, 1877-05-01
ADJUSTMENTS.


MISS ANDERSON AS MEG MEhRl-
LIES.
'tGny Mannering'' WAS presented at McVfcker's
Theatre last night with the usual in respect to
stage setting, with toIerably efficient cast in
tolerably bad music, and new Neg .AerTilies.
The interest Of the performance centered, Of
course, In Miss Andersons impersonation OF the
weird Gypsy character, which has heretofore been
identified in the popular estimation with the fame
Of oue-or at the most OF two-celeoratcd women.
It would be impossible to speak OF Neg with
out recalling the memory, still fragrant,
Of Charlotte Cushmnn; but we do not pro
pose at the present TING 70 institute
d comparison necessarily 30 unfair a. one between
her and Miss Anderson must be: Gashnan aa9 y
it shortly belors her death must always i'm
press as finished product. Miss Anderson Is not
yet out OF her teens: her Neg IL etill unfinished
lines grand charactcristic* original that 1t is
in the highest degree creditabe to her and fresh
closely from any Of her predecessors She is
more aGectonate and tender than Cushman; less
weird and awful than Waller. Il she e1alts any
love for the young Bertram. The conception In
this respect IS marked for fidelity to nature as
any that has preceded 1t. The general idea Is the
that presented by Cushtnan: popular sympathy
would revolt against any absolute departure from
tradition in the pers0nation OF character 20 ta-
n1i1iur this; but In all that goes to make the
character, aside from mere e1ternals Miss Ander- =
eon shows the fruits Of close and Intelligent study
duces an appearance sufficiently hideous, con-
ecicntious1y sacrificing every charm she possesses
to the requirements Of the part 1t 's marvellous
that. even with the urt Of the stage at her COM
mand, Bhe Gun accomplish SO close an imitation Of
her Older and less comely predecessors Her enun-
cAton Is very cear and mustcal: : her tn1onatlons
sSe n sa hs5 n
tSas' ti%ss Rsads her to forget t4s snafactsE
tones. f}e1 dying is not 30 terrible a. hat
OF Mrs. Waller, who in this surpassed even Cnsh-
man. Nobody ever did know how to die more
rattle in her throat, and brought the very presence
Of death in counterfeit upon the stage. Mlsa
Ande'son Is hero tame and ins
for the character. We can only regard her acting
Of -Aeg Us marvel for one Of her yeass and e1pe-
hat sse Of at Which ~ IN %s5peeF TS
unevenness Of It initiates against any enthusiastic
opinion OF It's merits az whole. There
other @hs s' eharactefs ' BY the = substitution Of
Miss Don-a charming actress in light parts-for
Miss Carroll as Jnlia AaaneTing. and by appear
Dinmont az Mr. o'Neil Mr. Hardie, or even Mr.
johnson; and the named gentleman is now
also, we miss Mr.. Kainford from the part Of
Don,inis a1apto"; which IL now badly taksn :1ty by
GI0ssaa by half az Mr. Seymour was. Mr.. Rowe,
however, Ii the best Dirk ua:ferick seen here In
years. The MAY ran heavily amt With none mis-
aps last night; 1t will be repeated TO night aud to-
morrow night
THE RICH1NGS-DERNA OPERA.
The Mchings- Bernard troupe commenced its
weeks season Of opera at uayerlys Theatre last
evening with the performance Of 'MaEitana" " to
very fair audience. The troupe has been thoroughly
recognized since its laet appearance here, and now
numbers many new faces among the leading people,
and many decidedly old ones In the cho Is some OF
them having done duty In the harness in italian,
French En.lish, and German opera ever since opera
was known In Chicago. The cast OF the opera, 30
far the principal parts concerned, included
Mrs. Bernard in the title role: Mrs. Hattie Moore
AZ LazQrit!0: Mr.. Bcnttz a. Don joe; and Mr.
Harry Gates. one Of our ante-dfe tenors. us Don
Cosar. Tho less said Of the chorus the bet
and the double bass end decidedly eccentric and
ainless The whole interest Of the performance
centered In the quartet1e struggling against TIC OBJ
lightly and kindly and it il Impossible not to SYM
pathize with this indomtable little woman as she
strives 20 determfnedly to please, and virtually
Is as earnest forcibic, dramatic, and lmpulsiye as
ever, and worthy Of better support Mr. Be-
nis the bass, is bu, mediocre; Miss Hattie Moore,
light contrato, with fair voice, good presence,
and considerable dramatic intelligence. Mr. Gates
The ballad, s'LiSe Soldier Fail,'' which carried
OF an encore. Since he left us he has learned
very much in dramatic businesa very little In
musical, although his voice is - strong resonant,
and telling rs ever: in fact his high voice IL su-
puEb. lie sings nevertheless, in his old style.
with little idea OF the opcratlc method, andy
w M sefa auan: a sad % hs s: So
hcmi1n filrl9f will be given.