National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-12-02
ANUS EN- ENTy,
National rheatro-John Mccullough.

| NhttOn0t IneHtro-JOhn MCCULLOUGH.
"The Gladiator was presented before an i'm
mense audience last evening The character OF
Spdrtdcs Is one sure of popular sympathy, not only
because 1t is the embodiment Of rebellion against
| tyrannioal oppression, but because in II pre-
served those genter traits of domestic affection and
tenderness for the weaker that soften the asper-
loughs representation Of the part is Of grand pro.
portions. In 1t he rises to nobility OF action and
utterance which almost lifts the character out OF
| us proper sphere, He makes Spdrtdcus nobler
being than even the author conceived Of him, and
the spectator Is almost impressed with the belief
than reality. Fred b. warde's Phasari"s was a
splendid companion picture 10 the principal char
acter and proves the great versatility Of this tai
onted young actor In his irst meeting with Spar
| tdcts, and still more in the scene where he claims
the captive Julia as his booty. his acting wns
singular strong and impressive. while his recital OF
audience TO the very heart The remainder of the
company did not have an opportunity TO special Y
one OF McCullough's greatest successes, will be
| presented with strong cast.
| Lincoln Hall" Pinafore"
Since "Pinaiore' was first heard in this city, II
has never-well, hardly ever-had better inter-
pretatlon so far Us the musical part thereof is con-
cerned Than that given 1t by the combination Of
the colored church chors of this city, Mt Lincoln
| Hall last evening. Some allowance mnst be made
i for little awkwardness In the acting Of some of
the participants, for II was the first performance
and one by amateurs. AS TO the singing II deserves
| the very highest commentator. Miss Lena
Miller who took the part of Josephine has me22o.
| sOpIHnO OF considerable compass, power ana Cnltl-
walton, and the purity Of its tones made the sofest
| pidniSsinO audible I'm every purt of the house.
Miss Matte Lawrence, representing Buttcrcup, is
the fortunate possessor of Il fine contralto voice,
wei trained and used with great skill and Miss
sallie wall was was very insinuating H,be. Mr. X.
w. Tompkins, as Ralph, produced QUITE sensation
| by tie rare purity of his tenor voice, and Mr.. Cole
was splendid Captain COrcOrdn. Mr.. W. !. Benja.
min gave us an excellent Dick Doddcye and Mr.. q,
oo serious n gG yHy SGSd e
adD was one of the features of the performance.
| Inc chorus was excellent The opcrn will he re.
pcatcd this evening, when Miss Mile will take the
part Of Battercup, and Miss Lawrence chat of
Josephine.
| Romcnyi.
This wonderful violinist is advertised to appear
at the National Theatre next Sunday night in II
grand sacred concert The Philadelphia Mirror
OF the 10Th says:
"Edounrd Remenyi the Hungarian violnist,
Charmed large audience at the Academy of
Music Thursday evening, November 20. lie first
themes ofthe Huguenos. for the encore he played
one OF MS own arrangements of a sontn. He next
played Si romSnza in by Beethoven barcaToe
melodies. Finally, after brilliant operate. sonata
and ballad compositions of noted meStrocs Re-
| menyi delighted his hearers with some of Paga-
MINIS Mephstophelan violin studies performed in
mastery style. For an encore he gave pagunins
| carnival OF Venice" with variations. Professor
Julian Heiilze was the hceompnnist Mrs. Emma
| Thurston soprano, and Mr.. Edward De Celle,
tenor We're several times brought before the eur.
| tain by cIc0Tcs.'
Theatre CONTINUE.
| The popular appreciation of the enterprise con.
stahtly manifested by the malag cement OF the Com
ique was never mory fully attesied than last even
lug when the spacious theatre was crowded from
top to bottom The bill presented features of un.
usual excellence, all of which were greatly enjoyed
by the delighted audience. Miss Katc Good6ll In
her great drama, ''rhc Prairie Flower" proved
herself an actress of no common order and her eX.
cellent acting was appauded TO the very echo. The
variety performance was more than in keeping
with the vocal excellence in this department, and
the entertainment this week is one thut must be
satisfactory TO the most exactinn