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Show Tn.EATRE.Mrs. F. S. Chanfrau, an actress of excollcnt ability, and of the highest rcputo, will make to-night her first appearance in our oity in a now sensational play, entitled "Tho Wife's Ordeal," adapted expressly for her, from tho French, by Mr. C. W Tay-leu.ro, Tay-leu.ro, and presented with niarkod suc-oo suc-oo S3 in San Francisco, where it was produced for tho first timo. The character char-acter of L?ooio, tho heroine of tho pieoo, is very hapily adapted to many of Iho best points of the lady's acting, and presents her to fine advantage it is that of a pure wife, conscious of her husband's falling off from the line of duty, and resolved to win bim back to it by tho gcotlo influences of love. Mrs. Chanfrau's portrayal of tho sclf-sacrifioiog sclf-sacrifioiog wife and noblo woman, is approved as a very powerful and felicitous felici-tous performance. In tho courso of tho lady's ongagement, which is ab.-c-lutoly restricted to fix nights, she will give in succession, Knowles' play of tbo "Hunchback," Mr. Tayleuro'p powerful pow-erful now drama of ''The Klopemont," "Aurora Floyd," ood "Dora," tho last mentioned of which she performed one hundred and twenty five nights in Boston, Bos-ton, and won, in the representation, tho highest dramatic honors conferred in lato years upon any actress known to tho American staire. |
