Wood’s Theatre

     “Drew is generally very droll and amusing.”

     “‘East Lynne’ with songs and dances innumerable.”

     “As old Rip, Mr. Drew was most excellent, his make up and acting being not only natural but very good. He was badly supported and the piece ‘hung fire’ on several occasions the first night. The burlesque was a miserable failure, both as regards its merits as a burlesque and the performance. It was written by Mr. Craig, of Philadelphia, a young man who has the reputation of being very clever at ‘all those sort of things you know,’ but if all his burlesques are no better than ‘East Lynne,’ we do not wish to witness another one. In Philadelphia it may have passed muster, for many of the puns are so localized that out of that city they are too far fetched to be appreciated. It is replete with several double entendres, several of which were so broad that a hiss was sounded by several persons in the audience.  Mr. Drew did his part full justice, as he is one of the best burlesque actors on the stage, and has that happy faculty of so disguising himself as a female that he would pass through a crowd for one of the gentler sex without much trouble. The house was a shy one on his opening night owing to the rain falling in torrents all the evening; he, however, was well received by the audience and made a favorable impression.”