The daily gazette., 1883-09-25
AT THE OPERA HOUSE.
sfaOEhsT last Niehk, 'sYoung Mrs Win
thrOp,n M. CapeI and the "DeVIi's Auc
ton" Booked. IiJl''r N

'HaOthsT Last Nieht,- ''Young Mrs Win
thrOp,n M. Capol and the "DeVIi's Auc-
tion" Booked. IJI''-
Owing to the inclement weather the audi
ence at the Opera House last night to wit
ness the performance of 'tMoths" by the
Edwards Folly Company, was smaller than
1t otherwise would have been and numbered
about 400. The piece had never been pre-
sSnted before an audience before, and as a
consequence the performers were nervous
and did not show to their best advantage.
The play 10 on the order of 1.-THE Trouba-.
dours, "Tourists" and the like, and has q
bona 1ds plot with all kinds Of ludicrous posi-
tions,and situations. With but two excep
tions the troupe Is good and with a little
more work wifi NAL e one Of the greatest hits
OF the day with the pieca,f Miss Kate Foley has
a very pleasing voice aid a most bewitching
manner, and at her first appearance AZ once
captures the audience. Marie Moore has q
very pleasing voice, over which she has per-
feet control WILLIAM G., ICrosbIe % Jsre-
nidh Ollapod is irresistably funny, as are
Connor Roach as USsetnndtusi OlRg6srty
and George W. Turner as Splash. Polly
Mcdonald as Lottie took her part admirably
| and danced In ., manner, that At once
stamped her as an artist Of no small merit.
For the first night, everything taken into
consideration, the performance throughout
was good, and wen deserves the
success it will undoubtedly meet with in
| the hands of the afable manager, Samuel
Edwards. The aetionlof the would-be "gen-
tlemen," who sat on three first rows of the
chairs on the left-hand side of the house,
was disgusting, to say the least, and was
calculated 70 unnerve even the most thor
ough performer on the stage. Miss Foley
attempted to satisfy the smart
i &c lapkaO ranaatfu0 aopn COW
eral times, but to no purpose.
They evidently went their to play TOOL and
they did 1t successfully. Should they re-
| peat the performance of last night their
names will be published so that the citizens
may know who and what kind of cattle it is
that disturbs performances at the Opera
House. tf
"Youne Mrs. Winthrop of whom Will
mingtonians have heard SO much, will be
presented at the Opera House on Saturday
| evening. "Young Mrs. Winthrop" is more
essentially American than any play yet pro-
duced at the Madison Square Theatre. It
was written by an American author, ex-
pressly for an American theatre, and every
scene is laid in America, and it's production
is fitting example OF the success of the
strictly American policy pursued by the
Madison Square Theatre.
| NJ. Capel will lecture on "Freedom and
Catholicity" at the Opera House to morrow
evening. This distinguished lecturer is
spoken Of by the press as one of the finest
lecturers in the country and always draws
crowded houses.
Gallagher, Gilmore and Gardner will
produce the "Devil's Auction" in this city
on Monday evening next, with the same
troupe that recently caused such excite
ment in Philadelphia.
Y. B. Bishop will appear at the Opera
House on Tuesday, October 2, in his new
play entitled, "Strictly Business" The
press speak we'll of the farce.
The manager of the Opera House says
that If the correspondent of the New York
Mirror and other dramatic journals who
enter on the free list, cannot conduct them
selves in a gentlemanly manner, he will
take steps to prevent them from seeins
entertainments In the future.