Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-06
AMUSEMENTS..
the Opera .Ho,tse-"Othe 10. /.

On the second night of John McCul-
| lough's engagement the theater was al
most as well filed as on the first. The
| difference was most marked in the balcony
and the ''colored folks heaven" which had
been filled Monday night with lovers of
"Virginius." And come to think of it
some audiences are as good as play.
Opera glasses are not used solely to gaze at
the stage. There was goodly number of
lenses in use last night. and those who
| used them discovered that the colored folks
| were not all in heaven" Some of them
occupied conspicuous seats in the dress
circle. Perhaps it had gotten noised
about among the freedmen that Othello
was not white man, and they made it
point to drop in and see how the Moor
| would behave himself. A good deal more
| depends upon an audience than some folks
| think. The audience last night was a
| little off, in more senses than one. The
weather was not cold, but the audience
coughed; the weather was not especially
warm, but big proportion of the assem-
| blage got up and went out be-
tween the acts. Though this did
not keep them from applauding
Cassie, when he animadverted upon the
evils of taking enemies into their
mouths" 1t was ayoung married audience,
and the young baby that had been brought
to see Mccullough, set up loud wall at
the sight of the swarthy visage and had to
be taken to the rear. It was Sunday-go-
connecting audience, if one could Judge
from the squeaky shoes that came in late
and occupied front seats in the parquette.
| Had "Othello" been poorly rendered the
various kinds of noise that were drawn out
by the audience would have been excuse
enough. But the play was not badly put
on or indiferently rendered. Mccullough.
in the leading role, acted the part well and
worked along up to a climax. which
| doesn't seem feasible in his two strongest
! plays. ''VirginiUs' and the Gladiator -
But the ''Othello' of last night
was distinctively of the Mccullough school
of tragedy. The tradgedian deserves credit
for the study he has devoted to the details
of his part. 1t is clear to even a casual
observer that he has had a struggle with
the pathetic portions of the text, but it
seems beyond his power to exclude from
the more vehement passages g familiar
| glad1atorla1 ring. There are two
standard Othellos on the stage-one is the
sweet and tender Othello of Booth, the
other is the ferocious and blood-curdIing
Othello of Salvini. Whether Mccullough
will create third sort that will stick in
the public mind remains to be seen. The
performance of the star last night, while
altogether pleasing and acceptable, was
not treated as something par
| ticularly great. In Virginius -
he had been twice called before the cur
tain. In 'Othello'' ne was not called out
once.
Last night the Importance of having a
| good support was fully demonstrated.
There was hardly member of the party
who did not win merited applause MIR.
Jose phi Haworth's Iago came in for the
| biggest share. Mr.. John A.
Lanes Cassie, though sighted in
| the distribution of plaudits
was highly meritorious. Mr.. J. II. Shew
| ellis Duke was by no means bad. Mr.. H.
| A. Langdon's Brabantion was almost fault
| less. Mr.. Frank Little's Roderigo was
| pretty nearly satisfactory. Mr.. Fl. G. Bar
| ton bore the part of Montana well. Mr..
| Henry ChaIfrau was not behind with his
Lodovico. Mr.. Kidder's Gratiano, Mr.
| Wilson's Antonio, and the Julio
| of Mr.. Harris were all
worthy of mention. The ladies
came in for closer scrutiny, but they passed
muster with honor. The Desdemona of
Miss Kate Forsyth, if not intensely arts
tic, was of lovely presence and of winning
| power. Miss Foster, as Amelia, made
quite hit. A good deal depended upon
her efforts to meet the requirements, and
they were mainly successful, and were re-
| peatedly applauded to the echo. The cos
tuning of the piece was tasteful.
Taken as a whole the performance of
| "Othello" last night was such as to win
| hearty commentator from the audience
and send them away with pleased i'm
preston of the tragedy and the actors.
''Richelieu' will be given tonight.