New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-03

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IBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUNE
sC,sc1SNATT May 1.-THE second performance OF
81 Jul,us Cesar was given at Music Hall to-day.
with much better effect than on the first night.
Edmund Collier acted Antony in place of Murdoch,
k,bose strength proved unequal to repetition
of his effort of Monday. Collier makes
j statuesque AntoHg and his stento-
rian delivery of the havoc speech
thusiasm. The acting of Mccullough and Barrett
lin the quarrel scene was magnificent. The present
generation has nothing better its distinctive
kind. The battle tableau, which bad to DC
omitted on Monday was shown to-day,
land is highly effective. Mr.. Langdon as
Cesar, and Mr.. Plunkett as FUst Citizen,
gave performances especially f1ne. There was
another vast audience. The financial success Of
the Festival is now deemed certain. as the receipts
exceed $1,000 On Monday the hall contained
over s. 900 persons and there was almost as great
an attendance to-day. Mccullough was in finer
voice and firner mood, and his Brmtus lowered in
ssplentid massiveness and excelled in execution.
This evening, "Much ADO was acted.to lighter
house of over 5000. Mlle Rhea makes the key
note of Beatrice kind of sweet piquancy.
She is Mgnon Beatrice, and prattles like playful
'garruious child When you have said that the
personality which she projects the part is charm
ing you have said all. But Beatrice is the lemon IN
the punch she is not the sugar. She ought to be
vexatiously tantalizng and little stridert.
Mile Rhea Is content, apparently, with prettiness
and artificial levity. She was very handsome how
ever; particularly IN black velvet and golden ruff.
and her mrth and intrepid spirit in the action gave
pleasure and excited admring sympathy.
She was seldom heard. Her speech is full of
foreign accent and cadence. Her method is chiefly
notable for refinement enthusiasm and neatness of
finish. The comedy was well embellshed. but New
York PLAYERS saw it. better mounted 1869 at Wal
1acks Theatre, and some years later az Booths. !
[ The Roman nose of Julius Cesar haDpens TO be |
she prominent organ in Music Hall juf now and it |
was iuiy inserted into "Much Ado" Barrett was |
the Bencdick. He has surprised even biz old admirers
by his brilliant versatility. He makts BeEedick a |
better fellow than Shakespeare has mtde him. giy-
fibre that the attributes of this ehtracEr. But
he carried the part brilliantly and his NSSful and |
nimbe raillery was saturated with sweet care
4essuess of temperament which made II delightfully."-
effective with the house. Himself aud Rhea were |
krecailed after the church scene.
Mr.. Elsler gave conventional, weak and oppres-
sye Dogberr. The exquisite and exalted loneliness
lof Hero was not suggested by Miss Wainwright
until the church scene, when she aroused line
spnit and evoked merited plaudits- The dresses
sattempt has been made at that
Historical correctness which would encase Don
Pedro in trousers of differently colored legs.
"SIgh no More was sung by one lachrymose |
then by eight 0thors to wake them up. This has not,
on the whole, been brilliant night, but IL has Of
fered pleasant themes of thought.
"Othello" comes now, with Mccullough, Bar
and this will be the great event of the week.
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