Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-05-03
STAGE NOTES


Sara Beruhardt'S idea of OF Hamlet
! is that of a youth slender and supple
OF limb, 4 man Of nerves and intellect.
dramatic and passionate in tempera-
ment," She thinks that to call HAM
let mad would be TO belle the very
keynote OF his character, He feigned
insanity 10 effect his purposes. and
with this end in view, became all
tAings to all men~-facetious, wicked,
kindly or terrible, according to the ma
turc Of the one with whom he had to
deal, Mime, Rernhardt also sees SO
much OF the feminine In namlets
character that she doubts II any man
can thoroughly grasp e. She says
that to give u true rendering OF this
character requires the brains OF
man aud the intuition, the almost psy-
chic power ot woman. She natural
~ regards her own conception and
representation OF the role az the mel
anIhalN Dane as tho true one, al
though ii has not escaped the usual
amount of adverse criticism.
Otis Skinncr'S dramatic version Of
Prince Otto, produced at McVicker's
thcater, Chicago, Is triumph for MIR,
skinner rs an actor, author and pro-
duGer The critics OF Chicago are Law
tsh IN their praise OF the play, the act
ing and tho scenic costume inVestl-
ture, Mr. skinner and his company
viii remain Cor some weeks at
McNicker's whore business IN ex-
tremely large, Hearts Are Trumps.
tho greatest OF the big mclodramas,
now running to packed houses at tho
Garden thoatcr IN New York, will be
the SUGGESTING attraction at McVick-
er's. rhe play has 40 speaking parts,
ZOO extra people and Is shown In IA
massive scenes.
One of tho coming women OF the
stage, II Is said. Is Bertha Galland,
now acting the opposite role to James
X Hackett IN Mrs Richardson and
Miss Furntss' decentralization OF Che
Pride Of lenntco, She is described as
young, pretty, and uncommonly gifted
She has been under engagement to
Daniel Fr0hman for quite whilo, but
has not hitherto had chance, She Ia
said to have u particularly good part
IA the Princess Marie Otillie, who pre-.
tends to be a waiting maid Her act
ing liz called original, piquant and illu-
INITIATIVE and II Is predicted that sho
IS destined to achieve wonders
Ingpnh GnInrn,n,n nna,,,, ,,,,,,n
gcr when she was here IN 1896, says in
the book he has written about Amer
lea that the great actress did not visit
Chicago because she desired only the
! plaudits of people OF taste. aud II was
disp'caalng to interpret "for an audi.
once accessible only to pleasure OF
| traffic and gain" Hut Mr. Schurmann
also sats mean things equally super
clioua about New Yrok and the couu.
try in general.
Messenger Boy, musical play by
James T. Tanner and Alfred Murray,
| lyrics by Adrian Ross and Percy
Grcenhanlt, music by Ivan Cafyll and
Lionel M0nckton, which has been pro
ducca at the Glycty theater, Geirge
'ederer is saId to have already pur.
chased thc rights for this country.
Clara Lipman has Just finished
dramttiaatl0n OF the popular novel,
Lady BarbTIty, II viii In all proba-
bility be included In Mr. Mann's aud
Miss LIpman's rcpertory next year.
Miss Cissie LOTUS VIA rescued from
drowning by United states sailor at
| old Point Comfort She either fen or
| jumped Into tho water.