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Show ADAMS AS MACBETH. That was a rich treat which the large audience assembled at the theatre last night, enjoyed. Shakespeare has rarely been rendered with more gen-!' uine fervor or with greater dramatic I power than by Mr. Edwin Adams as ! Macbeth. The play itself is one of the 'most attractive of all the work3 of the "Divine William." It was among the last works as it clearly is among the best of the great dramatist, and, aside from its effectiveness a3 an acting act-ing piece, it contains some of the finest passages in the language. It will hold its place and popularity, eo long as talent can be found equal to the great task of adequately representing the ambitious hero, "Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, King of Scotland!" Tho piece last night was worthily set forth. The admirable music, composed com-posed in 1 072 by Matthew Locke, and which amid all the changes in musical taste, and in spite of all the efforts of eminent composers of later years, has retained its popularity, was all produced, pro-duced, with not a single omission, a single discord, or one false note which the critical and familiar ear could detect. de-tect. We mention this because the composition is a lengthy one much of the action being accompanied with music. It is no small compliment to the leader and the orchestra, to say that the former proved himself him-self competent to direct,and tho latter, in conjunction with the chorus, to accurately execute this difficult composition. com-position. Wo do not know that it is possible for any actor to render the character of Macbeth moro effectually than did Mr. Adams last night. Before Be-fore witnessing tho performance wo had thought that the "Brawny Scotchman" should be personated by a man of greater physical proportions, but we forgot that such had been out" thought before the interview with tho Witches had closed. Mr. Adams is not a large man but ho is great, nevertheless. He roso to the full height of that sublime creation, last evening; a height not often reached in these days of dramatic novelty and sensation. Froji tho ffrsfc scene, in which the weird sisterhood accosted him, to the last desperate encounter with Macduff, he was animated, consistent and impressive. im-pressive. In the banquet scene, when, amid the enjoyments of the table, the ghastly ghost of Banquo appears a scene in which no actor has achieved , eminent success since Macready Mr. : Adams looked, felt, WAS the affright-1 ed awe-struck and cringing tiling indicated indi-cated in the tost, as ho exclaimed, " iho, tines have been That when tho brains wero out tho man would dio, And there an en d; but now thoy riro attain, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools !" "Avaunt ! and quit n-.y sight ! Let tho earth hido ihoo ! Thy bono3 aro aiarrowlcss, thy blood is oold; Thou hast no speculation in Sioao ejes Which thou dost b-laro with !" In this scene Mr. Adams realized more nearly, to our mind, those "terrible graces of action," of which Garrick was said to bo sole possessor during his career upon the stage. In the "dagger Ecene," which has been considered by critics for the last two hundred years, one of the most difficult situations in acting, Mr. Adams was equal to the emergency. His sudden start on seeing the imaginary imagin-ary dagger in the air, his endeavor to seize it, his visible disappointment, the dawning of the thought that it was but a vision of the disturbed fancy, tho re-discovery of it in seemingly palpable palpa-ble form, the reasoning upon it, the contemplation of the bloody act to which tho air-drawn dagger seemed to impel him, tho determination, tho recognition re-cognition of tho invitation given by tho tolling bell, all the conflicting emotions of tho weak, ambitious and guilty Thane, wero apparently absorbed into, and became, for the occasion, a part of the actor's being; and tho difficulties of the situation were encountered and subdued. At the late hour of this writing, we can barely allude to the very careful pcrformanco of Mr. Waldron as Mac-, duff, Mr. Thome as Duncan, Mr. j Marden as Banquo, Mr. Graham as one of tho Witches, and Miss Carter as Lady Macbeth. The success of the the lady , iu a character in which Charlotte Cushman achieved much of her fame, should impel her to a more frequent wooing of the tragic muse. |