Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-29
THE CoPsE."

\ &C oil Play Presented 10y a Fine Company.
The Madison Square Company, with the
veteran actor, Mr.. c. ". Couldock at Its
head, presented The Willow Copse last
evening to an audience which, in numbers,
fell far short OF waat the merit Of the per.
Torrance demande =. From beginning to
end the entertainment vas one Of absorbing
interest, and twice the audience called Miss
Turner, Rose Fielding" and MIR.
Couldock, Luke Fielding before the cur:
tain, once at the close OF the third
act, and again at The close Of the tolrth.
In Mr.. Couldock's young days the role OF
Luke Fielding was one Of his most dis
~tinctive characters, and in revlvlng the
piece he also REEVES his original creation.
To enlarge upon the pltt q the playls need
esq, as it is well known to th~ester-goers. The
theme embraces many complications, and
villains of varied type are TIE pivo,s on
which the story moves. AS Luke Field.
Ing" Mr.. Couldock, while ~intusing his own
peculiar personality into the part, acts
With dignity and power, lending the char
acter the pathos and feeling demanded.
In the scene with "Roae, the erElng aud
repentant daughter, Mr.. Couldock was par
t~icularly fine, aud displayed throughout the
play the appreciation Of an artist. -,
Miss Carrie Turner's impersonat'on OF
Rose Fielding was q grand one. The
SC, ne at the close Of the third act, where
he reads the letter narratirg her misfortune
o her fathe-, was a particularly strong one,
sid the audience manifested its apprecia-
tion Of her powers by loud applause.
Mrs. Charles Walcot, as Meg, was ev-
srythipg that could be desired, and Mr..
Kemple's BILL S ayers was entirely cred
liable. The company throughout is q strong
one, and should have been better patron
lied.
TIE CIRCUS.
In his extraordinary managerial career OF
over half q century, p. I. Barnum has done
many notable things, and most prominent
among them has at length established t.o
one great holiday OF all the year, wherever
the famous unity Of the Barnum and !.on-
dondon 9 Monster Shows eXhlol s. lhe
daily crowds they attract are OF
themselves populsr evPnte. aud while every
body visits them, they ,e!tTjn.y furnish a
| great deal more than enough Tor universal
interest and recreation. We must leave 10
the Hood OF advertisements an enumeration
| of the rarest attractions to De found IN the
greatly enlarged and only chronological Cor
gregs Of Savage Nations and Heather Tribes,
the two famous manageries, ihg tdree superb
~circuses with three rings, the museum OF
iyicg marvels. the steupcndous Roman Dig
rodrome, upon the monster elevated Oyn
| pian stage and displayed, free to all, on tn
| yublic streets, but we can say, ~ Gil tru'h,
hat never Was so much given tor SO small!
a price. There are q large nun Der OF speclai
Gestures. a sight of opy one OF which is
| really worth the cost Of admission to the en-
tire show. Besides the biggest and most
valuable herd OF elephants ever seen Ia per
Torrance O. on parade, there are whole
droyes aud csravsns oil strange and costly
wild beasts and sCor's OF rare arenlc sensa
lions, trOupes Of the most famous eques
rrians, chaIioteers, Jockeys, runners, skaters
tercers. bicyclists, wrestlers, tIapeze stsrs,
e,c,-in short, IA vast combination OF sigma
tea ures and feats, far surprising anything
Of the kind in the world, and that could not
he attempted under any other name than
that of P. T. Barnum. Too much or the
money" is the odd ard only adverse crit
cism ever made upon this Incompatible and
refined entertainment; buff Messrs Bsrnum
Baily & Hutchinson can stand that sort OF
thing, We imagine hat the people vii! DC
able 10 plscidly endured it.
DRAMATIC FESTIVAL.
Wheeling's first grand dramatic te3tiva
will commence at Charley Shay's Academy
of Music on October 18th, and continue ioI
fifteen nights and FIVE matiness, when the
Union Square, Standard Theatre and Madi
son Square companies will appear in tht
great New York successes. Manager Shayl'
making extensive arrangements 10 produce
the plays il the very finest pos5be style
Further particulars will be announced IN
few days.
AMUSEMENT NOTES.
Tony Hart will be at the Opera Hous
October 5Ih in Buttons
The circus is beginning to agitate tn
small boy.
Hobbies" is the attraction at the Oper
House Thursday and Friday.