Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-13
FREDERICK wARDE.
opening OF Tn. Engagement OF inc "'s'"k
Tragodian In Hamlet


Trsgcdian In Hamlet.
EolIowinp a disagfeeable. rainy day
last night pouring rain began 70 In.'
an hour before the performance peEan
nj the opera house. Notwi stai'uins
this VIII, II the curtain rose mere weic
fully seven hundred people III ,he
house, and perhaps huhuIeu
weather.delayed came I'm Afterwards
The rect was crowded WIN carrr
ages as II never has been pc
fore since the opening OF III
house. The audience w"S
composed of the culture ano refihe-
ment of the city, and reminded one
very forcibly of the audiences seen IN
the larger cities on fairer nights III
was discriminating and apprecia-
tive audience, and demonstrated us
favor with many fine representations
by well-timed applause. Inc opuias
and general Judgment could not put
be that Wardc has great powers ~
tr,gedian. which will yet place mn
at the head of his profession. II he
continues To work and study ~ he has
within the past three years. He Is lar
above Keene, who may be contrasted,
but not compared with him. HIS great
point is in stage presence. unilke
Keene, he forgets himself, he loses
sjvht of his audience, he enters thor
nlphly into the character he assumes.
He il no longer Warde, but Hamlet,
the mad prince of Denmark, and he
IL nothing less from the first act 10 his
tragic death. In the first act,
i'm the scene with the ghost of his
father he gives the first conviction oil
his powerful conception and ability to
fill. After this act he was called out
before the curtain by the appreciatlVe
audience. The act second advanced
him in favor. No oratory could surpass
that scene he closes with the words,
"The play, the plays the thing where
i'm mi catch the conscience of the
king" But it is in the bird act that
he shows his greatest powers
of oratory, acting and iaclal
expression There was hush as OF
death over the audience as, during
the progress OF the acting lie creeps
along the floor, and with spring
starts ut his uncle. The demoniacal
laughter succeeding the flight OF the
court was fit elimination of his
stealthy action preceding. There has
never been before such applause rs
that which called him out after
his apt. The scene with his mother.
that with Laertes ut the grave oi
Ophelia and the final scene were all
worthy of special mention.
Miss Anna Boyle "a Ophelia was
the sweetest and best impersonator OF
that character ever in this city. Hei
beauty her voice, her charming man
ner, won hosts of friends, who will de-
light to see her rs often az she appears
John Il. Malone rs Laertes
was n taking character, and won u
high estimation by his acting on learn
lug of the death of his sister, and alsC
in the scene with ClaudiS. G. Palmoni
was most excellent ghost. j. A
Life and Robert Woodman were good
as grave.diggers. }. NJ. Sturgeon ms
Horatio won applause several times
and showed II vast deal of promise
in his acting. Miss Sara Neville as
Queen Gertrude created a fine impress
SION in the scene in her closet will
Hamlet. The rest of the support wa
only passable.
This afternoon Ingomar will bt
given and tonight Damon and Pyth
las. There will be no need for cutting
in either of these plays. The audi
ence Will have an opportunity o
seeing performances OF a different ma
ture from Hamlet, but admitting o
fully rs great acting as that of last
night. There will be no need 10 urge
any body TO go, for large houses canno
fail TO attend with last night In re
membranCc.