The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-18
ADJUSTMENTS.


full house greeted the second appearance Of
John Mccullough In that favorite drama, The
Gladiator" As on the preceding evening. Mr..
Mccullough was forcible and full OF true dra-
matte fire. and gave to bis reading all those
nicetes OF shade which always characterizss
his acting. Mr.. Barron was elegant In his part
Phasarius, and showed how finished had been
his study He received frequent and warm ap-
plause. Tonight will be presented King
Lear" In which Mr.. Mccullough Is said to have
few equals on the American stage.
st. Charles Theatre.
We regret to say that Maud Muller" Is not
drawing as we'll as 1t might and should. The
play itself and the Interpretation OF the title
role by GenevIeve Rogers deserve better patron
age than 1t receves-but we cannot quarrel
with the public who pays for It's amusements.
However chaste and beautiful be the play how
ever charming and talented the actress. the
public require novelty. and that Is a quality
which the pastorale of Maud Muller" has
ceased to possess. Genevieve Rogers must
certainly have a repertoire from which she
may choose something new to our theatre
going people. and will attract. We hope and
believe that this exquisite little actress. who
has won the praise of thousands upon thou
sands OF her eountrymen. and defed the criti-
csms of our press will realizs our sincere
wish. that crowded houses will attend her fu-
ture performances.
wilhelmJ.
Circumstances beyond our control preclude
us from speaking ut length Of the first Of the
Wilhelm concerts. We must limit ourselves
to day to saying that the encomiums which this
artist has received everywhere In the United
States are not exaRgerations. He is beyond
question master of his art The mechanical
portion of his talent Is truly wonderful. Does
he lack In sentiment is question that we are
asking OF ourself.
The programme for the second Wilhelmj
concert to night will be as follows:
l. Faust Fantasia (Lstz). ........ Mme Carreno.
Q. Aria from Roberts tMeyerbeerl. "
3. Concerts in E minor (Mendessoh ohm Wi6elmj.
a a. Minuelto tBocherini- Dulke9)
b. March from the Ruins Of Athens.
Beethoven RubInstainl. Nine. Carreno
s. Why Are the Roses Red2 (Melnotte): -.
Miss Kate l.. James
7. Tarantele IN. Rub nstein) :. Nine. Carreno.
8. The Maid o Dundee tGi ,bsrt)
Q. Othello Fantasia ERNST ........... Wilhelm
The DrOmiOs.
Shakespeare's Comedy OF Errors" as
played at the Varieties last evening" should be
properly called by the title Of this notice. The
burden Of entertaining the public rested
entirely upon Robson and Crane. " the Dro-
mios." with apparently an utter disregard of
the importance OF the other parts. especially
the leading ones; those OF the Antipholuses
and OF Adriana. An eclipse OF the sun by the
shadow OF the moon. Considering the
performance even as a Robson and Crane affair
1t was only the same old conventional Dromios.
whilst we had been led to expect something new
In the way OF conception or even OF action. Yet
let 1t not be understood that we wish to convey
the idea that the performance wes an inferior
one; far from 1t. and barring lack of smooth
ness, incidental to a first performance 1t was an
excellent treat-always considered from the
traditional and tominous word) conventional
standing point IL feature there was In the per-
fJrmance, 1t consisted In an excellent effort on
the part of Crane to initiate Robson. There
were many curtailments. some Of which were
absolutely necessary. whilst others, we appre-
bend. were accidental. 1t short let US ask that
the management and Dillon. Coulter and Kate
Forsythe shall hereafter. with Robson and
Crane, play the Comedy of Errors" and not
simply The Two Dromios." Did we say that
Alicia Robson was charming as Luciano? We
say 1t now. at all events.
Blind Tom.
The entertainment given by Blind Tom last
evening was well attended. This Ius,ls nature
will continue his performances at Odd Fellows
Hall during the entire week.
The Roach Concert.
The talk Of the town is the coming concert
for the benefit of Mrs. Annie Mclean r zach,
which Is to take place On Monday next at Odd
Fellows Hall. The affair will be one OF the
events OF the season.