Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-03

White Pine county Dighton Corson,
Phoebe City, Lincoln county. The
Court then adjourned until the first
Monday in February.
PrER's OPERA HousE-MIss FANNY
B. PRICE As "FANcHoN."- Owing
doubtless, to Faneaon being such an
old, much played piece in this section,
and also the crowded ball at Athletic
Hall, the Opera House last evening
was not so fully attended as 1t would
otherwise have been. The audience
greeting the first appearance of Miss
Fanny B. Price on that stage was,
however, a fashionable, good, and de-
cidedly a~ppreciative one, and she may
we'll be proud Of the kindly, well-ds-
served greeting she received. Miss
Price does not come to us heralded and
lauded to the skies by the press Of Cal
ifornia; but coming, as she does, from
the East, her fame was comparatively
unknown and unestablished here,
few having ever heard or read Of her
before. Her own true, brilliant msr-
its as an actress, however, fully and
most heartily recommended themselves
to the critical theater-goers Of this To-
cality, and We cannot but record her
triumphant success, and yield our
warmest Endorsement Of her as an ar
tiste Of the highest order Of natural
talent. Comparisons are said to be
odious, and comparing n artistic with
another not In good taste, yet 1t Is
only by fair comparison that the true
worth or merit Of anything Is ascer-
tanned. Therefore, after having criti-
cally witnessed Amy Stone, Alice
K~ingsbury, Ada Webb, and all the
others who have impersonated Fan
chon" upon the Opera House stage,
We must certainly pronounce the
"Fanchon" of Miss Price as the very
best Of them all. She Is possessed Of a
pleasing, intellectual countenance, well
adapted to great facility Of facial ex-
preston, is young about twenty years
Of age, has a light, graceful figure,
AMI the easiest, freest, and most per-
fectly natural style In acting We ever
saw. We speak Of her merely as
"Fanchon," yet feel convinced that
she must sustain all Of her other i'm
presentations fully n we'll. In our
perhaps enthusiastic commentator Of
her we are fully sustained by the audi
ence Of last evening. She swayed the
hearts and sympathies Of all through
out, and at the close Of the second act,
rs also at the end of the last act, she
was enthusiastically called before the
curtain TO receive the approving plau-
dts Of the delighted audience. Fan
caon seemed q new piece, and her
fresh, brilliant style Of rendition In
fused new spirit into all the other
characters Of the play. Mr.. D. Han
chstt appeared to very, good advantage
as Father Barbeaud." He Is evil
IDENTIFY an excellent actor, judging
from this his first appearance; he
came with Miss Price. Edmonds sue
cesded fairly only as Landry"
SimmS was the best "Didier" imagin-
able. He could not be eXcelled. Mrs.
Stewart made more Of her personation
of " Fadet" than we ever supposed the
character capable of. IL was = princi-
pal feature Of the piece. The pretty
"Madelon" found . correct and ap-
propriate representative In Miss Jennie
Vaudeville, and "Mother Barbeaud"
was personated in a lively, excellent
style by Mrs. Edmonds. Altogether,
the cast of the piece, as we'll as Its
rendition, was the best ever seen here.
Fancaon will be repeated this evening
for the last time, and those who fail
to witness it will miss the greatest and
most pleasing dramatic treat Of the
season.