The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-12-26
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derfui feature of the Scene. This piece
will be presented again this afternoon at
the matinee. The pay tonight will be
Otheilo. 1t is possible that the people
who should have seen the play OF yes
terday and last night are waiting to see
Otheilo, as this is supposed to be Mr..
James masterpiece Q: work.
No bill in Mr.. Louis James repertoire
enjoys greater popularity than his 9th
clio. For some years Mr.. James has
been one of the most notable exponents
Of the title character of this play, and
during the past five years his conception
and treatment have broadened in such
a degree that he is today without doubt
the foremost Othello on the American
stage. Aside from Mr.. James acknowl-
edged greatness in this role, the theater-
going public will find additional interest
In the elaborate staging that has been
given the play 1t is therefore with no
small amount of pleasursble anticipation
that one looks forward to Mr.. James
engagement. tonight in this, his most ia
nous Characterization, at the opera
house. "Othello" as stage character
is very interesting study from many
standpoints aside from the analysis of
the character from the Shakespeare
text. He has been variously Interpreted
as a veritable barbarian and as a cul-
tured Venetian. Both extremes are man
ifestly erroneous. Mr.. James character
ization preserves the racial character
isticS of the Moor and at the same time
makes all due allowance for the environ
ments Of civilization he enjoyed and the
the degree of culture re acquired while
at the court of Venice. In personality
Mr.. James is singularly suited to the
l0onracciya oy,,h - nJ,a
acter. Tall and erect in stature, mass
i've and symmetrical in frame. graceful
and expressive in action, he is ideal in
the physical realization OF the part He
has one OF the most impressive voices
the American stage has yet produced,
and it is absolutely responsive to every
passion that he may be called upon 10
express. These native gifts are supple
mented by mature art perfected in the
most exacting school the American stage
has afforded. To all of these qualities
must be added that of genuine love for
the abused Moor, love which existed in
the tragedian from his very fierst &C.
quaintance with the play and which has
grown through the years of his interpre-
tation. Mesrs. Wagenhals and Kemp
er, Mr.. James managers, have, besides
surrounding him with the strongest COM
pany organized in years for the support
OF star in the classical roles, given
the plays in his repertoire a magnificent
scenic equipment. The senate chamber
for Othello is modelled after the famous
chamber Of tapestries in the palace of
the Doges in Venice, and is said to be a
triumph Of the scene painters art. An
other gem Of the Othello scenery is the
bed chamber of Desdemonia. the cos
tuning is historically correct and most
ella bOrafp tha DESIGNS arc by- Nnpp Ia n
and the execution by Herman.
Othello will be presented tonight The
same splendid production of Sparta
Gus" that was given last night at the
opera house will be repeated at the spe-
cial matinee today. The curtain will rise
at p. m. sharp. The advance sale for
'Othello" is very large