The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-08

| ...ksseS many memories OF the Hamlets
.,ths past aaG sUca memories are always
| .ssasart. even though larger experience
4 sssxs those sarly pictures out OF perspee-
.rs The tifnes are out OF Joint" for
ss.ys Of - serious character are at
- with the depressed condition OF az
ar. the souls aspirations are crushed
sssa By material struggles. and the enter
,..srnent most sought Ia tho relief OF
.soaQatiess merriment This r. the true
.sneat Of things here and all over the
cssniry. 50 That Louis James may we'll
s.f,er himself that hts Seattle engagement
,as 40 successful IN every way He had
sssza Audiences upon each Of the three
sssalngs that his company occupied the
Ssfsls faeaier. and audiences. too. that
-ssr.ssn:ed the higher intelligence capable
a fsily approaching the literary as well
4 sas dramatic quality OF Shakespeare
vrxs. and when the stage representation
cYes q proper place To both.
Louis James and his company gave three
Ssaakespeare's plays here on Thursday,
frs.4y AMI Saturday evenings. respective
h namely Hamlet Macbeth" and
-Jthsiio" Each o. these presentations
r.s sxceedlnFiy well receiV Ell. and the en-
,sssias,n seemed to be not IN re-
sara % any particular one. but 10 grow
Al Zach representation. There Is space
sssy 10 refer 10 one. and Hamlet Is select
ii because Il Is more studied IN literary
ssss than either Of The others and be-
es.zs the student OF Shakespeare g often
aSapyoiate1 10 ind the Hamlet OF his
s.psy Is not the Hamlet % the stage. Mr..
Jsnes' Hamlet comes nearer to II per
Mars than airy other. Critics claim for u
,sat It Il a new Hamlet. but Mr.. James
sas hardy claim II as his creation. as the
,fsad OF the recent exposition and discus-
son Of the character and II has been go
Ag on all the time FOR q score or - Of
sAars-has hfeD ia the same direction. Mr.
lanes personally Is a man OF magnetic
presence and In his Hamlet there is Moth
tax o. the dreamy, signing. poetic charac-
Ter Of tradition. but a man OF force and
ar.iou, with the dual attribute 81 intro
inactive thought kept 40 an undcrcurrc1.
70 alvest the character OF this would
he TOO radical n change. and would be TO
destroy the romance attaching to H. But
M Hamis; IS rot mad. and even his seem
ng Madness Is cut down 10 small dmen-
ssoas He Is a man melancholy first nv
reason u hls loved fathers death. hOrri-
Sci afterwatd by the supernatural ap-
pcarance and It's story OF ahhorrent treach
err an8 foul murder. and So shaken with
that that man delights hun not nor worn-
A. either" This strange change IN his
habits is remarked. II Is said that ne is
insane for the better arrangement Of his
fathers murder he permits this TO be as
sgmsd Bur in Mr.. James acting of the
Character there Ia no chance for the audi
sacs 10 sway from this reading for a mo-
ment. iato a plying for noble mind O er
thrown. and IN this portrayal OF Hamlet
NJ James was accorded nun sympathy
and appreciation This was natural. for
lola L.
Hamlet than opportunities 10 view able
.psnents Of the character
W James fills the role ~ Macbeth in
samA respects better than that OF Hamlet.
AL the same may be sail ~ his othcllo.
He 5 o. the heroic build, ana his voice ard
rher natural attributes are more powerful
as ~ each Of those roles ne was called
Asf1re the curtain and made hr'sf. gen
tsmanif ackuowiedreUsn OF the favor
se Impression be hal created But u takes
-are than reo3 actor. even whom thor
s1ssly well supported and THIS cannot un-
rse-s Is be- said Of MI Jamrs-.ia give
f1rpighiv good representation Of tho no
Nest - the dramas Mr. James "a one ~
nose artists who can paint a central figure
Al Nhn need 70 call IN assistance Tor tNo
Aa-kgro Ini ard accessories There Is LACK
rg Fl MI James representations that tn-
ireBabla something which In AIT circles is
sflet iu1sphere- In thc three plays he
s-eseftsa here there was appropriate seem
'rY 'erTerf costuming. and YET. in tha
s2eerh and acting. no'hiuV 20 Indicate
shsihe- the play WAS Of scotland or Dem
-ark mp Chicago II is ~ this artistic gift
IA, Irving eaers h.rh above All his fel-
eSs p - la this that Mr.. james falls DO
IS many Who are not bis equals as a per
fsFnr-
caflrty's has surIrg the week changed