In some respects the biggest hit the cutte Troupe have yet made was with their rendering of Offenbach's Grand Duchess" on Saturday evening, Although there are some pretty airs in the piece, as a musical compare with some of the previous selections that the Company have given us; but it was to the scope which the opera gave to the performers to display their talents as actors that the success of the piece was mainly due, Mr. Farley had ady shown himself to be a comedian of no mean powers by his impersonate the barbarian prince in " Giruflé- but even this did not prepare us for suc excellent piece of comic acting as his General Boom. From the first moment when he infor ivate Fritz that be is to the full of the curtain he kept a large audience in a continual state of laughter, his rendering of the General's collapse into nervous prostration when he hears of the sentries in the irresistible, Miss Eva Davenport ing of the part of the Grand Duchess was ow 8 par with her acting on every previo occasion that the Company have appeared and her singing was, as ever, very pleasing. Her rendering of the air in which she apostrophises her fathe aabro was very telling, though rendering of one verse in the original French was unnecessary and somewhat out of place, Mr. Tyrrell did not appear to be in particularly good voice; but his acting as the empty-headed, foppish young prince who ultimately becomes the hui Daud of the Grand Duchess was excee ingly good. Me. Vernon Roid,, we need hardly say, sang well, and in the second nct, where the Grattd Duchess males love to ths clownish young soldier whom the hue loaded with honours, his playing contributed in no emall dogees to the an cons of an effective scone. Mr. O'Bricn, was wu amusing Baron Puck. Miss Seymour was all that could be desired in ness was admirably car-to and, and showed igh degree of training on the part of company. Th drosses were roxily man ficont for @ travelling company; but we really cannot compliment the geutlems who was entrusted with " making up" the fouturos of the actors and actresses, paint apponred to have been laid on wit trowel, and could be sven much too di tinctly even from the very back of the house,
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