Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-07
SOCIETY AND DRAMA.
Amateurs Essay One of Shakespeare's
Most Intense Tragedies.
FOUR LADY MACBETHS IN A DAY.
Several Innovations at Church and School
Entertainments.
The LAST RECEPTIONS OF THE WEEK

Macbeth has added to his list of disagree
able idiosyncrasies that OF being Mormon
and he appeared at the Biiou Theater yes
terday with four Lady Mac5eths. The pre-
sentation was given by the Shakespeare
class of Byron W. King, and was
under his management. Indeed, il
was at his suggestion and solicitation
that Edgar Langner, as Macbeth, as.
sumed the quartet Lady Macbeth in the
impersonations of Misses Mary r. Ken.
nedy, Alice Mccullough, Theodore Mar.
shall and Marcella Brownlee, who appeared,
respectively. in the first, second, third and
18th acts of the play.
The audience-an unusually large one
with decided sprinkhng of business and
professional men, a nowise common occur
renee at a matinee performance, was in
tenselv interested in the numerous wives of
-Edc5etb, and the appearance of a new Lady
H0cJetR IN each act endowed il with 4
special significance, and permitted four
Young ladies an opportunity of displaying
their talents instead OF one. The ladies
were deserving of equal credit. Miss
Kennedy was an admirable plotter,
Miss Mccullough, though but 16 years OF
age, was very nervy when it came TO the stick
ing point" Miss Marshell being pensive
and sorry that she had really accomplished
the Object for which she riSked so much, and
Miss Brownlee bitterly repentant in her
sleep-walking scene. The conception of
the character was an original one, with
many commendable features
Macbeth was good in action, with a family
coed voice, at times not used to advantage,
however. The success Of the entire play
rested upon his shoulders, and right we'll
did he stand the test, though in the second
act be became slightly ratified" and began
In the middle of the act, but recovered him.
self, and by transpOsition, brought in the
entire text, with but few realizing the error.
Married men in the audience threw the
mantle Of charity over the mistake, and
SAID, What more could you expect of a
man with four wiVeS?" with a peculiar en-
phasls on the numeral.
George Morton, as Banquo, was an ex-
cellent conception; r. L. Fleming, digni-
fed Duncan, Kirk Brown, as Ross. dis
PLAYED considerable ability, and William
EohlnSon, as Udcdyf, was equal to the
emergency in manner that promises pro-
tes>lonaI success in the future. j. H.
Hutchison was ghostly enough as Malcolm,
after the dissolution, to satisfy even
the most spooky inclined mortal, and G. H.
Kane, as Angus, and Charles Boyd. as Len
nor, were artistic features of the per !orm-
ance. Miss May Mitchell, as the attendant
on Lady Macbeth, was a well conceived
character. lhe Witches were hideous, and
no sympathy was expressed for them when
the FIRE leaped the kettle and made them
leap 10 their feet. Even in their dance, in
which Prof Thuma had trained them, they
were hideously graceful
The play, as 4 whole, was a surprising
revelation OF amateur talent in the CITY, and
with the exception of q lew amateurish
points, would pass muster with many pro-
iesslonal plays of far greater pretentions.