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...bids fair to go on in its prosperous career until the copyright expires, and it shall take its place among the masterpieces of American literature. A long stage career is the more assured because the interest does not depend upon the rendering of any particular part by a star actor. For Mr. Robson's second week here he will offer an entirely new play, an original comedy by Adrian Barbusse and Sidney Rosenfeld, entitled "Dear Old Boy," with Mr. Robson as "Marmaduc, the Good...
...picture as Booth presented it to us changed frequently almost it would seem with the deliberate intention of the actor. It has been said that the sight of a beloved face in the audience used to inspire Booth, and put new warmth into his acting. He was by nature of the classic school, and he fell naturally into the poses, which caused many people to think of him as cold and statue like. In Mr. Booth's interpretation of the part of Hamlet, the points where you value the picture of the character most are first; in the scene where...
...soul. He was the last idealist in tragedy. Mr. Irving poses as an idealist, but no one can see him in "Louis XI," or "Dubosc," without thinking what a very realistic idealist he must be. Mr. Irving's speaking of the text in Hamlet, as wherever this actor is called upon to utter blank verse, is by turns sing-songy and jirkily prosy, but Mr. Irving is the most intellectual of players, and has illuminated the character of Hamlet with many subtle interpretations. As for M. Mounet-Tully, Hamlet is so strange to our ears on any tongue not English...
...melodramatic side of the play that appeals the most to lovers of Shakespeare. It is to them a work of genius, upon which famous illustrators have for hundreds of years been engaged, and which generations of great actors have interpreted. It is to be ranked with but three other works of Shakespeare: Othello, Macbeth and King Lear. When considering these plays in relation to Hamlet, one point of contrast immediately presents itself. In Hamlet it is not the hero of the play who acts and keeps you in suspense. He is the one unhappy soul hurried along by the fates...
...March 11 and is certain to be a great event theatrically and will partake of the nature of a social function as well. Since he first became a star, three seasons ago, he has rapidly forged to the front, until he stands in the position of a leading American actor who produces American plays and with American companies. His art is such that there can be no denial of his success, and every play that he has produced has been noted, not alone for its literary merit, but for a beauty and completeness of production that are certainly remarkable...