The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-12-29

OPERA HoUsE-Hemtetfa Chanfrdu.-
Parted" was the play at the Opera
House last night, and Mrs. Chanirsu was
the star. ANY criticism on it might be
condensed into few words when We
say it was good play and was well
played. The play Is emotional, and one
of the best OF that kind. The characters
are good, and all the acts very prettily
managed The entrance of the first act
is very clever. 1t is a croquet ground,
and dorsey Shirley" is on the stage talk
ing to himself of his happiness, when the
voice of his little child ia heard
calling to her mother, who replies, and
still behind the scenes is supposed TO be
wandering about the garden, strikes up
in a sweet voice that delightful little
song, "COme into the garden, Maud,
and AS the verse is finished appears upon
the stage dressed in d costume the ele-
gance of which indicates the wealth OF
the parties, and carrying her hat care,
lessly on her arm, crosses TO the SIDE OF
her husband The picture thus pre-
sented at once gives an Insight To the
happiness of the little family whose Joy
is so soon TO be shipWrecked by design
ing villains. The concluding SCI
is not so naturally arrayea.
The meeting of Grace and Dorsey
after the long separation and the sup
posed drowning OF the latter, is rather
clumsily managed; however, the deao
man being brought back to life, the DIS,
comfiture of the villains who are sent Oh
TO prison with manacles on their arms,
and the tender young heir, whose ro-
nance is side feature to the play, re-
lieving its darker features, make very
pleasant concluding tableau.
Mrs Chanfrau is charming actress,
and there is charm about her
acting peculiar to herself alone.
She has delicate air Of grace and re-
tinement that accompanies her every i'm
personation. Her voice was not SO full
on her utterance as distinct last night AS
might have been, but this defect was pro-
badly attributable to cold. One charm
of her action is, she is SO perfectly natur-
al, there is nothing forced about 1t and
at the same time nothing commonplace.
At the end of the third act where Grace
Shirley calls down the maledictions OF
Heaven upon the defamcrs Of her hus.
bands character, there is strong temp
tstioE to indulge in what may be termed
an Evolutionary climax, but she restraints
herself IN such manner as to convince
any one that she has carefully elaborated
her art, and does not falsify nature. Mrs.
Chanfrau is very pretty woman, has n
modest cultivated manner, u sweet face,
And when she spake,
Sweet words like dropping honey size ala
shed,
And 'Iwlxt the pearls and rubies softly
break
4 silver sound that heavenly music
seem'd TO make.
She has al elegant support, and MIR.
Frank Mordaunt, who personates Dor
seq Shirley, Is splendid 1t is not often
that q man succeeds well in an emotional
play, but Mr.. Mordaunt is certainly an
exception. in the scene where, after deter
mining suicide, he hides himself while
his wife and her little child come into
the study in search of him. Little Nellie
is q lovely little character, aud bctrays q
talent rarely found IN one so young. Mr..
Burroughs, the journalist, elected fire
quent applause. MS did Mrs. Carhsr', the
superior woman" Mrs. Burroughs as
Ida" and Mss Cameron sustained their
parts admirably, AS did all the support
The entire company is far above TIE
verage, as there is not an indifferent
actor among them.
"Was She Right will be presented
t. night. A matinee on Saturday alter.
4 on, and jealousy" on Saturday night,
Simmons and .Sioc,lm.-Thcse well
known Ministries well open the new year
at this popular place in one of their in
imitable performances, Box sheet open
tomorrow morning.