Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-04-29

Of some Of the most renowned actors
that have been seen In this century.
It's story, however, ended in May, 1882,
when it was finally closed rs career
ending with a performance Of Juliet
by Nine. MOdjeska. After this it was
torn down and a block of stores had
been built upon its site. Mr. Booth man
aged the theater which bore his name
until the spring of 1874, when it passed
out of his possession. During his reign
therein as manager he accomplished
sumptuous and noble reyiyals Of Ro-
Smeo and Juliet, Othello, Hamlet, Richie
lieu, The Winters Tale julius Caesar,
Macbeth. Much Ado About Nothing
The Merchant of Venice, Brutus and
other plays, and he presented on his
stage a series Of miscellaneous attrac-
lions Of an equally high order
His stock company at one time in
cluded Lawrence Barrett, Edwin L.
Davenport, J. w, Wallack, Jr., Mark
Smith, Edwin Adams, A. w. Fenno,
d. G. Anderson, d. w. Waller, Bella
Pateman and others-one of the ablest
dramatic organizations ever formed in
America Among the stars who acted
at his theater We're Joseph Jefferson,
Kate Bateman, James II Hackett,
Charlotte Cusnman, John S. Clarke,
John E. Owens and James ii. Me
Wicker Booths theater was almost in
yariably a prosperous house, but it was
not economically managed. and for this
reason, and this alone, it eventually
carried its owner into bankruptcy. He
then began bis career over again, and
/ in course of time paid his debts and
made another fortune. In 1876 he made
a tour Of the south. which was a tri-
umphal progress. Thousands of spec
tators fioclcd to see him i'm pvory city
that he visited In San I'yanciscO,
where he acted for eight weeks, he
drew upward of 100000, a total of re
ceipts till then unprecedented on the
dramatic stage. In 1880, and again in
| 1882 he visited Great Britain and he
acted with brilliant success in London
ana other cities. He went to Germany
in the autumn of 1882. and WAS there
received with extraordinary enthusi-
assn. In 1883 he returned home and
+ resumed his starring tours Of America.
Booth acted many parts in his day, but
Of late years his repertory was limited
to Macbeth, King Lear, Othello, Iago,
Wolsev, Richard III, Shylock, Richard
/ H., Benedick Petruchio. Richelieu,
/ Payne's Bmtus. Bertuccio in The Fools
/ Revenge, Ruy Bias and Don Caesar de
Bazan. He published an addition of
these plays, in fifteen Volumes the text
cut and adapted by himself for stage
use with introductions and notes by
/ William Winter
Mr. Booth was n quiet and reserved
man. retiring and transformations His
benefactions were known to but few,
but when discovered were seen to be
lavish in their princeliness. Thus his
gift Of house palltially furnished.
with rich library furnishings and ac-
coutrements, to the Players c'ub, is re-
called rs one evidence Of his Iibcrality
and but one. An earnest, secretivc
and studious man, an actor of great in
/ diligence, a supurb elocutionist and Il
/ profound scholar he brought new lall-
rels TO his to his historic stage name of
+ Booth Little known to his associates
/ by reason Of his reserved manner. he
was well known to the public, and he
was acknowledged everywhere to be
/ the representative tragcdian Of Amer
/ len.