Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1907 — “A Human Slave.” [ARTICLE]

“A Human Slave.”

The play, after all, be it society drama, melodrama, or problem play, is merely a review of life from the dramatist’s point of view. He, of course, exaggerates to suit the needs or limitations of his plot, or subtracts from the real things in human nature, if it so be necessary. In “Human Slave” Mr. Halton Powell, the author, has dealt with the stern events of a workingman’s life with a fidelity and skill which are both commendable. With a strong hand he pictures the misery and injustice a man who labors may be subject to, always providing, of course, that his employer is a bad man. With the delicate touch of a skilled artist he illustrates the beautiful pathos, the love, the loyalty of friends which every man who earns his bread by the dignity of labor possesses. “A Human Slave” while a thrilling and sensational drama, teaches a great moral lesson, and it is acted with care and discretion, by one of the best companies ever organized to tour one night stands. It will be seen at the opera house on Monday night next.

‘‘Toyland,” the new musical operette in two acts, by Sam Morris, adopted from the Germai* toy maker of hurmberg, is one of the most amusing comedy and musical hits of the season. The author of this play has taken full advantage of the plot allowed him in producing this play. The staging of the production is under the personal supervision of the writer and will be presented on a scale of grandeur seldom seen at the opera house Saturday night.