, 1874-09-28
AEluSEMEHTS.

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AMUsEMEurs
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,A1o -. .,'" At AooLEYs.
Inc secona OF Tic series Of weekly ronrcsouta.
tions Of shakapcarean tragedy At Hootey,s Tho.
afro waa gtvon Saturday nj ght to an ovorioxIna
Ja',1,a ronsn,, ~ eatt,,,s ae'lo' 1hero was
H. uouoio to"noa ~ anticipating ouch house.
1uo 4eaaln6 RUS ~ o"u III Which Mr. 0Nolt hns
already played with married. SUCCESS, while tho
caat included the now favoritcs, Mr. Mnr;,ns,,
o,,d M i7r,r. IN Tin no1s rogna,,., a., n.soocn
Aaa s "1a .,,s sr;' 1aes,a'o'S .1asS OF ldgo
anu t'oaeIt9o' "t''e 1a'sS 11""1horno played
DcsIcm0na.
Tho cnst raH IN unusually atrouc onc tsn,o-
fore. for fo,y star actors can nlay 0hr,o }.,ta.
49, ~. n,Na;, 1s,i,. ~. ,,t,,,.s ."o ps''or
sa]a - s4, "nA. 49, o.o. rae'e "olo
potaor loproaohseo t.an ~, 10 usuat'y 'ne ceso Tho
and hung upon ths liuea with an a.tentpenoss
only too rara In C,fcaao Tbov voro randy Vii,
onn,nuaa ~ tS. ,snn,a;..t 1os.r;r,t,e.s ".sa
ns nsp~s.", =. .n' o",4ee. ''' 1oee1on' ana
aao"ofeu It with sucl lavish generosity as to
| oonBcquouoo was worry spirited and cuioyab]a
| porformauco.
W. h,v, snoso, ,,.,.. =, 7,. ,o-1o,., arm.
II onls be '"no" s.s,, Jotofe .. mf ses ot"so.
strictly original conception, but it IL an Inlta.
| tho traditional usages Of a croat n,n,,v syt;sis
Il is ro,narkahls fur a very delicate hnndlinr az
! light mud shade, for witlo range of c1nrcss5nn
and for the doepeut osfect in tho ton1cr ~ syn1
e. tho Btormor moods. It 1s nor freo IRON, in.
perfootionB, and tl,rsc arc mainly exaqeorationB
| OF manner and action takou from othnr actorr
! who hare heen great in tho r,art. T,crc
is loss Of that perpetual strai,,nr ~
| too much which sometimes mara lila aSt;.st,s
| reading OF them fn any other part ho pjays. and
consequently it ls more FREQ from that afsfsront
trono and misdirectod effort. Ills 0ihe'lo IL =
very good mud Intelligent pooo Of acsiag, WITH
creator experience aid doepcr at,,1y Which vii
round and polish 1t, tnoro Is roason to baIioyo III Il
will DO great.
Alr. Murdoch played Iago with that perfcct
caro and aolf-containnlont Which arc tho pima
characteristics Of all hia .cations. uiu Iago il
not tho xcrpontine.. cold, crafty demon which
Mr. 3sg nG9 20 'a sais l I,'ras nof'raTs e iutses
into bis mischief Which, Wills thoy rob tho st part
Of it's intensity Of eTil, bling il nearer to tho
other characters in tho pioco, aud, therefore.
into moro pe1coptible accord. Hfs roading nas
admirable, a. it alHags is. It is not often that
docs, and It ID not to bo woud5iered Al that the
audience desired (witlout obtainingl RI, encore
OF the slanZa. "Ihon let tho cEuliikin clink.h
Mr Ghston cut 4 very sorrv tiguto NJ Cas-
sio. Tho part MAS not heayy ono, but
Mr. CASTOR was evidently unfamiliar with
its leading pointH. Alr. Salisbury
should hayo been cast for it, It is too impor-
sant m elomortt Of tho tragedy to DO rologated
to m inferior artist whilo it Is possible to assign
1t to ono Of calibro mud character. lIr. Crauo
fought very llard not to 10 funny as ItQ1eriqQ,
but Htilo ti,oro was positively nothing to s,nllo
at mud much to approve In his acting tle audi
once could not follow him without q Yory asfor/
inclination to laugh as usual.
Miss Hawthorne played tho part OF Dasdsnon3A
easily. It is not . difficult part for 10 thorough
an artist, md she mastered it easily. She Nn7
very happy in her appearance and dressing IN.
inlpartod moro indiTdual character u tho pa1..
than wo usually eeo, for the rcason that nho IL 4
better loading lady.
Miss Gallo playod En.ilia NTH satisfactory cara
and dlssnctnesa. and juHdaod tho belief that
when called upon to do any acting ahp was ready
to respoud
Tho minor parts woro not as efficiently played
as re should like to 500 them. It is true that
they require vory large md Atroug
company, but this matter should be
attended to. HooloS'a Theatre ia now
recognized by Chicago people Us posseBalng the
best atock company west Of New YORK, aud ia
heartily supported. There can be no c1ouae,