The daily gazette., 1880-02-04
WILMINGTON. DEL: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY A. $780,
Ansstsenents.
rHE rI RronmANor or anun non1

THE hfIhFoRMANcE OF "oUR ooBLINs."
| , ln~ musical extravaganza of "OUr
u"vins was presented for the first time
tnis city af the Opera Hou 10 last even-
iDR, Inc auilence was small, but what
~ lacked In numbers IL made up In gen.
uine enthusiasm. It is a Rrea. shame
tnai the Opera House was not crowded
~ the performance deserved an over
moving house. Those of our citizens
VINO are fond OF music and were not
present last evening have missed some
thing that they will never have the op-
portunity OF seeing and hearing again.
There has been several musical extra va
ganzas presented In this city, but hey ond
a question OF doubt not one of them has
equalled "Our Goblins."
Have you ever been one of mum ber
Of pleasant picnic party? II 30, i'm
agine yourself at the Opera House last
evening, seeiug "Onr Gobhns," for this
In manner some what resembles the
purport Of the extravaganza.
The author, Mr.. Gill, deserves great
praise for he manner In which he com
posed "Our Goblins." It's dialogue is
ohaste, music sparkling, and the jokes
were new and pointed, and did not
smack OF kny covert meaning. The
voices OF the singers were fresh and
clear, aud they mol only combined good
singing, but appr Jpriate acting.
IL ID, OF course, without plot, but
that is so much the better for the au-
dience, for they are not put to the ne
cessity OF eDdeavoripg to ascertain how
the piece will end, but on the other
hand they can sit and wait quite y the
uehRntful surprises that are In store for
them as the extravaganza progresses.
To describe the action of the extrava-
ganza would be about as follows A
pleasant party of Ave Americans, who
have heeu travelling together doing
Europe, lind themselves on a pleasant
day near ruined castle ON the Rhine.
As they are pic-nicing, they resolve TO
stay at that point and have a good ime.
They bnng their lunch-on with tuem,
aud bave jolly good time, singing anu
dancing, and telling stories One OF the
travellers relates for the edi itcation OF
bis fellow travellers ghost story III
connection with the castle. In the
course OF time all the party repair TO
luncheon, With the exception Of Beijd-
n'in Franklin COBB, who partakes OF u
hquid, and becoming drowsy falls
asleep. While In this condilun the
scenes related by one Of the party are
enacted before hun in his dreams. This
IN about all the plot It has, but that does
not substract one iota IRON the delight.
fulness that prevades the piece from
the time the curtain arises until IL
falls on the last scene. There were only
five In the company, and IL is safe TO say
that five better persons could not be
gathered together tor the purpose Of rre-
senting sour Goblins" They were not
only finished actors and actresses, but
finished singers, and in this fact 1t can
be readily seen what delightful per-
formance IL was. The dressing was very
chhste, there bt ing nothing to offend the
taste of the most fastidIous; 1t was just
the same as person gong to private
picnic would dress. The most pleasi ng
feature Of the whole performance was
that those on the stage made those In the
audience feel that they all belonged to-
gether, in fact that 1t was large family
picnic. There was none of that distant
action on the part Of those on the stage,
but on the contrary they seemed to LAY
! to their auditors, we are all one, let us
have 4 good time together, and SO they
did. When every member Of company
10 good, like those of last evening, IL is
RoI worth while 70 praise Or criticise any
individual member thereof, suffice II 1t
to say that they were all excellent.
1t Ia pity that there was not larger
audience, but this fact did not seem 10
affect those OH the Stage, for they acted
and sang with the same zest and accu.
racy as they would have done had there
been very large audience. Those whC
w9re not press mt last evening missed a
rare treat, one that they will probably
not have another opportunity of embra.
cling. The members of the company
we're: Messrs. Charles l.. Drew, WIN
Gill, Harry Sinclair, and Misses Elinoi
Deeung and Marie Rostelle.