The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-05-13

actor, Is intensely pathetic. and Is in the
highest degree dramatic. There Nj. Nc
Cullough displayed 9 degree Of tender.
ness which in The earlier scenes had
been less conspicuous than the actors
rude energy. His final awakening, as
It were from q dream, to strange
his oppIessor, was not without GER
tain element Of grandeur. On the whole,
Mr., Mc0ullough'S performance was high
y succsssful, and was received with much
enthusiasm" This 10 careful criticism
and honest. It's value will be best under
stood in London. The discipline which
Mr.. Thomas enioFces upon himself In the
Daily Meas 10 that Of conscientious jour.
nalist, whose reputation Ia bound up In
that Of his paper and the responsibility
attaching 10 Ia opinions. Last nights
debate and the coming obIequieS Of the
dead Tory chief have crowded criticisms
to-day out OF the Times, Standard, and
some other papers, but the Dai0 1sle'
graph makes q point Of being concurrent
III It's news with theatrical events. Mr..
Clement Scott and Mr.. Blanchard, oil the
Telegraph, were both present, but yesteE.
day the latter held brief lorthe Era, and
Mr.. Scott wrote the notice which ap.
peared this morning, Mr.. SCOTS pen
jumps exactly with the spirit OF the 7Ele,
grlph. Where 1t likes, Ii likes heartily;
where 1t has hard things 10 say, 1t says
them with all its might This mornings
criticism gives lull and enthusiastic ex.
preston 10 the feelings and opinions Of
It's critic, and ltnterpTets the
sentiments Of the audience which thun.
dersd It's unstinted applause Of the new
actor after every important scene, at 10
ottoo much TO say, "dselar 90 the Telegraph,
THAT finer representative VI VlrElnlus
the character can never have had. II we
are to believe statues, coins, pictures, and
all that has been handed down from old
Rome, then Mr.. Mccullough 10 Roman
from his head 10 his sandals, The we'll.
nodded classical features, the thick bull
neck, the Bhspely arms and limbs, the
massive appearance, and the splendid
BtVide-all these things are Roman pure
and absolute. Mr.. Mccullough 10 as Ro.
man In bis looks % 10 Miss Ellen Terry |
Grecian In her movements. And he 10
more than q mere picture OF Roman
there 10 nobility, and there 10 grandeur In |
physique, style, and STATURE" In other
respects the notice Is critical, and 1t warns |
Mr., Mccullough that some Of his
most pathetic sentences are In danger
Of being Lost on this great stage, |
Once or twice the actor dropped his voice
. little, or appeared TO do 80; but now that
be has fairly tested the acoustic qualities |
Of the theatre he will be able to regulate
any little matters Of detail oil this kind.
The one great thing to be recorded 10 his
success; that is III questioned. Mrs, Arthur
Stirling was thoroughly efficient Servia
MIR. GIBSON IN excellent Numiterius; Mr. |
Barnes superb.l boxing AppIus Claudius,
now and then rising TO the dem snds oil the
character, his only defect being that be
cannot look nor speak like william; Mr..
Ds Lange's Cajus CIAudius was q burletQue
II the Roman ruttian in dress, manner,
! I'd delinealion, aud the tragedy suffers
immensely by this serious mistake In the
'ast, Mr.. De LaDgs has bis line, and in
i Ia O good actor, but 1t 10 not In his line
o wear Q toga, nor TO play In tragedy.
Denlatus bad q worthy representative In |
Nj. Ryder, the last VI the Macready school
n England, VINO has oil the dignity Of II
any oil its mounting and tricki.
ness. There 10 no Slocutionist on the
English stage to-day equal TO John Ryder
u spite Of his age. II would be too old o
'tory in these columns, and especially at
his time, to attempt criticism OF Serbian |
knowleS' work, or OF Mr.. MCCullouRh's |
Vlrginius. 1t is sufficient that l convey
% the reader an Interpretation Of the
opinions Of the London audience and the
,ritiCs. Ia justice to Mr.. u. Harris, toe
essse and manager, (who played lCllius,)
and TO the veteran stage director, Mr.. Ed |
ward Sterling, Whose two volumes on
old Drury Lane" were recently reviewed |
n the Times, 1t must be said that The
ragedy WAS admirably mounted, the
grouping OF the su pernumeraties excellent
Indeed, "vi. glnius' has never had faef
,ettiug than that at Drury Lane TO day, MOI
II my time has 1t had 30 characteristic,
iIgniied and impressive Roman father
" Nj. John Mccullough.