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A DRAMATIC CRITIC
Leclercq, who supported Mr. Fechter, and
afterwards went on a starring tour in this
country, playing a great variety of parts,
both in comedy and tragedy, with admira-
ble intelligence, vigor, and taste.
Mr. Fechter's decline was melancholy.
It seemed to date from his engagement
as leading actor and general manager of
the Globe Theatre, of which Mr. Arthur
Cheney was proprietor. In the autumn of
1870 Mr. Fechter entered upon this part
of his career. Miss Leclercq accompanied
him as leading lady, her brother Arthur
being stage manager. Mr. James W. Wal-
lack was engaged as second leading man.
Monte Cristo was brought out by the new
corps, successfully and with much splendor,
on the 14th of September, and ran eight
weeks. Then Mr. Fechter presented many
characters in his repertory, showing a
very slight falling off in his ability; and
the public appetite for his product dis-
played signs of abatement. Next came
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