, 1880-01-04
THE THEATRES.
,c1ance at the Houses.-." A Mill
inn and the Florences.
p;ce,s Surprise Party-".1ts Members LIS
Business, and Its Extrasa'
ganZa.
Whist May Be Expected This Week---ohat
About Things Theatrical
THE Professional Directory.

"a Million" the new cotleuS Ill Will"
r,.-ancas appeared on Monday evening last
Flo9raW1ckcr's, has been the dramatic novelty
~ s1ha week. 3{r. Ben Woolf is the author'
W ha claims we understand, or1glnal1ly'
a'e ~. tbere is about the work certain Ter
se. favor. While the play during It's 1our
u..l6,r fre representations i'll the week drew toll
VI XIV h 1aiee audiences, it cannot be called
el'. s.nes although with a better cast ana Win
sassa;ons sus cutting into the tediousness OF the
11 1y.e1oq proftable thing, we doubt mol, could
~ ua made Of it. There is too much talk ana
" It'll 1,+tla action,-a little bit OF fun Is
stratched over great deal OF ground; put
- tormer notice we entered into the details
~ al.ha nrofluction, and to make lengthy com
,.,t u -. NV would be merely repeating what
has already been said, because SUBSEQUENT
narformances w have not changed the I'm"
ppross;ons created upon the flrst nlsnI
.rhe central figure of the play IS Mr:
111n,ance. who presents an Anglo-German
character very striking in its originality our
1000 German has become almost as great
hnffoon as our theatrical Jew. He is gen
e,n1y presented either as coarse, Ignorant
sIov7, or as silly, sentimental fool. olr
r,oranca.s character is gentleman,-a pol
;ehed gentleman i'll bearing and in dress,
-,an advanced in years, i'll whom the recol-
1act;on of early university days has not van
;shed He might be taken for retired ottl-
car who has seen the smoke Of war, yet he
has the air of man Of pleasure. The actors
;ntarnrptation Of this role is one Of the most
rraditable things we have ever seen him do,
end # furnishes fresh proof of his great YER
oc+ haf
S1ote and Adolph Opstctn IS very great His
dialect is excellent, his gesture appropriate,
and there is charming consistency and lack
of evapperation in the entire performance.
Mrs. Florence's character might be taken for
n sister Of Mrs. Gilfory who has not had the
advantage Of foreign travel. But, slight as
the mart is, it is good satire upon phase
of American women who have set up the re-
ligion Of dress, and deyotedly worship their
cd in the shape ct Wo1 Ian Hnd S HlS aRost!es
under the direction Of Mr.. E. E. Rice has not
heen ~ seen in Chicago for some time. Of
coursa the business here has been large.
S,,ch people as Miss Alice Atherton, Miss El-
more, Miss Singer, Miss Baker, Miss Aeryille,
Miss Burgess, and the Messrs. Edouln, Har~
could i scarcely fail to draw in anything. Miss
Ejmore has even increased the number of her
admirers during her visit. It will be relneln-
bered that she first made her appearance in
this country with tne Lyala InomRsoh al}sa cnnl4
pany about three seasons ago. Mhen llaS
company broke up, sne Masa[ onGe eng;;lgHHn' mg;s:H'
with the rest OF me uoupg, py e1r. Go!Eiire,
and she became 1mempe1r:oI L1at 81 sltong ony
ers, received an impetus during the first year
that has kept It golng ever since; ;aitnongh rs
choicest SPLITS leil ltlons ago. Mss E1morels
unQnesuonaply ne peSt aGeless III tne
company OF Nr. Nce. one Is t1e soul OF lun
and trolic, always on me go: ana every eyer move
1nent Is grace1uL we penese ulat pelore