best old aristocrat part cut out , p — layed the the by Lafont English ; and stage where ? M can y system you find is , trai any n actor mediocrities to play ; Lafont get them on to do what you want , and you make them respectable . Take this author as must a rule create : No it Eng for lish him actor and it can is much " create easier " a to part do . it with The a mediocrity than it is with an , obstinate first-rate conventional , who fancies he knows more than you do , and spoils your whole idea . don Tom ' t think R . ( much exultingly of Les — ) . Ganaches You ' re right , or , , I Di should ! But say I' , m Progres sorry you s . them Dion snow B . ( affectionately hard in the ) great . —I don scene ' t say . Have that , old plenty boy ; of onl paper y let don ready ' t — snow I don brown ' t , of , and cours you e , mean are safe in the ! The front snow of the will house bring — them and down , you'll see . comes Tom out R . ( with on Saturday emotion , ) . — the Th 18 ank th , s at ! the a thousand Globe Theatre thanks . ! But It where DION are B you . ( with off to volubility ? . )—Off to , my dear Tom ! I ' m so busy that I don't know where to go to first . I ' ve got to superintend Ano 7 iyma , at the Princess ' s ; then I ' ve got to read my put new the dram finishing a of Skittles touches , at to the my Gaiety new j comed and after y , entitled that I ' , ve Who got to is Mabel Tom Grey R . ( with ? which envy I ) think — . Well is , exactl good-bye y suited . I hope for the Progress Holborn will ! be Dion a hit . B . ( They ( with shake enthusiasm hands ) with . —Sure fervour to be . . ) You have done it , old Tom boy —( quiet ; that ly ' s aside enough )—like . You a crab have ! mad { They e Progress exeunt severall , my y dear .

      Dramatic Measure,

      DRAMATIC MEASURE ,

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    • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Sept. 18, 1869, page 134, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_18091869/page/10/