The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-20

drama, is the fountain head the school ofthe
, atricals There the greatest dramatic geniu
that ever shed his light on stage or onhuman
ty, indeed, light that shines dow
through more than two centuries
the immortal Shakespeare, failure a
an actor, still was pre-eminent as a play
right and portrayed human nature in al
its phases. The human nature of then AM
of now, We say that in London the acto
is measured by his correct standard, Tn
dramatic critics cf that city spare not
neither do they know men or women say,
for what they are worth in the portrayal
they essay. Many god and goddess of thu
buskin that we have raised to thrones il
America have gone to England but to bl
tumDled down to the rank of napkin-icrk
crs and dish-washcrs Even oul
great Booth who as Hamlet as Richclieu
as Lear (the man who can portray the Lear
OF Shakespeare wears the sceptre in his
tronlc realms We have elevated to the dig
nifty ofroyalty tsclfin so far as thcatricals
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English hearts and English critical minds
and never fully succeeded. He never won
n crown Of laurel all of green leaves for rus
set ones protrude all through the chapet
he bore back with him. This cannot be
said Of the English dramatic gods who
have come to America. MaCrcady of
some years gone by, Kean, Irving and 9TH
crs we might name with Adelaide Nelson
and other goddcsscs carried this country by
storm, and they merited all they achieved.
Mr. John Mccullough was in Europcat the
same time with Mr. Booth. His success
was on the debit side of the ledger, both
pecuniarily and in fame, A fortunate pur
chase OF pools on lroquois made him So
OOO and another on Foxhall in the
Grand PriX at Paris made him an
other hand some sum- and thus he
made both ends meet without drawing on
his private cxchcquer. In the matter of
fame and glory, while he did not bankrupt
himself with our beef.eating cousins the
cncomiums and the plaudits he won did not
fill columns of the morning papers, nor
shake the walls of the theatre where he
Numbered forth his tragedy. In Phil
adelphia, his native place and
where his first efforts were made,
he is prime favorite, and IL is but natural
that he should be. The St. Louis Post Dis.
patch is in an ecstacy over Mr.. John Nc
Cullough, who has been playing for some
days past in st. Louis, but tho Post-Dis-
patch is newspaper tangent. When ii
does not go Off in straight line in one di-
rection from almost everybody else, il
goes of in another direction. The actor
or actress who meets the appreciation
OF the critics and of the public in his or her
professional work, is sure to meet with the
censure ofthc Post-Dispatch and to a Ger
tain extent, vice versa. The paper is al
ways interesting, always newsy, always ri.
quaint even to the extreme of piquancy-a
sort of Maunsel White pepper sauce. Pes
simistio in all things II sees no good where
even angels would be content, cynical-as-
sumed we are inclined to think-the sour,
the NORWOOD ana galI OF this short respite
OF l'ie 1aundices all things, Combative it
taxes issue always with the stronger side, 1t
says OF Mr. Mccullough: John McCul-
loush' the greatest OF American tragedians,
whose home laurels are twined with leaves
OF English oak-trophics of his recent
triumphs in the land where tho dra-
ma was cradled-will tonight begin
an engagement at the new Grand opera
house, opening in "Virginius' and appear.
ing in a round OF legitimate roles which he
has done more to endear and familarizo to
us than any other actor Of tho present day.
Atypc OF perfect manhood, gined with |
rare intellectual qualities and pcrmeated
with the fire and spirit Of dramatic genius,
We sent Mccullough to England as the
representative ofthat robust, healthy, ad. |
vanccd art which Is the outgrowth OF Amer. |
lean civilization, and which has the power
beauty grandeur and immensely our won
derinl continent tnlly and fairly expressed in
Ne nv wa, .e'v, WV, m,sn enthusiasm en- and