, 1877-01-14
Madame Essipoff and the De-
Iightful Concerts She
Has Given.
The Chicago Philharmonic Society,".
Concerts by Signor Farini---
Hershey Hall.
Where the Singers Are---Operatic
G1eanings from Two
He1nispheres.
CHICAGO.

A1A1 DAeA-na"
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CHlCAGO.
oTuELLo.
1t was during the days OF the old Opera
House, when Edwin Forrest and John MeCul
Tough were playing 0fhetlo and Iago, that THl
TRIBUNE iound occasion to hestow high praist
upon the latter. Its opinion then was thai
there hao been many better Othetos here, but III
better la9o. Time now brings the conclusion
that there have been few better OiAe|lo
| or lagos than those presented at McFick
er's Theatre friday night Dir. McCullough's
ot'telo is all that the part eau be in thcaecpine
of an actor possessing less than tue highest
dramatic genius. Every situation shows care
ful conception ot tho character and long ex
per1cnce OF the stage. There was at no time &
failure to bring out clearly the meaning of ever,
line. Indulgence may even be found for the oc
casional tamcness OF Mr.. McCullough's action
for this tameness is in large degree compare.
tive 1t Is only less th2n the whlrlwind
Of Salylnfs rage. The error is unqucstionably
! on the right side. II more had been attempted
and not achieved, the result would haze beer
disastrous Therc is m American octor ,r;t1
11n"l,, ~ ~ "e'oA VITA
"hom Mr. MCCULLOUGH needs 10 lear compar'
tson in the part OF 0MeIo- Almost as much
might be said of Mr. Thorne's lago but for the
danger of appearing extrayugant, and for the
eatlen'e pfooapn!ts li,al' "s Ill., lnorne was
little known before he came here, many
lagos as good as his may be now lingering il,
obscurity. Mr.. Booths high fame in the mart is
also too well established to be tlissipatcd in dav
.s sT. T.C,uo,,-, .,;,,,>a, ~ .at 49,. - 49, a-'
al'o At. "eSu41ou:.n ul'nsei Is nv se' p'epareo
to concede the palm OF superiority to anybody.
We shall not, therefore, venture to say that
Mr. Thorne's Iago is. the best in tho
%ofla' or III alneraca' OF IN the United
states, OF III ulino1s' IL 1eiattee
statement must be made, perhaps
it will be sufficient to say that Thorne is the
hest laao in the county when Booth and Me-
Ce.u. - s ~. "A1
Sui'ousn ase a"a3. ou1 1uc.e - ~ feasoh "n5
comparisons should be instituted Speaking
absolutely and by the card, let it be known that
Mr.. Thorue's personatiou deserves the most
resoectf,,i consideration. He need mt hc afraid
.-esa.4 - - o-o s~;.,.s, .s.s,a.a1a
~ Piesea' ~ oe1o'e i A'o4e e.ltNs1i aualenec
than TINT which he encountered Friday night. 1t
was finished down to the smallest detail land was
noticeable narticr1larly fur it's sruoothucss nnd
consistency. its plausIbity, its fine contrast of
a fair outward t1emcaDor with dcyilish malig-
nity of sn;rit. its ouictness, its ncdtatireuess,
md the t.ntrtrr of snr;t that ncryoiici It.
Inoo is q f;ne mart and The actor That nerson-
ates it tolerably always makes Oihello struC-
Fle for his IaurtlS, Notice how large q
sshore of the sfovr Loo til,s In tie nres.
ent acting version he has the fall
Of the curtain upon him three times. The a1-
.I mnen u .uI pias a ,,i1 ' :; a1 80 o. ~
sn,,,o i'.gran w;th siccessini in.nrrsonat;on of
03,oilo. There have been man Iauos, but few
Oihe4los It may be observed, moreover, that no
actor mas vel beeh aug 10 pEaS o>th pat3S u Tue
paollc sati5laeIlo,': NY ate essenenals us,
one actor cannot combine them. The
massive simplicity Of OtaeNo and his
passionate nature arc !lls cile1 charaGterlstlcs,
Tue one ieeons arn gr,' S;,ps ~ ~ @ o'nvl, r
',,nnin1 and ncrfert controi Of lis intellectual
forces. The exhibition VI Otltello's character on
the stage demands the boldcst treatment and
the most pronounced ELECTS. la9o, on ihe
o[er nan ru of %,t art. na;t nn,s,,a1
:. at ,'orso-s = Shorsnaarcse drama
~ ~ tnc Ia!,u' ~. - ~, t'.,,' VI aI;,to anonn ~
w aSsoi III t 4a:.s nf L11o:s sn;r;t rnnrro1iv
.,. ~ ~ ~ no,rn, r. chow, III r,@rrd mniesty
Il: ~ Mot sne ~ pJne ~ - oisa tss w
OF oueto, anu LIZ .Sset th - ~ .so r. rt 1ains
!loS, luefe!oe, tt!.1 ''t .''. .e ,,,a ~ hsr;n%
1y tne =: ussI: ~" ;taI,,o-aa 10 -,
lne paIts " u.so 41HI ,'st ~. +hat j.. o,a ~.
~ 1os ,fnct;r t,sn ;o the ntSar
..,~I ,,..ra thor,s ;S e., jtt1 efTert;rcncss whr
not make the most Of thu resources that tan be
:ommandeds
coR1oi.AScs'
Nr. Nctu4Aouen nilsns W set.'uo.s ola'"eo
[or Ills mlspronunciat1on ol the ute oi pay III
which ne nssomeo TO interpret 1ne p1n'e'pai
part but Tor the 1act 1',at 20 It" pefsons were
present at Tue performances ~ u a''s'eu =,
I'LL. 1here Is uo aulnol.ts 4oi p4o
ug lie acccnt- oh 'ae p'e'an'e
3cnultimate@ anu there aouhoan1