The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-12

with each visit, but last night the emf
nent tragedian appeared for the time in
the role, for Wichita theater goers, as
Hamlet" This very strong tragedy OF
Shakespeare affords a great scope Tor
perfect and artistic work and the inter-
probation by an artist Of Mr.. keene
ability did not fail to draw the large au-
dience that was expected. The aGience
was an appreciative one and included
all the scholars and literati of the Peer
less Princess. For once the gallery gods
were conquered and behaved them
selves and intense silence obtained dur
ing the action of this remarkable play.
Mr.. Keene is supported by a strong
company. his Ophelia being especially
good All the stage effects were pro-
duced, including the awful churchyard
scene in the fifth act 1t is seldom that
Wichita lovers of Shakespeareian
drama are afforded the pleasure Of see
ing the masters sublime works proper
~ produced and interpreted, and nun
dreds who never attend the theater at
other times were present last night.
This is ShakeSpeareian week, as AS
You Like It. viii be produced Saturday
night.
HENRY WATTERSON TONIGHT.
Now that you have seen Keene, go
and hear Henry Watter5on, the great
editor and lecturer. He can be seen and
heard this evening at Garfield hall in
his famous lecture on Lincoln. Mr..
Watterson is one OF the ablest men of
the day and he is character in the ma
tional history now is process Of forma-
ton that the young. especially, should
see and hear The St. Paul Pioneer
Press, speaking Of his, says:
'In the mild yet bracing climate of
Do, N-o-
never fails to rise to the greatness Of
the occasion Among all the tributes
paid to Abraham Lincoln, that of
Henry Watterson is doubly remarka-
bic, first, for its glowing eloquence, and
second, because il came from a south
ern man. II has long been known that
Mr. Watterson is an admirer of the
memory Of Abraham Lincoln, and that
he has been made the target of abuse
therefor. Mr. Watterson's picture Of
Lincoln is peculiarly interesting, so
much of it is derived from his personal
recollections of the man, and particu-
larry of his skill and power in his de-
scription Of the famous debates with
Douglass, and so much of it, also, is de-
voted to Lincoln's relations to the
south. -
GRAND BAND CONCERT.
IUe concert 10 De given AT the Auu1-
torium Wednesday evening. December
18th Will be treat to Wichita by Wich-
tia talent, and the price of admission,
10 cents, has been put so low that a
full house is certain. Those who at
tended the former concerts given by
this band were loud in their praise and
in fact, frequent requests by these par
ties for a repition has brought about
the present concert. Especial atten-
ton is called TO the selection, VILLAGE
Life in the Olden Times" which will
be rendered on this occasion in all it's
realistic effects. the piece that Mar !
shalrs band captured Boston with.
EFFIE EDSDER AT CRAWFORD.
That charming actress. Effie Ellsler, |
is coming to the Crawford Grand on |
and will present a perfect |
production of LAS You Like 1t" This /
comedy is perhaps the most |
purely ideal of any of Shakespeare's /
plays. Although the plot is borrowed /
from the novel or tales of "Rosalynde,"
by Thomas Lodge, contemporary |
writer yet Shakespeare in passing the /
material furnished by the novelist (
through the alembic Of his own i'm !
agination, has created new characters !
and incidents and has imbued the !
whole with higher cast of thought and !
feeling than could be attained by Lodge |
1t is in fact the alchemic transmuta- !
ton Of the baser metal into pure gold, !
which genius in its adaptive faculty /
can alone achieve. The contemplative /
jacques; that prince of philosophical |
GESTURE, Touchstone, and the Rustic !
al Audrey are pure creations Of Shake I
speare's fancy, worthy Of the master
mind that gave them birth.
The late annotators of Shakespeare |
have exercised their erudfte talent of .
analytical disquestion by endeavoring
TO trace the gradual development of the
great poets powers in the successive
works he produced las You Like It"
IS. by this process of analytical in
luiry, referred to the epoch of the au-
thor's life when he had attained the
perfection of poetic and romantic
1t was the period when his
youthful genius shone forth /
IN all its freshness of intellectual SUI
periority, mingled with the thought
fulness OF mature age" However
doubtful may be the theory Of those an
notatOrs. the fact will readily be con-
ceded that "As You Like 1t" is one of .
the most delightful productions of that
poets pen. AS an acting play Ii is
very exacting. The character of Rosa
ind is almost unapproachable unless
by actresses of that high and peculiar
order of genius. now so rarely to be
found in the professors OF the distrionic
art.
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cure it take Hoods Sarsaparilla, the