, 1866-01-23

OPERA uoCsEEdwfn Forrest, after hayins
stayed away from Chicago so 1ong that scaree one
in thousand Of our citizens proper knows him ex-
cept bY reputation commenced m engagement
here in the Open House last evening. supported By
a company OF about average merit, sone of whbse
blupders formed a confTa.t sufficiently marked to
set of Fo17est's studled acting TO lhe very best ad
y1utagr, The houee vas crowded to the l1ll> there
being eoue hundreds Of "f Standing seats" occn-
pseds -....-...
ginius.'' in Sheridan Knowles powerfully weak
Tragedy OF that name- It Is due to Foirest to ray
thai his natura] force IL eearccls a6aled FROM tts
standard Of mauy yeaIt ago when thousands hung
entfdpced On his every word, and drank the in
the rsp,uroue ptaad,te which greeted bin ut the
close Of the sevess, most telling passsse. and in
lain, plainly showed that hts setting TOOK with the
multitude, and that the BoHeIytsms charged to his
account, a1e no! 20 eMxees:txsly M marked as to ma
We failed 70 detect anything IN his pei eoaat1on Of
thia vt4y difficult character which could be fairly
called rant; hc certainly did On very many oecs-
picted in the mind of the writer, and Ee1y seldom
}eH far below it. Perhaps the most objectionable
portion Of biz performance was fn the scene lmne.
Denta1us there was little TOO much Of The coz
trast, In the following act,. the trial eccne was
| most naynifeensly rendered. Biz fierce dc.
peeas psp Si 'i b s. ss1t sss:aas' eos.as
/ over the Situation. the eaze OF aoo1y Into The
features Of his loved daughter as be saw no arenue
ot escape from that doom worse than death, which
sudden start and the cy OF mortal anguish which
started from bis iips as the only possible escape
aashed, npon h;sn; shese % YER ~ given BY mas.
s I'D dc s 9ses ssF e. s Rss esssay
4 tlay il iwo.ds. The last sct-the brain turned by
the spnoW, &nd the Vengeance Of the father which
lived and operated esen after reason had departed
| from her seat-wat gtScu with equal fidelity.
Misc Lille, ~ ''rtEFlnia:" !" WAS charming en-;
bodinens o. a puse.hsazted, trusting maiden, tas
very persouifcation Of tnborn innocence. Madame
aicuips~ = 81 !. Mccullough showed little 10 Ind
vas sesy hoaIse, snd It wonid not therefore be Ill
&C.; q ass Si ss;1s sa Il %
Tonight, "Oitello"
"TaE SEA or IcE."-Laur4 Kecue opened las
s9eniog y !, T. 4svleks and eaos.
1nle1ake On he part Of ID pefke lanEa. Our Lau
n" O. she nted TO be called in New York. Ii .
charming little woman, and plsys some character
these ae a'most without exception in light, gentee
comedies; She IL not at home In the deeply pa
thet,e sna has n9 h1esne5s 10 sueh parts - Lsast
lop oyer the edge OF the tuper pathetic and bor
der Oh the 1udtcrous. Therefore, she ssas not pat
!ienlafly att1aSNs ~: ntRhs IN this part. As th
visacity and llghtsomcne.e Of that pat suited be
better, bnt Fill she bJ no meaus exhibited be
strong points as ~ acstess. Hary Hawk, Who &c
than nsual His part is an unpleAsan, one
md he acts II so as to make
still more 1tstasteiuL Thre is one thing in hi
desire 10 introduce pruianjt5 as species OF aeac
the uee Of The name Of the Divine Being upoa d
stage, except In very are instances where the deer
est paeson 10 expressed. 10 absolutely 1tvol,tng
i The better class Of auditors In this country. IN
there u no excuse Wtsseyes iof introducing ~