, 1877-01-21
The Concert Given by the Philharmonic
.Society-..0pening of Hershey
Music Hall.
The Farini Concerts. -Soirecs Of t1lo Mu-
sical College--.Second Essipoh
Season.
Local Notes.-The Singers Whereabouts
operatic Gossip Here and Else
where.
THE DRAMA.
CHICAGO.
MCCULLOUGH AZ EIcHEI1ET1.

D,,-o~h.5 ~. a.-.4: <1. -
oai"e nac TIE o1anlaI" laeu1t J, Il nc wa
not Always the same IN the use Of 1t, and hi
plags act "ell, however deficient they may bt
IN pure expression. There is deal Of fustiar
IN Alo1eEiea, which Mr. Mccullough exhibits il
mastery fashion, and there is light and shade
OF character which be is not always so happy in
'reath's. 1nefe IS muen TO admire in his per:
sonat1on, as IN all Ills acting: lie makes Riche
e.e" more tenoer ana sympathetlc than IS gencr-
a1s seen on tue Stage. Ills Cardinal has learned
toe prea1usness OF 4 daushter's love The
1tecftfste" OF Mccullough has another quail
ry which may recommend it to public IA
yo1, namely. sensitive and alI-coutroJ,np hon.
" which never even under the srrcrcst tsinpta- @
never in,i.lre l,n In h.sr a,tn Hs r,t,.ttn,
Is tf.o rxaIt1 ~ ,,sa commnn +;;- ~ ~ @
su:sfact;on. Ills nridc viii not ei1n,x hn n1a ~
s,oor ~ farors 49, ~. an,ar a'n 70
cc;,tns and imnnlses + ,.od he o1a, 1'1 pet
.s" ,,at ae ~ ~ Mou.u oe too 1nuen
,,a",..t..r !. IN -, ee.,eets rant .. tue
1on ot the pr rominent III OF tle s
11t ,he ~. f,,t that h;s puoc appronaon;
.,ui @ tae iact that nis pefsonatlon Is Individual
ias @ n,t ~ ~ Lay us as'seaole features: ne
fr , ~ 44ls ~ ,ns.dncc, COPIED 700 aeGaealy
.;,t ~ .onitu| :t Aue pia! WAS presented friday
uSnl VIII nuch cl'lrlencS. ar. 1horne was
@ escn as De ~ danrd1: anu Airs. Murdoch as Juie
~ ~ SEYMOUR, !a1heT Unexpectedly, appeared as
'+'e Au:s, a1h! Ar. Hotto as Lk ber7ngAe's-
AR A'cuLLoUGA's ENGAGEMENT,
as whole, has not been successful in anv eens-
H~hasn,a,,aa :. ..Ta.;n,e.... -, e1nee
No'to!anu' .ne'les h1cn-
''Richelieu.'' Not unnaturally "Richard ;,
which was given on Saturday nipht when the
tro5e 49," a,>s.,. W .ua, , Asnt' "nen tne
ssaeoa h,'t ] 49, nc" ne sue ueSt auo'enee o. Inc
'eaeon' out 'he mouse was 1or 1he most part
Nh hna )1xr sr{s-
of The various personatlons been Of nature to
evoke enthusiasm Nr Mcrn1,1,,nh - 1..,er
all over the conntrr as ,n ograaahfo r,axt1ea,
and finished scl,o1ar1v act5r P1', thn ai1In
atlatus has mt tonche3 lin Tfa,o oi ie ~ ~.
ing him by tho highest standards. DC is at Ills
pest in "othello," nVirgnius.'' and '@Riche-
4ha ee IN each ot these parts he falls shortof
is mechani,ly vcrv intcrestin.r hrt lrana4;ts,
" not So lis version OF .Corinlant,s ), is mt
ft to be seen @ on the stage: It is composed Of
FIT 1.,,eus " Sakspeate patchea out BY thomson
and the present play-called shakspeare's BY
!Mr: MeCui[oush-has several speeches taken
in particular has been affected by a1tcra-
tioDs Of this nature. Volun.uia, in the
Mccullough version, has long speech with
ner OF the catastrorhe has hccn a1tered and
there is NV H. ai,eurJ;t. ~ hn..ire1' ato ~,
11n1.o,a., cns. non .ue ausulultH ol nasnG Inc
~ s;iat. oeuass ssatea ~ tne gates oI kome,
a44u SHE'LL opeet1tote VI III Lnc ptoceedlnes al
Ieu4aut upon Inc sending OF the embassies.
drrd.us makes splurgc, in this version, i'm
meulattly upon the announcement of the Dur-
Dose OF Eoriolduus to Withdraw his forces and
the assassination follows close upon the {irst
event. The co1ppilation nusf, hs rcror5c1 as
m insult to the memnrr ~ Shoi-end3ra w
.,rn Yrono-o7 ~ hoa- ~ ~ ~ aNot,IatS. W.
-ho rarr;oe ,,sn1 -, e .n1 e%140e, hAat IL "is
ontnse 1'efa aseu ~ Fcos3esL, anQ many great
1@Gis @ oeAgIG h1n. so has Cul1eY Clbbcr's
ItcHafQ IL" done service Tor nearly two
centuries But the time is surely approaching
when it will do service in thaf
manner no Longer. The time has o]readv como
for consfeninr to a cnnvon;aI Gn1,o ~. 49,,
tjfated .t7.nr;olan,,c ;, ,r5;n1, AZ 9ICnt n III
h,s e+;11 ~ X. ,ea..a-; eA HA1- -'AeNu11ousa
~1 o Ae fo''eseton'
A'F1cFER AND BOOTH.
The following letter from Mr.. A5t:Vic1er s1,o,rr
thar his fo,t,,re :, M vi. ,..s ,'~ I.
:. ..A"s N4S 4o' .one III Ne" 1ofh mas been better
lnan reported in The TRIBUNE. We regret |
having been the innocent means If c;rr1,,,t;n1
>ho .to,.,n.,+. .at.-e. -
.oe eta.e1ne".s lc1e11cu 70, anu rejoice. Us all !
tue public OF Chicago will, to hear differently:
n The Editor Of he Tribune,
LfcErN THEATRE, NEW 1oRK, Jan. 1S.-Fre-
gnentiy, since have been mana ging the Lyceun
Ihcatre in this city, with Edwin Booth a. nv
my attention has been called to dra.
l;at'c gossip IN THE CHICAGO TntErSE tending to
laiare-that my loss had been great, etc.
Unwilling to believe theee - 'damnable hints and
1rabocal lnnusndocs" orlGinatcd with yon, |