Towanda Daily Review

Boucicault's Rival.- When Boucicault had made the fame of "The Shaughraun," and added so greatly to its own fame at the same time, he looked upon all who attempted to adopt the character as usurpers, and even resorted to the law to protect himself as the representative Irish comedian under the copyright law. The determination of the playwright-actor won for him much criticism, some of it far from enviable; but he succeeded in holding the lead in his great character of Conn. until the appearance of John T. Hinds, who was at once taken up as a rival, and by many critics as a superior to Boucicault. Of course Boucicault the critic, Boucicault the writer and Boucicault the actor, but the opinions of many very good critics are recorded to the effect that Mr. Hinds has taken from him the laurels in "The Shaughraun."

The character comedian is becoming a leading feature in dramas for American use, and no other is so captivating as the honest, rollicking son of the Emerald Isle.--Kansas City Journal.