, 1874-04-17
ADJUSTMENTS.
THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC.

It i'll became Dulwer, tho playwright, 70 bfhg
OF tho power Of tho pen Tho author of "Richo-
lieu" and, tho "Lady Of Lyons" could only
with tho ethereal offrontory Of Dulwer claim to
DO "a nun entirely great." Thoso two plays arc
not entirely bad aa plays, especially tho lofner'
but they are 40 worry far from being good as to
dcBerve no place in the repertory Of great
actor Il is histrionlc suicide to play Ric1 .st7eu.
And utboly can play it to present harrno uious
nicturo Thoro arc some remarkable re SEM
b1uncos between tho anthor Of "nichcL en"
md the Cardinal-prnco Of tho play. It
wan ONLY the spiritualizod presump tion
Of n Dulyer that would choose to l,or-
trav himself in tho crafty churchm IN.
It was perhaps au unconscious effort Of rema. *
oh,c solf esteem, Eut is it not little singul nr
TINT both cAataotern, Bulwar aud Richelil II
thoucht themselves wonderful plny-writors..
whereas tic world at large-tle literary world.
that is-declared them very mediocre authors,
and thoir productions very questionable astdi-.
finn to dramatic literature 2 Tho strongest re-
| gemblancp betweon tho two is thoir supreme af-'
! fectatlou, There arc temptations to many ao-
tors Ill, this very element Of Richeleu's charac-
| tor, No may cautiously add that thoro aro
| 1na1,y clements Of the SUCCESS Which wa1ta ou
n.ontabil;ty in the circumstance also. The stage
Richclieu iB tho very creature Ut tho author WHO
could never so fur forget tho drawing as' to
| give oyen q Villain an insignificant na11to;
wl,oso double-tlyod hnayos committed murder In
kid-gloycs who could not think Of throttllui:
nau without reading linn nil exquisite .tIo poe4m
tlelcato music, soft luxurious htrain suggel't-
iyo OF satin furniture and Persian carpo'.H:
lfic}seleu IL tho readily recognized offspring of
him whose sentiment %as ioppery' dna no WIZ 10 70
without ringots. The creator was nslli1ch!,
aud wo cunuot expect from tho SOL OF
fashionable artifctaiity . growth Of to"ar- .f.
ns, Ultima Is dovoid of interest: Tho author wes u
NM Of bruins, not heart. The situations OF the
picco are roaily strong ut times and the p!ot 90
serving Of admiration. But the sentiment IL tho
Of p!nce. It ia kid-gloreia'n IN conl-niluo ;
q cobsa1uor gunny-bag. It is. proportional to
the diguity Of the thcmo, t'raadlo. But " lte!'e-
lieu 1as become popular. There IL % ono esrong m ,g
dress circle at tho Academy cattored about the
!. curao OF nomo -" before it wnB dollyorod.
They had heard of that. That is tho popular
Sf hS 1sy It =, ri }a t1q aeaa@y Wednesday,
{ evening was curiosity indeed. It showed to
: crowded houso Ill actor without aifootntton III
Ii an age Of slInns q genius fctterod by . naltr5
play. Bulwor has retallntod upou tho profession
o thousands Of bad actors havo lutilated grea'
o plays; AlH piece ut lenst han had IT.
}, loyopgo on q great player. Az STAR
is general similarity hetwoon tho,n ai In tholl
II method Of treatmout,. excepting John McCnl
;, lougil. Ills Kche!ieu Ii original. It Ii manly
ii There B ITO nlincipg nrnne.and- prism action II
III It no nlloctation Which tradition deems nills
10 poi,aab!o. We tremblo for Mr. MuCuIlough j
Z. boston. 10 is OIL tho stago wo foar Il
/ will be ouslawc for hia datianco iu striving t
III present u manly IscEleiest. Tho one feature @
ID lis conception IL heroic, for It's motive Ii pur
patrio.isli,. IIo makoH little Of tho olon,ent o
Df foar for Its personal nafoty much Of tho'ooun
II try's peril. It III conception which takoa on
Of Gy anrpYiBo, and. amid tho falling r'1s
nj III ufoyiouB porsonattons, we nre hndo
Ut for awhile to tho dignity of tn
,n structuro which ho IL patiently building for III
Rd Fla tlrowa now interest into this extraorllnar
st nomnouni OF brilliant intellect Rna petant
" ioppory. His Instinct olings to tho former, an