OPERA HOUSE.-"The Millionaire."

Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 241, 13 October 1886, Page 2

OPERA HOUSE.-"The Millionaire."

Ttr producing "Tho Millionaire" last right. Mr Wybcrt Peeve showed that ho had reserved one of his strongest trump cards for tho close of tb c senson. It is a vo.'y clover comedy drama in four acts, and after Eeolng it oiohardly roquiros to bo told that it look London by storm, aud that it has produced quite a/it vorc whoreverelso it has been produced. The plot is not original, but It is woikod up with an aril.tic hand, the incidents uro cleverly devised, the characters aro woII-rcnognlHiiri types, and the dialogue is orlsp.wltty.avd frequently epigrammatic. Tho story itself Is slniplo. An extravagant fathor, with, tastes and habits beyond bi<? means, conspires, with tho aid of a nondescript lady of fnslilon, to marry hij beautiful daughter-to a millionaire, while the poor and handsome lover, bjlicvlng that lie is .jilted, takes himself otr tho arcno, renders tho conspiracy successful bj giving tho herofno tho impression that she isfcdertod. The millionaire, howover. turns out) to i.uve a true heart, and the wife learns to lovo him. Hor anger, however, at the accidental dbcovny of the trick playod upon hor dispels tho glamour, n.d did leaves nor hi me. A jealo'..s rival plots ng-iinnt hor and ruins hor husband, but with his ruiu tho wife rolonts, tho riv.il is foiled, and husband *nd wife aro r.unitod. Tho two strongest, characteiitatlous aro Mr ltoevo's "Mr Uuyon" (in old roue), and Mlts Harwood's Lady Honmarsh Uuyonls a mixture of Mojo^ iSuncoinbo and the immortal Mlcawbir, and Mr Reovo plays it to thelifo, while Mi'B llarweodliasnovorbofora appeared co such signal ndvantagj as sho does in her prosont ro'.e. It is a supnib portraituro. Miss Fitzroy mattes a charming .Catherine Uuyon, but is altogether too coin and Impassive. Mr Parley plays tho title iolo admirably, and MUa Kllliott ably sustains the pnit of tho scheming Ho.tor Could. Mr Geo. Korbos l-i vory good in hio part, and Mesars Hoyto and Liwrence creditably fulfil theirs. '

Mr Kcovo'B Benefit To-night.

This i_ tho lait nigbt of tho season, and it !b also tho oooasion of Mr Hoove's benefit. Wo trust to sen it- marked by a bumper hou-xj n^ tho reward of undoubted desert, and a? " tho Millionaire" will bs repealed,'playgoers may acocpfwith conllitnoe tho • BSUrtSuce that they will be prosentea with a ri h ireat.