The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-26
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taken collectively. the performance was n re-
,rect ,ble and effective one. 1t moved smoothly
+, Won A rrnat deal of applause by its several
crises and It's plentiful display OF the individual
,c,uliarities and talents Of the three players.
and il marked with the emphasis OF n large and
r-.onapt event the rounding up OF an epoch in
Mr. Warir's career
Mr. NrCullough's Britt,ts naturally attracted
he most attention II s massive character
,,,,ion. distinguished Ivy its breadth rather than
h, n height for Mr. Mccullough IL an actor
who realizes rather than denli2rs. To call his
g,ai,s perfect would be- doing great injustice to
he art which Mr.. VI Cullough ia endeavoring
10 master and hardly any one with the smallest
amount Of discrimination would generalizo in
that re- klrss manner
rs inv rfrctions. however. proceed from AZ
fluent but undsciplnod impulses, not from the
dearth Of them. and in such u case everything
Is to h, hoped for the player.
PACED hy the side OF an actor like Mr.. warie,
John VI Cu,lough appears to advantage. for Mr..
Warle IS irredcemably bad when he is bad ut
SILL
One novor expects him now to outgrow the
drawng lamentation of his upper voice
His pathetic defamation il exactly that Of the
frontier parson. 1t has the whang doodle clang
the msubrious seventh Day Baptist efficacy
Moluation there IL none. Emphasis thcro is
To-, mu'h-it is all emphasis-a high pitched.
unbrokrn howl. with unnecessary tears In IT,
more arllh 'ial and studiously mechanical de-
ehlmor have not known.
In Jane Eyre" he failed absolutely rs lord
Rochester: WAS almost guyed. Az Antonv he
81 ceeds because heroic tragedy permits n GER
tain amount Of artinciality in expression.
An actor so locked up and hardened In his
own faults makes US regard tho plastic McCul-
Tough with tenderness. We almost feel like
calling him tlc V rgin Tragedian. II he have
No. all accomplishments. he suggests all posi-
t.ities ior he is ductie.
am In lined 10 regard John as the coming
man Observe. do not think he has entirely
arrived NJ yet. II the rhapsodsts do not spoil
him with gush he will sooner or lator achieve
real greatness.
With the squirt OF Shakespeare at Booths. and
a'ug tive strain OF opera at tho Academy. the
season may be said TO close. The eye can find
no other event worth resting upon-unlcss il DO
Theodore Thomas's experiment at summer
gardening.
Curously enough we take to music in tho
summer in preference TO drama. and Mr..
Thomas this year has the monopoly Of the bust
ness. The initial concert. given last night. WIS
noscenti present. bu, all the philistnes as we'll.
and the rehabilitated garden looked indeed
Ike parterre and with the strains Of Strauss
and the murmur Of voices must have sounded
hopeful enough even to the managers
Let us not risk any predictions at present
Thomas has got to prove to us that the summer
dlers prefer string band to brass band. and
that the attempt OF an avowed cosscist to give
he populace what it wants will be more accept
Able than that OF romantic bandmaster.
One thing is In Mr.. Thomas's favor-he has
made himself the fashion. To 20 and hear
Thomas is at present the thing" II fashion
Is operative in this city In the dog days he Ia
safe.
have fancy OF my own-mark you II ia only
hiancy-that Thomas has no notion whatever
Of what people want at a summer garden. His
effort always has been to make these idle occa-
sons subject 10 all the rules and restrictions Of
formal concerts.
Such il not the true German idea Of garden
Such il not the taking idea that will make the
Hippoirome a summer rendezvous. The set
thing is TO be avoided IL the popuace is TO be
caught II goes 70 such place less TO think
about the eXcellences OF a programme. and the
good taste Of the conductor than to see who is
H. re-. 20 enjoy a cool t6te- a-t5to 10 hob not
over friendly glass Of beer. to feel the contact
n a pleasant crowd. to watch the faces to eos-
~ with acquaintances. TO pick M the town
news. to see itself in motion. Music Of de-.
hei0us. sensuous. and breezy kind should be
poured all over the scene without interfering
with II. II ought 10 be the new atmosphere, in
which the visitors might exist for while
eated or Gained. breathing it, but unconscious
Of lis elements. In such place the more chat.
Ter the better for the multitudinous tones Of the
people fl themselves to the music They do not
disturb il.
II. on the other hand. people arc expected to
81 bolt upright in their seats and watch the
c.Hln tor; If they are regured;s 5rng their
3D. tyllra powers with them and listen rksome-
y, not daring 10 smile for fear OF disturbing the
conductors plan; II beer that Is poured out ad.
hFni cannot be euzzled ana glasses clnked; if
one mus not walk about with his girl for fear
o. the Allegro or ALPHABETICALLY. one will much
rhher ~ 20 the Atlantic Garden. and be hanged
70 Ttomae.
The summer garden presupposes certain
summer license. 1t is built on the idea that
amid hois'orousness and gentle looseness Of
demeanor are allowable; that music stimulates
YOU accept ii without too much thought. and
mat IL Il good only when II does stimulate
sun garden has never up TO this time been
possible upon large scale in New York.
Inc Central Park Garden was an anomaly. I,
embodied Two antagonstic principles. and they
ur'oured each other. Ii presented the impossi-
pe spectacle for a while OF select and decorous
concerts trying TO defy the garden with which
Hey were surrounded and by which they hoped
"su''eed. Thomas tried to cocrce respect for
W' music hygetting mad when the people avail
raWemscv"s Oi the privileges he had provided
"e made the mistake which few Germans
uaNe-oi supposng that chatter meant disre-
sIert.
never does in a garden whatever 1t may
uvHh IN concert room.
o'her attempts have boon made. with no bet
II VI SUCCESS to bring all classes OF people to-
II S.'"er under the influence OF music. But the
II 'SHaes Ia THIS city are too strongly marked
WI" would be allowed in the music-loving
GERMANS would be dangerous in the Deputy
'"erfs The gentle looseness OF one means
"M'lhing entirely different from tho gentle
Il W.seness Of the other
Hl' above all else. believe that the failure oi
- We Wor'hl"r attempts to provide popular
Au''' Is attributable to the tact that the people
~ made to believe they must apprehend the
--''' rs an enrolling duty. and not accept II as
"hsuous delight. Instead OF going and
\ ~ '7"'hg IN It, they commence TO crticise II