The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-11
AMUSEM ENTS.


The second appearance Of John Mccullough
| In Vlrglnius brought out q critical audience
at the Academy last night It Is source oi
pleasure TO our play-goers to sit before such
a Characterization. for In It's intrinsic merits
| II deserves more than passing notice The
Roman was never more faithfully presented
| than last evening by Mr. Mccullough. He
| wore the toga like Roman, and in bearing
was Roman throughout In the act where
| the frenZled father Stays his daughter, no
such au exhibition Of high art has been seen
here for years. The careful following Of the
| footprints OF nature. the easy grace In &C
| ton, and ths lack OF all mannsrism, made
the performance OF Mr. Mccullough one to
be- enjoyed by every student Of true art. As
| Virginia Miss Emma Stockman gave deli
cate representation, and was received with
applause In oil her acts.
| since Edwin Forrest, Americas greatest
| tragBdap, passed off the stage Of life, no lv-
actor has trod the boards that could lay
claim to having inherited his crown. But
| there Is an actor that next to Edwin Forrest
has no peer, and 1t Ia but justice to say that
Mr. Forests mantle appears TO have fallen
| on his shoulders. We refer TO John McCul-
Tough, that superb actor who appeared last
night at the Academy Of Music, in the grand
glorious performance will long linger in the
| minds of the audience which was com
posed of our very best society. r
| Mccullough was very enthusiastleall y
| received, and his superb rendition OF the
title role caused encore after encore. He was
| twice called before the curtain amid storms
| Of applause and smilingly bowed his thanks.
We have never seen truer Roman than NJ T.
Mccullough. His magnificent physique, his
noble bearing, his finely chisseed face, his
wonderful voice, which rose and fell like
| ocean waves on ths rock bound eoast, his fea-
| lures which speak volumes, and like q flash
| Of lightning iiluminates his face with fasCi-
Mating charm and mirrors his thoughts and
emotions upon the minds Of his auditors. All
these combine to make his impersonatlon
| grandy impressive.
| Tonight Hamlet will be given.
THE VARIETIES THEATRE.
Make people laugh and You have con-
quered them. This adage was illustrated in q
superlative degree last night at the Varieties
| Theatre the opening night Of the comedians.
Stuart Robson and W. II Crane, In the new
play Of "rhe Bachelors When we said that
it was m adaptation of Sardou's comedy Of
| LES Visux GareOns," we did so from incorrect
| information. and we hasten to acknowledge
our. error. Although It might be inferred
that the one suggested the other, the
plot, the incidents and the charae-
ters are entirely different. "Our iBdct-
elors" Is nirthfnI, rollicking comedy
/
cents, with u gossamer ike plot webbed
| however. with consnmate skill, the skill oil
the genuine dramatist. whose motto is muLtpm
| in pdrr0-who makes much out OF almost
nothing through iDexplicable talent. but
whose vehicle Of success is the iuterpreta-
/ ton OF his play by excellent comedians such
as are Messrs. Robson and Crane probably
the best In their line In this country. Since
the days Of Holland. Joe Jefferson,
Burton, DeBar, Sir William Don, and
a host OF others who have made
the thousands Of our people roar with laugh
| ter, VIC had not Witnessed such side-split-
ting performance. And what was peculiar
Was It's entire absence of broadne g. We
thought ourselves taken back to the bright
days OF joe Jefferson. when he was wont to
make us laugh until our ribs ached and we
/ had to leave the old Varieties before the per-
| Torrance Of Lend Me Five Shillings," when
there was such thing as refined faree-be-
cause the performers were refined actors. The
dialogue Of the play is delightfully."- humorous
and many OF the situations are overwhelmingly
| funny.
| Mr.. Robson comes back to us, after several
| years, AS finished artist who eschews trick
cry and commonplace effects. His associate
| Mr.. Crane, is comedian of the first water
| who Will be as much OF - favOrte In his new
| line as he was when he first visited us In the
| Oates Burlesque Opera Company. Misses
| Kate Forsythe, Alicia Robson, Fanny Francis
/ (all three handsome), and Messrs Dillon, Mar.
\ bic and Dunbar, are polite and clever artists
Inc play OF our Bachelors iS destined 10
! have long run, and 1t deserves it. IL drives
away the blues, please to take notice
| ST. CHARLES THEATRE.
| This theatre. owing to an unexpected dis
appointment, the determination OF the Geo
Knight Combination TO cancel all Southern en-
gagenents, will keep It's doors closed during
the week. On Sunday next, however, the Old
Drury will be again In line for public patron
age, with a new attraction, Of which more
will be said in due time.
| III the st. Charles needed any apology we
would add that this Is not the first time that
the management has been disappointed by
combinations which the manager had secured
at great sacrifice, and we make the mention
/ simply in explanation Of the absence Of some
Of the stars who should have appeared at the
theatre during the season.
wILHEMJ
This distinguished violinist will appear fol
the first time In this city ON Monday evening
next at GruDewald Hail. The season will be {
short one Of three nights and, possibly, mat
inee. Mr.. Wilhemi Is accompanied by Teress
Carreno, the handsome and ACCOMPLISHED
pianist, and Miss Kate l.. James, new prims
donna to these parts.
ST. Annals CHURCH.
An entertainment will be given this evening
at Gruneweld Hall for the benefit of ST
Annals Church. We are under obligations Il
the management for an invitation to b.
present.
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