Life — February 26, 1885 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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- LIFE: “ UR GOVERNOR” is not a peculiarly artistic pro- duction, nor is it startlingly original either in its conception or development. The dramatic situations are hackneyed and familiar to a degree. The mental anguish of “the foolish little wife,” the love making and the transparent scheming of the others all have a tendency to throw the be- holder into a deep melancholy. The two young Englishmen, Captain Victor Newman and the Hon. Beverly Outram, could never be accused of anything bordering upon anglo- mania. As far as one can judge from their clothes, accent, voice and manner, neither of them has ever seen an English- man. But in spite of all this one gets his money's worth of fun. time, and when they are it never drags. The ingenious, lying, jolly, kind-hearted “ Governor” is an unfailing source | He is always master of the situation, and the | of delight. ease and promptness with which his latest lie invariably over- tops all others, either foreign or domestic, is a constant sur- prise to his friends and to the audience. Mrs. Florence is as natural and unaffected as ever, and is very amusing as Miss Matilda Starr. Her cockney accent is scarcely an exaggera- tion, She has evidently made a study of it, and the result is an exquisite satire upon the English article. SEATS AT THIS THEATRE MAY BE PURCHASED FROM OBNOXIOUS SPECULATORS AT $2 EACH. POOR SEATS CAN BE OBTAINED AT THE BOX OFFICE AT THE REGULAR PRICE—$1.50. . . . ROM the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step, and that Mr. Booth should be succeeded at the Fifth Avenue Theatre by Mr. M. B. Curtis, a “comedian” whose ver- satility enables him to present one character, a cheap Ger- man drummer, is full proof of this fact. If Mr. Curtis takes the town by storm with such emptiness as is to be seen in whatever he has thus far undertaken, then the town is certainly in a bad way. No one but a German drummer, we may remark, would have the requisite amount of cheek to ask people to pay to see such timesome trash. SEATS AT THIS THEATRE MAY BE PURCHASED FROM OBNOXIOUS SPECULATORS AT $2 EACH. POOR SEATS CAN BE OBTAINED AT THE BOX OFFICE AT THE REGULAR PRICE—$1.50. . . R. B, C. STEPHENSON’S Comedy of * Impulse” was presented at Wallack’s Theatre, on Monday evening last, before a representative first night's audience. Having Mr. and Mrs. Florence are upon the scene most of the | the prestige of a London success it will undoubtedly prove | satisfactory to the Wallackian audiences, and Mr. Wallack has shown his usual wisdom in producing it here. Mr. Wallack himself made his first appearance this season as Col. Crichton, and was supported by the usual Tearle- Coghlan combination, the Misses Robe and Germon, and the / | bright particular star of the company, John Gilbert. The play is strong in some parts and weak in others, with a strange intermingling of good, bad, and indifferent situations, The acting was “all that could be desired,” although as far as we have been able to discover Mr. Tearle has not yet managed to pitch his voice to another tone, and Miss Cogh- lan cannot allow one to forget that she is Miss Coghlan. SEATS AT THIS THEATRE MAY BE PURCHASED FROM OBNOXIOUS SPECULATORS AT $2 EACH. POOR SEATS CAN BE OBTAINED AT THE BOX OFFICE AT THE REGULAR PRICE—$1.50. * * * R. DALY announces a special matinee performance of “The Recruiting Officer ” for this afternoon, and the final performance of the same for this evening. This will be followed for a few evenings by the revival of Colly Cibber’s famous comedy, “ She Would and She Would Not,” which will in turn give way to “ The Country Girl.” A series of Lenten eleven o'clock matinees, in addition to the regular performances at this theatre, are announced to take place on Thursday, February 26th; Monday, March 2d ; | Thursday, March sth; Monday, March th; and Thursday, March 12th. They will consist of a Subscription Series of Illustrated Lectures, by Mr. John L. Stoddard, on Versailles and Marie Antoinette, Paris in the Reign of Terror, Through England with Charles Dickens, Round the Bay of Naples, and the Castle Bordered Rhine. Tickets for the course are now on sale at the box-office. GUMMY IS HERE, ING the bells and sound the tocsin Gummy’s come to town, Now, royal nibsey, pour your rocks in, Do the thing up brown. Here's a maiden heavy laden— Lots of gold galore. If you ‘d wed her take a header On the same old score. Strew about her your affections— Taffy by the ton. Stifle her with recollections OF fair Albion. Never mind the Fortesque scandal— Our girls dote upon a handle, Just an atom of chic shame Fastened to their hubby’s name.* H. S. KELLER. Provided they crave for royal distinction. comicbooks.com