The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-25

PEBLic AHrsEHEN4l- F5Ffs I" Pinatoss."
Arthur sdlliTLn's sparkling OPEN, Pima
ioFe," EAs produced q the 0psfS HouSs
last night b. a. 0pefa COMPANY under
the mGnGeamant d NF, John 7. fofd, d
the Baltimore, Philadelphia and Waah.
ihglou theatres There EnS . fair audi.
ebcs present 70 enjoy the excellent peF.
Torrance Of the Ford C0mpany-n0i %
many, by 3 LARGE majority" = Shoud
have been there, - both The opaFG and
The company producing it are worthy Of
more recognition upon the part Of the
public. Our people, however, have been
rather SUBJECTED with GmuSemsnI recent.
| ly, which may account Tor the she Of IL,
nights audience.
The audience WA enthusiastic, and the
neat parts Of the OPEN we're Gpplaudsd
with spiHit and earnestne1s, and won many
enootes. The acting and singing were
both good, the make upS," clever, the
stage setting elaborate, and with these de-
tails carefully looked after the perform.
Gnce passed Cd with aInOothnesI and hRF.
monY. There are several Ans solo singer
in the company, who won golden opln.
ions from the audience, and soon eStab-
ilshed Themselves - iEVorissG. The
chorus, too, WAS GboT6 the average Of
travelling trouPes Of The kind, containing
q number Of good voices.
This is the fsl time "Plnaiore" has
been put on the stage in Wheeling BY !
professional company, aud We believe that
the audience present last night will en-.
dorse Us In aAylng that Il was an unqulli.
hed success.
OItlio.--John Mccullough tonight At
the Opera House In "0thelIo," one q
ShRkeapeares greatest tragedies, and one
in which this drst Of American tFaRedlanI
eKcels. He Is supported with Charles
Barron, as EG1o, and the following power.
tul catalogue Of artists who compose hls
company: MessH. John A. Lane, Il, A,
LanRdon, John ?. sutton, Willis Page, II
9. Barton, Q. W. Vance, r. A. shewell
W. A. Mcconnell, Frank Lane; Misses
Emma StockmRn, NJ. Augusta Foster, Ellis
Wren, Virginia Thorn, NittenS Wiilstt
Agnes Worth and Lily Jackson. While, Of
course, this support Is much, yet Ii Il
mainly TO seq this great actors version oil
Cfhfild, and Ar, bAEroAI al Ian, thai
will, we feel Sgra, all the house tonight
TO-mOrrow night will he rendered Richard
| III. OF Mr. MCCullouRh'G yerSStility, m
greatness, the New York H,rad avs
at is Mr.. McCullouRhs strong person.
ality that inyades, or rather perYGdes, ali
he does, and that gives TO al his charae.
tehEStl9ls the essential dignity Of man,
hood. When We sFs tIred Of @Rnnerisu
and stilLed ateCtatiOn, such acting a. this
virile with strength and glowing with lie
shAmes the coIorlsss creations Of the
schools. No other actor has 20 fully inter
preted the old Roman life As Mccullough.
He wears the togA as though It vas bis
by right; his CLASSIC Isee and depth oil
voice would not have shGmed the aoblssl
OF them all. There Is massiysnRss, FepoSa
dignity, GIhdued tenderness and intense
realism In bus representation OF iuch CO.
lossal characters as 0tbeltl and HrpiDlls
Mccullough has tie versatility that no
longs TO greatness, and gives US alike vi
wildly the pathos Of L,aGF, the passion o.
OlsliO, the cool purpose oil lG5O, and thu
introspection Of Hdmla. And undertaking
the keen intellectual insight, and the
grace and finish OF his acting, Is tina
broad feeling Of kinship for humanity, tina
innate human goodness and sympathy
which is the secret Of his power"