Show theatrical on saturday night I 1 last ast the city theater was filled from pit to dome to witness what the play bill termed 11 othello the peares great production interest of the piece centered in mr irwins erwins rendering of the part of the villain I 1 lago a go to our mind it was the most artistic and finished piece of acting which ho he has presented to the good folks of the city and he be made a decided decide d hit lago iago is generally rendered as a deep morose heavy villain but such was not irwins erwins rendering of the character ile he made him a light devil may care shrewd accomplished and insinuating devil with fa fair ir exterior and gay tone but all the time bent on his hellish purpose in the last scene after lago iago is stabbed by the enraged moor irwin introduced a nice little piece offstage of stage action which was novel to us its and which had bad a fino efret effect instead of dying on the stage in the ordinary style ho he off resisting the approach of death with all his remaining energy and passes through the wino wing ju just S t a as 8 it he 0 pa passes out of sight he is heard to fall and the audience is 15 left to imagine the struggles and contortions tort ions of the dying villain instead of seeing him roll all about the stage as is usually the case desdemona looked very pretty walked the stage and spoke her part like a persecuted lady and went to her ion long g sleep in tho the quietest and most approved style she looked vastly comfortable in her stage bed and had bad her light put out I 1 by her dus dusky y husband in tho the most satisfactory manner the other pal ts in ill the piece were very satisfactorily performed but we noted nothing requiting requiring special mention yesterday we were musing on what we should say by way of criticism when in passing the theater our c eye yo accidentally caught one of the bills somewhat mutilated by evious boys the little urchins had cutout cut out the T tand and the last 0 from the word othello in the bill and there it stood probably as his criticism of the perform performance nee wo we dont see as we could mend the matter much and so give this little incident for all it is worth after the tragedy the audience was wag diverted for a half hour by prof simmons who set them ina in a roar by his conjuring i his handkerchief id trick though somewhat di different from that in othello Oth etlo immediately pic picc ceding edin was as nell iv ell done and certainly gave as much satisfaction and considerably more fun professor simmons the naughty man was got up in the most gorgeous style handled his subject in white kids adds and was is as dexterous and wondrous as if he be had bad in verity been in league with tho the old boy 11 himself mr poulter danced an intensely interesting and exciting hi highland liland arrangement over around and about a couple of swords to the melodious of a scotch bagpipe and was greeted with immense applause from an aud audience lence getting decidedly sleepy then came maiben with a comic song but as midnight was fast approach approaching in g babies became fidgety mammas nervous the audience tired and altogether it was a decidedly moving scene before he be got through the trouble was that the entertainment very good in itself and valica eno enough tigh was too lengthy 0 by at least half an hour |