The morning call., 1893-08-13

Nr Robert Mantell has proved by his engage
mani at-tbe New California. now drawing TO
close that Shakespeare pays, despite tue re-
neatpd declaration OF some managers 10 the
contrary. lie found this TO be lhe case OH his
Otha1Io night week before lasl, ana Oh last
Friday evening when he eSsayed the much
argued philosophic Hamlet. HE TACT Is, IL Tue
ACTOR who proposes TO interpret the Shake
oar,an classics has the reputation of BENZ
even measurablv equal 10 the ldoh' mas oo0'
the subject of criticism, pro ana con, auu Is rea
'nna,I, we'll suppotted, the is no lear but
,hot no VIII nave a well-flied auditorium De-
fore him when h. appears on the stage MAI
acars are in favor of inferior draildtic
Uferature because it is less expensive
and because there are huholeu ~
MAY farce comedy, society pieces, "nu
rouab and tumble mel0drama WneIe 'no'o
one who can give decent Teauius ~ my
Shahespeare's text or properly eApio'' "e
idaa which il conveys. Being unaole 10 cope
with The work OF the great Oara OF hatu' g the
general herd OF so-caled actors anu ui@hy Vi
me tlr-uot managers decry IL, seeAl"s ~ .u'n
,,nIic sitent1ou IN another, and, for themselves,
49, I.,ya di,ectton But IN this they fail.
i 10 - IAN there comes well-graced ora
-1,r an tne scene who believes IN Shakespeare,
.o' r "a M Bo0fn aud Lawrence Barre did, as
- - - Al ,nteu Thomas W. keene, Frederick
NC tsttta Walker " hlteslde and Edward NroOm
a, aud with HE courage OF thelr CONVICTIONS
ave sought TO hnd out his true inwaIdness,
md then essay 10 tell Inc people what They
We discovered. He puOlc throng TO listen
=, MIN as they 30 TO Mantell, albeit IN his case
Vas MOI a masters voice til y heard. Shakes
Hs"rs vii never die While English literature
ives. The carnations OF MS genius, ike the
.acred fIe. VIII be handed down 10 and main
-stned by generation after generation I'LL the
end of time. ,,.,
Consideration IN mapy respects, although lie
was gully OF occasional omissions aud mis-
iaadInes of the lex, and his SOiiloQuies were
100 deciamatOry for selt-communion. His best
sustained scenes were with Tie royal Danes
Sntrif on tile Elslnore batHementS and in The
closet, where he takes his mother 10 task for
her falslty 10 the memory Of his father. His
conception OF The character appears TO be that
me Prince feIgned madness in order o deceive
hose SCI on him 10y tile King, his uncle, and his
motbef. 10 lerret out his designs. He fools
them all 10 the top OF their bent. Mantell has a
melodiouS voice aud many of his passages were
well llyefed.
are Miss Charlotte Behrens, who played the
gentle OpbtlIa very consistently, whether in
her SC ues with Hamlet or when insane from
The murder of her father and the added grief al
the loss OF the Princes love. 1t Is difficult
character but Miss Benrens manage with
much ski PoloniuS was eXcelltnIly render d
by Z. A. Eberle. He gave us an ola man in
whom, as Or. johnson remarked, dotdse Is
gradually eDcroachlng upon wisdom. Ernest
Hastings ala nothing with The King. He read
al through without expression, aud AT one
Tine broke down entirely. He was hedged by
no divinity, and was truly "a king OF shreds
and pa ches." Stuart WAS a light Laertes. The
ghost as presented by j. Nj. lewis was 4 great
Improvement on that usually tedious apIdrl-
ton. The deadlevel HOMOGENEOUS draw Ill
which his guostShlp generally makes his ines
sage known TO Hamlet was absent and Ia It's
place was an expressive, Well-emphasiZed Ut
trrdnce, which relieved the tedium without
marring The SUI ernaturai and serious charac.
Ter Of tie communication.