Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-07-27
Pipes's 0psrs . .

"widow Bedott" was ct Piper's
Opera House last n~isht-there Is no
doub. about that. The Widow Is a yer.
liable creation Of the one who, q score
Of wears ago, made q decided sensation
in the literary world. Most are familiar
with the Widow as she existed ct that
time, and the living. breathing womsn(O
OF today is q vsritable counterpart Of
her who Thought so much OF Deacon
Bedott she never got married agin -
till she got q chance to take in Elder
Snifies. o. course. the creation was
originally that Of . woman. The lines
are drawn too closely to be the work Of q
man. and they touch the ludicrous fem
ininity too strongly to be the work
Of q bunRler. The play has been
made from Mrs. Whicher's sketches
BY Petroleum v. Nasty. and the
excellence OF his work consists in neither
undertaking nor ovsrrating. mol adding
to nor taking from the original. And
under the auspices Of Haverly's Comedy
Euterprise the Widow visited US last
evening. She brought her retinus also.
There was Tim Crane and Melissa and
the Widow Jenkins, and Lass OF all. the
Elder, with all the surroundings neces-
sary to complete the reproduction.
These were all necessary. for without
them as irritants and mollients the
strong and soft parts Of the Widows
character could not have been displayed.
| or course the Widow pleased the male
portion Of the audience. They seemed
| 10 think that in the impersonation OF the
character Mr.. Neil Burgess was giving
everybody sweet revenge on all widows
Of that class and was fayoring man
kind in general by showing the
women what they might possibly be-
come. But the finest criticism on the
production after all came from the ladies
present and one far beyond words
psnned or spoken. The dear creatures
were 40 overcome with the ludicrous-
ness of the character that they sent
the ripple Of their irrsstrainable
laughter over the swelling tide OF
merriment which heavsd around them.
OF course the dear creatures wouldn't
have done II for the world IL they could
have held 1t back. but that was simply
impossible. That laughter was the COM
pliment passed by the women on the
womanly creation Of the Widow by the
man Burgess; and to 1t words can neither
ada O detract. Mr.. Burgess ought to
feel slated at 80 graceful and withal 80
truthful . compliment. 1t would be .
pleasure to follow through the cast and
commend the acting Of each player.
The Elder Snifiss Of George Stoddart
was as near perfection as could DO asked.
and was as severe Q caricature on man
kind 40 was the Widow Bedott Of Bur-
CESS on womankind. It IL well that so
genuinely womanly Q character as
the Melissa Bedott Of Mrs. Stod'
dart was on the stage last even
ing or all the men might have for
gotten how charming woman really can
be. Without some such relief the play
would do much to sour mankind and
ruin matrimonial ventures. And yet
there vas little difference in the merit
Of representations Of the play. The
tramp Who came in only TO DO pitched
by the Widow out Of the window.
dressed and played what was given him
to do Just a we'll a. Burgess or
Stoddart. The difference in the players
is in degree and amount, not in kind;
and IL Is In the little things perfectly
done that the general effect Is produced
and the whole performances 10 30 finished
from beginning to end. The attendance
was fair last night; It will be large
tonight and those who wish seats should
reserve them or 60 early. The Com
stock never witnessed a more perfect
production than the Widow Bedott y
Of Haverly's Comedy Enterprise.