Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-10
"GOBLISS."

Merry Party of Them at the Opera House.
Last evening was presented at Fulton
opera house one OF the merriest entertain
ments that has been witnessed there dur
ing the present season, and in view of the
reputation of the party, achieved by their
great success at the Arch Street theatre,
Philadelphia, and the delightful character
Of the performance, it is to be regretted
that our people did not give them a warmer
welcome the size of the audience being
far below the deserts of the entertainment.
Mr.. William Gill's I" wild f:.rcica1 cOnceit''
of Our Collins occupies a sphere that
is Sccare against the inquisitive examina-
ton of critical analysis. 1t is Il cOnslOm-
Grafton of the most fantastic fun, inter-
woven with the prettiest tunes, that give
to it just enough of the operatic flavor to
ing popular taste for amusements,
which lately has run almost ex-
clusively toward comic opera. 1t bubbles
from beginning 20 end with the most ef-
fervescent humor, and there is not dull
nor stupid situation. And how the audi
ence did enjoy the fun! They were en-
rapport with the spirit of the play and the
players from the outset, and the fast
succeeding mOts and witticisms were an
swered with bursts Of laughter with, fire.
quent calls for a repetition of some pretty
song. The audience clapped their hands
so briskly and laughed themselves into
such a merry humOr that they forgot all
about the chilly atmosphere of the room
(Which it may be observed, in parenthesis
and in the way Of suggestion
to the janitor, has OH frequent Oc-
casiOn been a source of complaint that
ought to be obviated as half the pleasure
of an evenings amusement indoors Or
dinarily lies in the warm room and CHEEKY
1t may be possible to convey
some idea of the piece by the statement
that the scene is laid in ruined old
castle Oh the Rhine which dates back to
118O. A party of four intensely modern
American tourists, two ladies and two
antique curiosities, and enjoying days
and this constitutes very
pleasing scene, in which there is lots !
Of pretty music and fun. One Of the |
party relates horrifying legend concern
ing the ancient castle, in which a perse-
cutcd maiden, 9. cruel stepmamma, a
villainOus old baron, and dark and bloody
tragedy, constitute the chief features. One
Of the party falls asleep at the con-
clusiOn of the story and the second act
the re-enactment of the hOrrid
events narrated, and which are supposed to
be taking place in the sleeper's dream.
The combination of the antique with the
very modern in this scene is inexprcssibly
udicrOus. The characters were all filled
in admirable style. Mr.. Willie Gill, the
author of the piece, who in the opening
scene is Benjamin Franklin Cobb, Of CAi-
'ago, and in his vision finds himself meta
nOrphOsed into Ludorico, returned uan-
lerer, is comedian sui generis, and the au-
Hence were kept convulsed by his eccen-
ricities throughout the evening. His rec
tation of a poem entitled "That Little
;pitz Dog was capital, and he sings
airly too. Mr. Charles II. Drew,
II the triple role of alfred ComstOrk ST.
ermon. Franz and Baron Adolph Ton
carried off no small share
# the honors, his fine baritone voice cap
ivating the audience. The ladies of the
ompany. Misses ElinOr Deering and
Iarie Rostellc, were both charming, and
ang and acted in complete harmony with
he spirit Of the piece they possess good
oices which won them repeated encOres
n their solos, and they entered with ami
nation into the spirit of fun which reigned
asst and furious. The duos and concerted
ieces, in which the four voices were found
0 chord very nicely, were likewise given
nth charming effect, and on the whole the
expectations of tho audience were more
han gratificd in the performance Of the
vening, which was in every respect at
nee unique, mirth-provoking, and clean.