The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-05-08
Theatrical and Musical.

dy would appear at this theatre in the character Of
Macbeth, attracted very crowded house last evening
As the doors were opened very large number
Of persons, altogether of the male sex, entered the
theatre and took their ats In different parts Of the
house They followed by many others, among
whom probably fifty sixty ladies' Long before
the curtain rose, the house well filed the gallery
and parquette being quite crowded 1t began to
bo whispered about that the reception of Mr. Macready
would not DO favorable the part of portion of the
auditory and the appearance of Mr. Matse, the chief
of police very strong body of the force under his
orders seemed to strengthen the rumors which
circulated throughout the theatre. The house was,
however perfectly quiet until the curtain upon
the first scene, when the appearance of MIR. Clark,
| who lpersonated the character of Malcolm elected
three loud and enthusiastic cheers from the parquette
and gallery. From this moment the cheering, kissing,
whistling and other expression of feeling began, and
not syllable heard, the remainder of tho scene,
and the succeeding till the entrance Of Macbeth pass
| ing in dumb show. When Macbeth and Banquo
entered in the third scene, the uproa deafen
perfect torrent of groans and Misses assailed Mr.
Macready and deluge Of assafetida was discharged
upon him from the alery filling the whole house with
| its pungent and not particularly fragrant odor
rotten egg, Ia MONTREAL was projected against him,
but missing the face Of the eminent agedian bespat
tered the stage his feet The friends OF Mr. Macrea
dy who appeared rather to Outnumber those opposed
| TO him, manifested their feelings by crios Of
| "shame!" "shamo" cheers, and waving of handkcr-
Chiefs provoking response in tho form of removed
groans hisses and half dozen rotten potatoes the
part of the others "Thrce cheers for Edwin Forrest
were called for by ono in tho pit, and given
with great enthusiasm by those unfriendly to Mr..
| Macready. Then came tho cry of " three cheers
for Macready" responded to with equal enthusiasm by
the opposite side of the house. The which fol-
lowed bcggars description. Kisses, groans, cheers,
ycs screams all sorts of noises in the midst of which
MIR Macready still maintained his position in the centre
of the stage "OGr, "oT :" shouted one party 600 ~
go on' screamed the other. Mr. Macready approached
the lights He greeted by Of ironical laughter
and reiterated Kisses and groans. banner at this
exhibited in front of the amphitheatro bearing
its side, No apoogesit is too late - and the
other, You have proved yourself aliar " The APP
pearance of this banner the signal for perfect
tornado of uprearous applause laughter cheers and
groans, in the midst OF which an old shoe and cent
piece hurled at Mr.. Macready who picked up the
copper coin and with kingy air put 1t in his bosom,
| bowling at the time with mock humility, to the
quarter of the gallery from which the visitation had
descended Lady Macbeth, who represented
this occasion by Mrs Coleman Pope-a very beautiful
and quccny looking wonanfared little better than
her lord. Not syllable of her part was audible. With
great calmness and without theI least wavering, how
All on the stage Jared alike It was evident that,herc
was fixed and settled determination the part of
that portion of the auditory which occupied nearly one
third of the parquete and the greater portion Of the
gallery between whom a COMMUNICATION was kept up
throughout the evening by means of signals and excla
Sevcral of MIR. Macready's friends became much
excited, and shouted to him to " go on,' and not
give up tho ship" which elected tremendous groans
Kisses cries of Three groans for the Goldfish aris-
tocrncy!" which responded to with marked enthu
siasm Cries of Down with the English hogn'-
take of the Devonshire bull.''' remember how Ed
win Forrest was used in London " and similar cx
CARNATIONS, were loud and frequent. Thus passed the
| o
ceasing for moment Whom the curtain fell, in the
second act the tumut forcer than ever
| and it was quito apparent that something still
more serious was approaching Yet the greater
of the witches chorusses, and amused themselves
by. asking repeatedly! Where's Macready ~
that character. One gentleman in the parquctte,
amongst those who were hostile to Mr. Macready oged
the house through stupendous eye glass large enough
Tor horse collar and others threw themselves into
variety of attitudes, picturesque than becoming
Three cheers for Macroady Niger Douglass, and
ed enthusiasm. At length tho curtain the
third act; and, in dumb Show Banquo advancing to
the lights commenced the solioquy- .-,
Thou hast II, now, King, Cawdor, G'arnis all,
but not n syllable was audible. Then Macbeth re-
appeared and the uproar greater than Smash
chair from the gallery, nearly grazing the head
of Of the members Of the orchestra and strewing
Macready. Mr., Macready bowed and smiled. Another
chair falls at his feet, with crash which resounds all
over the mouse. some OF the start rom their
seats, and grow quite pale The shouts, and groans
and Kisses rcdoubled Mr.. Macrcady stands quite
unmoved--not the slightest tremor yisibc-not the
least bravado either, in his Another chair Is
hurled on the stage and tho curtain suddenly falls
The ladies hurry from the boxes; all but few, who
| betray not the slightest alarm. Still the uproar
| tinues. There il loud talking in the lobbcs.
! great crowd outside thunders at the doors, and
| threaten to break into the theatre Mr. Matscll
the entrances. The ladies are hurried out by
one Of the doors that open in Eighth street, and
carriage was driven rapidly and safely away No per-
son on the stage was injured by any of tho missiles
received copious allowance of the fetid liquid which
was discharged from the gallery. During the panto-
with Macready were frequently warned by the people
in the gallery to 'go off the stage, expect similar
treatment hereafter In consequence of these
appeared in front Of the curtain apologst; he
marked that his family wns dependant upon his
tions for maintenance, and he pleaded this fact in
justification of himself, for having consented to
play with Mr., Macready. Mr.: Clarke's explana-
that the performance had been efectually in
terrupted; and that Mr.. Macready had aban-
crowd, within and without, began to dispense and
about twenty minutes past ten o'clock, the whole
perfectly quiet 1t was said that a bottle
filled with gun cotton having matches attached was
thrown on the stage, but We nothing Of tho kind
and we were within few feet of the stage throughout
| the whole evening. We may also add, that the mis-
siies thrown came from the gallery and that Of
them appeared to be aimed directly at the person of
|
from the stage by every species of conumey, without
personal violence, and there could be doubt that
the effort, which was quite successful in its object
the result Of an organized and pre-concerted
ment II is also proper to state that the ladies' who
came to the theatre, remained to the last; few
pressing their feelings in favor Of Mr.. Macready by
waving their bandkcrchiefs and ought TO add that
very many Of those who most nspcuous and on
thusiasic in favor Of Mr. Macrcady, were American
citizens.
BowERr THrArRE.-Thc house crowded to its IT.
most capacity last cveninghc enthusiasm Of thsvast
audience was immcnse-the performances most bril-
liant and tho tout ensemble Of tho whole evenings pro-
ceedings indeed great in the history Of the
drama in New York. We have already remarked that
the house was crowded-it more than that 1t was
crammed in every part and what is more, tho entire
audience composed Of most brilliant asscmblage
of our most intelligent citizens The ladies' too,
hand In great numbcrs-thc dress circle was flled
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