New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-07
4 SPLENDID VENTURE.
opryING OF Ills NEW THEATRE.

OprXIN,; OF Ills NEW THEATRE.
The opcnrg Of Booths Theatre. on February 8,
1860 was tie most important dramatic iclu'n'
that had concentrated the attention of New-lor'I
for seycra, years The day had been stormy an"
the night was unpleasant, but the new theatre was
crowded with brilliant company. ian
Columbia" was performed by Edward Molten
boucr and his band and them responding 10 tho
nuhlic call Edwin Booth came forward ana SpoAc
as follows 49, .h
An opening address, in verse, written LOT '''
OCCASION By the old dramati-t an" ACTOR r'"n" ,
rolco,cr Of London. WIS printed in the pay-bllls
Of the nch, bat w1S MT spoken Inc P'i'"i'n
,pce If Romeo and juliet" was followed with
oarcr attention. ard at many points the pleasure
If fine os.cmbl,re broke forth in deli!hted padl'S
"Rom.o and juliet" ran for ten weeks and earned
v,,vord nj sixty thousand dollars for the treasury
Vi 0tS.r succcsscs followed "Othello' was brought
out with excellent sc, o 6paheo It
~ y work conceived in such terribly earnest as
vcII as IMAGINATIVE MOOD as almost 10 co"cc''
thc PAINFUL quality of the play: As an an,
,Ivsis and portrayal Of jealousy, "heh WA.
nassiop is aroused by suspicion Of OUTRAGE agairs,
the affection, and the marriage marriage os' E'"ei'o
leaves nothing to DC thonSnt OF siau' aud
g.; co.n, It's career Booth closed his first engage
mcnt.
roIp WEARS OF SPLEEN DID ACHIEVEMENTS
On JANUARY ;, 1870, Booth reappearcd IN ham
LOT thc stagc accessories being grand beyond
nrcccdeut. and continued to play that part till
March 10. lie was subsequently, seen as Sir
Giles. Claude Mclnottc and Macbeth. the latter
pcrsonation hcing offered on March Is
On January Booth reappeared as
Richelicu, the drama being revived with
such splendor Of scenes and dresses as not even
this theatre, renowned for richness and beauty OF
stage embellishments, had before displayed.
"Richccu' was kept on the stage eight weeks
and it had forty eight representations On March
4 Bootl. produced Much Ado About Nothing,
and apeaied for the fret time in New-fork as
rencdick Fourteen performances were given,
and il was then succeeded, on March 20, by
" Otnclon Booth acting the Moor and Lawrence
porrett lagO a revival of " The Fools Revenge
nccnrrcd on Apr! 3, and Booth once more enacted
Icrtucco. On April "A "A Winters lac was
hromrht out, with Lawrence Barrett as lcontt $.
cost bciug $40. 900. Ii ran TIL June s. On the
stI, w g. Wills beautiful play Of The Man Of
Airlicr was cnactc,,, with Barrett as James Hare
bell and that nobl" addition to the literature
of the tnge-was. performed M the c!oSe OF Tue
thcatricl year and the closing Of the house on the
Attn of Jny.
One of ,hc mos. splendid and most sue
cc.,ful achievements of Edwin Rooth's career in
Eootlls theatre was his production of Julius
Caesar" in which at different times he repre-
Lawrence Barrett gave. great peI.G; nance ~
Casdus. This array Of facts and dates heS IA!
rem a. pect but worthy significance. II shows IN
Edwin Booths mind conscientious sense OF the
grave obligations to public morality and the cause
sf education that rest on theatrical manager