The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-20
SHAKESPEARE
THE MASTER
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i dew which sparkles on the grass under
the morning sun. Yet another point
made by the actor was that never an
author but vas more than anxious to
have his name printed on the play bills
in larger type than that OF the star in
| the production. Even the Emperor of
Germany. he said. wrote a play and
let IL be known. He then asked IL any
one could imagine that Ben Jonson
would permit Shakespeare to have the
glory OF writing the plays IL he was
not entitled to IL. OF OF Bacon permit
ting the actor to appear before Queen
Elizabeth to read Macbeth" If he did
not write IL.
There is not a note in the gamut OF
human passions which has not been
struck by the master hand, from the
towering ambition of the King to the
first faint huttering of love in the
maidens heart. What matter IL all his
plays are not the creatures OF the i'm
agination OF Shakespeare. He took the
dramas OF the Italians and gave them
life and vitality. And the lessons they
teach. and how deIicately they are
brought out. While telling a fascinat-
ing story there runs through the entire
wool the thread OF the lesson" Mr.
lWarde said Shakespeare was an apostle
4 OF Christianity. According to the count
made by a lonG-term prisoner in the
state prison Of Connecticut, the name
OF God and mercy appear in the works
Of the poet 93T times. and no single |
character in the entire list OF plays that |
does not. In his extremity. appeal to
God for help. This brought Mr.. warde /
To Illustrations. and he first took Henry
\ VIII. making the great character of
1 Wolsey stand out like cameo. He
said Shakespeare showed no trace of
sectarianism though living in the time
when there was high feeling over the
church. but breathed through all his
works the spirit OF charity for all.
wolsey's great speech when stripped
OF honors and wealth. Farewell, a
| long farewell" was read with care
and deep expression. and the colloQuy
| with Cromwell was just as brilliantly
done.
From this Mr.. warde went on
through several parts. the prayer of
Henry v before the French army that
OF Richmond on the eve of Bosworth {
field. and the deeply touching appeal
OF the King in "Hamlet." all read with 4
a freedom which turned new lights !
upon the actor with each recital and
recitation.
Leaving this side of the teachings of
the master. Mr.. warde took up Polo
MUS speech TO Laertes as an example
OF the philosophy. and the words OF
Cassie in "Othello." "Oh, that man
should put an enemy into his mouth TO
steal away his brains" as an evidence y
OF his great care for the sobriety of 7
the people. Mr.. warde then told
story about the late President McKin- :
ley. saying that on a visit two years s
ago the chief executive asked IL he
played Henry VIII" saying that il n
was the motto OF his own life: Let -
all thy ends thou aim'st at be thy =
country's. thy Gods and Truth" Now
that the President had passed away I
the victim OF the assassin. he thought
the quotation might well be ended as h
Shakespeare closes IL. a
That Shakespeare was unhappily IT
married could not be. he said, for 9TH :,
erwise he could not have peopled his :
pages with the galaxy of beautiful
women. He spoke of Mrs. Jameson's
book on the women of Shakespeare and e.
said that student had placed Portia at 81
the head of the list as the most per- n
fectly womanly woman. With naivete u
Ar. Warde told the story of Portia and .
gave the speeches of the colloquy be-
tween Portia and Nerissa. and finally n
between the heroine and the three suit
ors. ending with Bassanio. During this G.
passage he evoked applause which rung s,
when he said the speech OF the Prince 9
OF Morocco was one of the manifest.
Of which he knew. and. turning TO that
portion of the house which was filled
with the boys from Kamehameha
School. said that they. born under the
tropical suns. could well say with that
Prince. that they bore the shadow OF
the FURNISHED sun" Down through ,
the trial scene he went with Portia. ,
showing her always as the womanIy
woman. and saying that her speech to
shylock. The quality OF mercy ia not |
strained. etc was one OF the greatest
Of all those given To women in the ,
works
Not content. Mr. warde went through
the list with Rosalind. Juliet. Corde- !
Ia. Miranda. the gentle Desdemona |
cato's daughter Lady Macbeth. OF [
whom he said he thought differently ;
han some actresses. for he saw
N her only love for her husband.
nan too weak 10 do right and too weak 1
- do wrong. He concluded:
When you take up the study OF 9
don't be frightened Don'tl ;
hink Shakespeare is so deep and OBJ
'cure trat you must be n scholar to '
understand him. His greatest charm I
% me - his simplicity. one Of the first
Kings To- do Is 10 burn the common O
aries II there were no commentaries s
would be better read than =
le -. IL you want To read. don't first l.
'au nc lhpuSand ana one self-con- Z
critics. but go right to the O
words "f the author himself. Shakes &,
'eare was an actor and wrote for in
eiiiSent actors To play before intelli- L
ent people. To be understood inteIli q
entity II he had intended his works !.
or the library reader he would have
1ade his poems epics." e
He then said that Shakespeare should Z
g read first for the story. then for the n
oeiry. then for the philosophy. and n
naiiy for the beauty. and then he said !,
would be case OF reading whenever =
ne could find the time. o
mere Is much dissension as to the o
inception OF the characters he said. Il