, 1874-03-22
REVIEW OF ADJUSTMENTS.

FlCKEAa THEATHE%
The four weeks engagement of A1r. Edwin
Booth closed at Mcyicker's last night. In spite
Of the financial stringency OF the times, and
notwithstanding the unusually strong competing
attractions, the engagement has been remarka-
bly, successfal-in fact scarcely less so than Mr.
Booths previous seasons in Chicago where he
is heartily adzni1ed and thoroughly appreciated.
His appearances have been twenty-eight in all,
as follows: OUaello, three times, and Idgo once;
Hamlet, four times; Shylock, tlree times
Richard, twice; Richeliess, twice; PescarQ, in
The Apostate," " twice; B,suus, in John Hor-
ard Payne'a tragedy OF that name, twico; Bene-
dict in '.Much Ado About Nothing" twice;
Macbeth, twice; Claude Aelnoae, in "Tbe Lady
Of Lyons" twice; Don Cesar, on ce; Dertuccio,
in ''The Fools Revenge" twice. Financially,
his success has boen greatest in 'sOthello,"
Hamlet" "Merchant Of Venice" ''Rlchard
H." and R1che1ieu;" and the same mar be
said artiBticaly. In point Of popularity with
theatre-goers, Nr. Booth remains at the head OF
the histrionic profession in America, and it ia
creditnblo to Chicagos taste for the legitimate
drama that his ngements in this city are so
uniformly brillians and successful.
4 dramatic performance quito out OF the o1di-
narr r1nge Of stage productions il underlined
for McVlckers q this week. It is the dramatEa-
ton, BY Wlkie Collins, OF his intensely inter est
ing and widelT-read story, *'The Woman in
White,"' generally pronounced the most powerful
work Of that great master of sensation in plot
aud incident. 1t may ba fairly said that it will
be the first production Of ''The Woman ia
White in Chicago; or, at least, the first time
due prominence las been SO much as attempted
iu the extraordinary character Of Count Fosco,
fact, previous to tho complete rehabilitation
,Hhich the part received at tho hands OF the
Hutbo- for stage purposes it WIS Set down as
impossible to s'make ANYTHING out OF it,"
To be ut the same time enormously fat
Fosco vas originally portrayed in the novel. was
4 dramatic impossibility, and 80 the character
and the play have been modified By AIr. Collins
to suit stage requirements, aud greatly improved
WI Nol Reeve atssa sa Epesh 1e al aetof saes oi
high repnte in country where histrionic
celebrity is not chcaply nor easily acquired viii
make his first appearance in the character ct /!
Count Eosco. He coules With the very highest |
of the critics Of the Eastern
:ltics ns fine actor and thorough artist. He |
q said 10 be Of the Fechter school: a master OF |
,is profession, and the possessor Of the secret Of
ouching human emotions. The New York |
Tribune said:
MI Rceves performance WIS followed with lively |
interest and earnest admiration. It denoted . co!'-
rehcnsiye and firm Intellectual grasp Ct the character
t Count Fosno, and subtle iatuitiFe sympathy with
ent conceit, the grandiloquent lumor. the cat-ike
tealthiness Of mental motion, the suavty, and the
amouldering fire Of intense nalignity
are blended in this individual Mr.
eeveJ intellect f. 1nan{esuy, Of alert order,
act, vital. Sympathetic, and fed bra vigorous imag
st:on His voice Is fresh and bright; bis lndividu
y is unique aud pleasing his bearing is notably
ned and rery agreeable He used 10 stage frtcka to
n.5ap attention but, in Mood Of quie. power and
ont throu1h its expc.!ence He had not been eve
nutes On The stage before the presence fe: Of
9.al nature and dramatic artist Of the best school
-bec4uaa the school of simplicity. H4 several coz
es vers sp,ly exprezstve Of Foseos natute ne used
70 large st5la oi 3esusulatiup peculiar to the m.a;
ID ths acAGy at hts hands, hs tonah md has Hovs-