, 1885-12-05
JOHN MCCULLOUGH.
PATHETIC SCENE At HIS LAST re-
HEARsAL IN CHICAGO.
The Company 90 Through the "Gindl-
stor' to Humor tho Actor-A 1imr
OF Universal sorrow
breaking Dawn.

Inter Ocrhn
The leading actor In support Of Mr..
Mccullough the last season he played
was Joseph Haworth. and he it was WIN
played fharsarius 10 the Sparfacus Of
the great actor the memorable night at
McN icker's Mr.. Haworth recently gave
a sadly interesting account of the inal
performance, and then described a scene
that few other than the company wit
messed We need make no excuse for tho
words Of one who loved Mccullough
scarcely less than he admired him
The next morning we were all paid.
and the company disbanded. bus we re
ceived word that the Governor wanted a
rehearsal knowing his condition, and
Just To humor him In tho hope that il
would do him good. we all responded.
We first went through with the ruladi,
ator.
We didn't do very well last night,
my boy, he said to me, but well knock
EN- out to night
-He wasn't very choice in his diction at
times, AS you may imagine, but those
were the words he used
THE LAST GgnEARSAL.
What a rehearsal that wasl As per
fectly as he ever did In his life he rem
dered every line For "A time we all had
hope that his difficulty was temporary.
" ChA NhAh hiA( a 0hfAI q nc
would be himself again. and the com
pany would be reunited. Into every word
he seemed to put a meaning that we had
never realized before. u hen he said ia
me. in committing 10 my charge his wife
n child. 'Pharsarius, | give thee more
than my life; guard them we'll. 1t was
with genuine sorrow that Mrs. Foster,
who took the part Of wife to Spartacus.
replied. Husband. husband. do not send
me away; If l leave you now it will he
forever. She could hardly finish the
line because Of her feelings. | could not
avoid experiencing the same sorrow, and
as | turned to look another way l saw
that the prompier. as we'll as Harry
angdon and others in the company. were
brushing tears from their ives. and the
little child we had with us for child parts
broke out In a genuine cry. Mccullough
did not seem to realize 1t all. He acted
as though he thought 1t a part Of the
emotion TO be shown In the play.
A PROPHETIC n
When the scene came where Spartacus
dies 1t was the most realistic performance
| ever saw. His eye lighted up as he said.
We shall see Thrace again, and then as
he said There are green valleys in
Thraee' II was in such a tone OF sadness
that it set the minds of all who heard him
wandering from the scene before them
Then his head dropped upon his breast,
and it seemed rs II he had passed away
from us In reality.
"He was so pleased with the rehearsal
that he wanted to make up Tichelieu.
Well. we went through that play ia the
same perfect manner that we exhibited In
the Gladiator There wasn't a break
anywhere lie delivered the curse magui-
f~iccntly. and while some of the company
could not keep back the tears Of
sympathy they felt for the Gov
ernor. others were ~applauding him. The
applause seemed TO revive him. and be
q ted e cn better than be had been doing.
We could see 4 CLEAN OF his own self. a
fash II the genius he possessed. Baradas
recited
20 ~-''r. .~. De-. tti- g.
~The s. overnnr' turned TO denounce
him. and as he did so seemed to realize
the full import OF the words He broke
completely down. and was then taken to
his hotel in a carriage That was the last
we saw of him. it was the saddest dav
| ever passed. for there was no one in
the company who did not feel the burden
that oppressed us. There was never an
actor more thoroughly loved by his com
pany than was John Mccullough.