, 1869-08-24
AMgSEM EMEAIS.


At last!
At last!!
AT last, Edwin Adams has conquered. At last
he has 1lIed the theatre with an audience capable
OF approaching him and displaying that admlta-
ton in an enthusiastic manner. At last the re-
rroach Is removed that legitimate actor Of first
r1te qualities cannot be appreciated here. At1ast
II is evident that legs have gone ont and brains
hare come In.
There Is room NOW for cong1ntalatiug Edwin
-AdatnE There is more room for cengratuIatlng
ourselyeB- Mr- Adams has labored d for many Jears
here, with eJely obstacle In his path. Hc has
played season after season to empty benches, but
never has forgotten to play conscentlously to hls
handful OF auditors. He has never forgotten to
be an artist, even with the shadow Of an audience
before him and now his hour Of triumph has
com e, and bis future Is secure.
The success which he achieved last evening Is
still more remarkable from the fact that bis role
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II well, but The drama Itself Is an ungrateful one,
and does not furnish him with the opportunities
which such an actor covets until the last two acts
are reached. and the plot draws near Its denoue.
ment, In the prologue and second and third acts
ltut Is required Of him beyond careful reading,
and this he always DOES well There is no force
III the character, no scenes which belong to him,
no stage business, even, OF any Importance Up
which draws upon the audience. When tola5s
quits the stage every character thereafter Ii
6ed s4sss To ea s I'm on e des sns 1f an e
from tnis point on to the catastrophe, Adams has
M opportunity to display his real power.
criticism Of Mr. Adams' Raphael lie has played
1t here many times before and IN attempting to
anaze l. We shouid only repea what We 1,ss 9ass
prove ridiculous, but Nj. Adams represents il
three acts, and force, Spirit and magnetic SYM
pathy through the lasttwo, which faatea the per.
sonatlon upon the attention Of the audience and
quite destroy the i1lusion OF the stage.
The character O! Ill. Adams success WAS un-
mist2kable. He was greeted upon bis 1rst entrance
with cordial and long CONTINUED applause at the
repetitOns OF that applause often during the even
ing. But 1t was not until the fourth act that
casts: him on ind be retEes halt.lranttc from her
compliment rarely, II ever. paid to nj acor uron
The 11amasls stage, and 1nen the curtain came
down upon the att ho Was called 10 the front amid
the most enthusiastic applause.
~ ar. aoaEs 5upPors was Fery excellent, and the
pay moveo Rnonn.s!:g and without hltcn, Mrs
to. ~ -. lad the rose OF Marco and gave to 1t
SUM spirit and very clear conception OF It's
meaning, Nj. Wheeloek. the new leading man,
made nls debut as Fela9e the satr1eal joufnsl!st,
ncr win less Of action, perhaps, than it is some
ljmes given, but always with discriminating good
sense admirable reading nnd pleasing presence.
aud thus nned the 1olt Of Mar'e. the orphan, With
great credit to herself. Woodruff quite outdid
was~wc1l, ~ Of coaise, % Hudson was Hudson, md
perhaps Hudaon 8 little Improved, but Still there
was great deal Of Hudson TO q Terg little Of
il was wise thought IN somebody's mnd to
close The theatre for Q fortnight, for Il hss not
been closed before for four years and L was get
has been well improved bE the painters and deco
rators paper.hanEcrs and upaolsterer1: In lls new
dress the theatre has wonderfully frightened up.
nf7A 10 a
seedy appearance which 1t has worn so long,
Everything has been improved and touched up,
and the result Il that The audtto11am never looSed
go pretty or eo cheerful before Change Is visible
everywhere There Is new hand at the baton,
MI. Blchl, whose excellent scbool!ng at the
Among these things IS lie drilling Of an Orchestra.
The OLD RIP Van Winklcs, who 50 long have
droncd and whcczed and se1aped - the orchestra.
treat. not Only to hear music well played.
but 10 hea1 new music. There is also new drop
feaeina sse ses eei2 Tt and h
tho back ground, the Ehole half.mant'ed with
drapery. The composition Is very simple but
II Is the work Of Nj. Relsky, the Scenic artist q
sas a nea g
Taken all IN al. the commencement Of the sew
enteenth season here has been a most auspcious
one. "The Marble Hearts" viii be repeated this
erenlDg. .--..
The Victim Of Circumstances - was continued
last evening, and supplemented by the operate
cxtravagnnza Of I" beauty and the Feast" II La
not Tell adapted to the capabilities OF the Muse
um COMPANY, chiefly for the reason that the best
chnEn Of The piece Is in the Hustc, and the COM
pany Is decidedly not mua1cA Miss Sylvester,
who took the part Of Beauty, cannot be said 10
excel IN singing. II she could study for few
JeaTs under Prot. Mccoy, who would put
might be able 10 execute some Of tho simpler bal
lads With toleraple acceptance. As It Is Miss S5l
rcster has much to learn AID great deal more to
unlcarn before she can undertake such role as
that which she mlemanaged 10 cruelty las. even
ipg. The singing md acting OF Nj. Mcdowell as
the Beast VAS nbout equal TO that Of the Beauty.
Harry Ltndeu's "l1tmp" was cTedtanle, aud Chat
sons john NIL W1s barely tolerable- Some Of
the m!not parts were done with better taste than
these In winch good acting w29 requisite
The same bill this evening.
TIE 6CNNKR NIGHT FEs11FA
Lovers OF music should not forget the Summer
Nights Festival which viii be given BY the Ger
pnpia Nnnnerchoy, at WEtghts Grove, on Wednes-
dny afternoon and evening It Will be one Of t1e
most enjoyable ereuts Of the heated term.
ORGAN CofEKRT2
An excellent project has been set On 1oot p9 tne
Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church, IN me
Inauguration Of 8 series Of organ conce7e. cselT
Saturday afternoon, At merely nomtnA pIce.
The nfst concert WI Be given next Saturday,
and the orgaulst will be Dudley Buck.