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Show Willie BUI as Colonel Sellers. When an actor makes a big bucccss it generally happens that it is to something new and novel he owes it. Willie Gill, Bhould, according to that, make a very big strike indeed, for in Colonel Sellers in Mark Twain's novel dramatized for Mr. Gill the public is presented with a character perfectly unique in its peculiarities. Wo are introduced to a man of generous gene-rous impulses, of world-wide sympathy, sym-pathy, yet a speculator to the back bono. If that isn't an unique character, char-acter, we don't know what is ! Thero aro not many ppeculators running any one else need chaining up because be-cause they might ruin thoir owners! But Sellers is one of that class, and when he tolls his friend that he will mako his fortune, he honestly meanB what he says, notwithstanding the fact that ho daesn't aee hia way clear to mako enough to purchase for himself him-self a second-hand toothpick, or to provide one square meal a day for his family. The colonol's enthusiasm, whenever speculation is concerned, !B contagious, and the most skeptical is induced to bolieve there is "something in the thing after all." Sittiug at his frugal repast composed of raw turnips tur-nips and -cold water tho worthy fellow fel-low sees oceans of money flowing to his feet, and talks of preposterous flGllQIllPR with an in II Ml q., j-nnot na-a that his hearers are ready to believe, with him, that "there's millions in it!" Such a charactor in tho hands of an actor of such experience and talent as Mr. Gill, cannot fail to draw largely. The play abounds with sly hits at most of tho abuses of the day, and -ougrc3s comes in for its share of sarcasm, sar-casm, slung in Mark Twain's most happy style. Laura Hawkins, the femile lobbyist drawn from nature is entrusted to tho keeping of Miss Joan Clara Walters, and wo do not doubt that she will render a good account ac-count thereof; the part, is full of strong points, and will admirably suit Miss Walters phase of talent. The rest of the cast embraces Mr. J. S. Lindsay as Senator Dil worthy, the philanthropist, who never works for j anything but the public good of course not ! Senators never do. Harden, as Washington Hawkins; Foster, as Colonel Selbey ; Belle Douglas, aa Mrs. Hawkins; Carrie Coggswell, a3 Mrs. Colonel Sellers; Wilton, as Mr. Trollop, the conscientious conscien-tious cengressman; and the rest of the cast by the cdmpany. This piece has had an unprecedented run in XewYork one hundred and sixty odd nights and will moat certainly be a great success all over the country, coun-try, if only from the fact of its dealing deal-ing with every-day things, objects wo see and sounds we hear every day of our life. It is a story of every day incidents in-cidents embellished with clever writing writ-ing and dramatic situations. Every one who witnesses tho play will, at some point or another of its progress, ejaculate "JJow isn't that bo ?" or "I guess that's what's the matter." It is the realistic character of the play to which it owes its sucoess, and we very much doubt if Mr. Gill will require re-quire tj play anything but Colonel Sellers during his sojourn among us so legitimate will be the success of "The Gilded Age." |
