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Show I 2ATRECAJL The " Charcoal . . I Ter " and "Family Jars" were "Klented la.-t nvhr, in cx-d style, Mas Valters atid Mr. McKenzie sus tsuirg the leading roles in the drama; Jii- "a!ters, Mr. Margetts and Mr. .'hune in the farce, r Vniifht Mr. W. T. Harris takes hi benefit and presents a very attractive attract-ive bill. The opening piece U "The , Poor Nobleman," a fine comedy from the pen of Charles Selby, the eminent English comedian. The argument of tho piece, briefly told, runs thus: The "Marquis de Belletere," the poor nobleman, aod his daughter Horteose, by a reverse of foris1 hare been compelled to remove re-move to a qui?t couotry house, where the marquis hopes by a Becluded life to elude the talk of meddlesome gos-si gos-si p per?. In this ho is mistaken, his neighbors perceiving that he is evidently evi-dently a man of rank, believe him to be either a bankrupt or miser, the latter idea predominating. To dispel this idea, be invites a prominent man of the parish (monsieur Robineau) to dine with him. To offer a dinner befitting be-fitting a marquis, bo is compelled to pawn a number of souvenirs of past prosperity. They being of little intrinsic in-trinsic value, the amount received is small, yet the meal is good in quality but limited in quantity. Ho hires a cow-boy for the occasion to act as footman, foot-man, who is fully aware of the limit of the eatables and drinkables. Monsieur Robineau arrives and proves bimself to bo voraciously inclined. As bottle after bottle of wine disappears it gives tho cow-boy an excellent opportunity for the display of ludicrous anxiety as to whether it will hold out.. The dinner din-ner finally over, the guests depart, and after their leave-taking, the officers of the law arrive and the marquis is ejected eject-ed from the house, being unable to pay the rent. The second act shows the former residence re-sidence of the marquis, whiab has come into the possession of Madame fJon-Bon of the shoddy aristocracy, A grand fete is in preparation. In this act, the Marquis, being a fine musician, mu-sician, is introduced as a piano tuner, bts daughter as an cmbroidrcss. Madame Ma-dame Bon-Bon recognizes her by the picture of her mother whioh adorns the wall, and discovers tho poor piano tuner to bo a Marquis. Desirous of rank she offers herself in marriage to tho Marquis, which he, to save his daughter from penury and want, is about to accept, when Monsieur Robineau, Robi-neau, of the previous act arrives, who by the way has formerly made overtures over-tures to the lady regarding the matrimonial matri-monial vow. His generous actions on this occasion bring him into the good graces of the lady, tbo old Bpatk is relighted, re-lighted, and Madame consents to be his. Tbis matter being settled, and other things explained, Robineau, being be-ing a man ot wealth, presents the Marquis Mar-quis and his daughter their old home. His son, who has from the beginning loved Hortense, receives his father's blessing, and all matters aro brought to a happy termination. The comedy gives ample scope for good acting, 1 both in tho humorous and pathetic ; line. Tho characters aro well drawn, the dialogue is well written, and the plot is interesting. The closing piece is Owens' celebrated celebra-ted Yankee comedy of "Solon Shingle," Shin-gle," Mr. Harris in the title role. Mrs. Thomas will sing during the evening; Messrs. Croxall and Hcdgcr will give : a duet arranged for tho oornot and flute, and captain Boozley's martial band will attend and play. ' Give him a bumper houee. |
