, 1875-10-23
M'ViCkER'S THEATRE,

M'ViCkER'5 THEATRE.
Riehtfieu is cue Of tho best assumptions OF
Mr. Mccullough. The spirit Of the crafty Car
t,lnal is JUDGED hard to comprehend, and harder
still to portray. II requires Of M actor what,
for uant Of q better phrase, may bo called tho
Intellectual quality. aud Nr. Mccullough has this
in 40 eminent degree. It ia strange, therefore,
that his fame should rcst chiefly upon hia phys
ical rexsona.ions. lie succeeded to these
as tho legitimate heir to Forrest, and.
slnco Forrest, nobody has baen found on
tlio American stage 70 successfully dispute
his superiority. Richelifu vas ono Of For
rests favorta par1s, and he won gsont diatlnction
in 1t. f1o was almost perfect there. and tho sus~
pioion that 4o WIS too much praised for bis rom
leang Of 1t, which Waa fow years ago qulte
common, hEs OF late years loat ground. hlr. Nc
Gullongh IL tho legitimate hor to Forests
Richelieu as ho is to hls physlcal parts; and we
are tuclined TO think 1t ts positive injustice
Which makes him great in fpartdcHs and only
good In Rteheliet 1io docs tie latter part hotter
thnn tho former.
Thero nro fow characters outside Of sShak-
srcaro more complex sl,an Ric'ctieu, or which
subto qualities. The guile Ut tho Primo Minis
ter soens occaeons to yield almost to tue ten~
| desneea OF father; but the guiic reappears
| again. an after an ecllpao. whom tho motlseH OF
| tue touchstono to tho character OF Richeliea,-
tho rcaaon why 1t IL 10 difficult to VlaY tolesaby
vol. II is su Instance Of double reelection; thv
| actor Ia required to represent au actor;
bn, as Mirror ~ .Dosa aSa ta,p nSt Up ws to nature [
fleots nature. Tho CARDINAL wears through
out an air OF insncority aud mocklng
dlabciie which is exceedingly difficult to ropro
dnce. His Bardonfc, cynical manner cal DO ensi-
ly initiated, but The uplris OF h1s mcditative and
reflective moods caa scarcely be caught at all.
Iio seldom, giycs way foelt.g, except when i,o
becomes rapturous over somo lofty and cold sb.
Htractt0n. ne ioyen tte State, and he loves linn
ural Affection for bis ward aud her gallant loror
is a mhttcr for serious doubt. Ills lnistrcsu, tho
I Church, ho certainly does not love, 10 fat le Ia
hypocrlte. His calculating moments, II tlloy
| may 30 70 called, whom ho Ia reckoning
to como, rovoal h!s ,tnan1Iabo characteristics,
| and throw into prumnence aud relief tho darker
sides Of his nature. It IL not surprising that
! olr. ,fcGu'lotgn does not completely graap sud
this. Ii IL, Indeed, n,attor for cougratulation
that he succeeds 10 vol. lIe catches the cYn.
] lcal manner perfectly. and in tho rceues where
towering paaeloh Is toqulraa he rises to tho full
anger, dlatrust, aro portrayed by him With great
| fidelity to nature. Ho eeems to fail, or At
| least to 10 in some measure deacIont,
| In the oppression VI that tndeacribablo spitit
nnchangeablo 11arts OF tho Cardinals nature.
| Mr. Mccullough Ia also ieas than groat In tho
moments Of plsfe contemplation, which arc ru-
markab1o toatureH Of the role. For instauco,
and tho rofec.lye psss.ge after tho exit Of
! Francois further on Ii the zane act, hasn bccn
better done In tLs city before. In such familiar
passaRes. howavor. AZ that 10 which Riehcliea
draws tho holy circle OF the Church about Julie,
and lids tetiancs to the emusaary q the King,
Slr. Mccullough waa excellent. His musin9
.nanuer Ia ordinary l,uea, aucL al
Huguet-! half susrect-hc bowu too low;