The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-22

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Y AIDES and gentlemen" said George
Macdonald In his lecture on Mac
IL BETH IL any one OF you were 70
harbor all the evil thoughts and bad
impulses that rise within you. there is
not one OF you who would not In time
Dc capable OF doing as wicked deeds as
those thought and accomplished by
Lady Macbeth"
Macdonald accepted Lady Macbeth
a. the handspring OF the tragedy. as
indeed she -. The subtle poison she
instiIled into her lords mind. soon
stirred up its latent workings with a
venom that o'erleaped her most bloody
imaglnlngs until hers. once the mas
ter mind. shrunk at the horrid plan
rings OF her lord. soon grown too great
lIr her 20 share. Hers was the mind
that planned the first departure Brood
ing In her lonely castle amid the lone
Her hills 81 Scotland. the woman's srr-
billion chafcd within its narrow limits.
while her heart, except 10 her lord.
grew as cold as the stones 81 the
gloomy halls. The prophecy OF the
weird sisters. In those days OF cid and
vitchcraft. impressed her no less than
Macbeth. and on the pr"mptiugs - am
hilton swiftly came temptation when
Duncan slept at the castle. Macbeth's
ambition. like "a train % powder. fred
8 i'm her spark. and FOR lack % 1t would
peer have done the deed.
warde's Macbeth. In the all too swift
changing from the biithe. honest sol
der 10 the moody. guilty monarch. vas
most vigorously and artlsticaiiy drawn.
\ prey. "a all were In those days.
thames and churis alike. 20 the terrors
Of the unseen and misunderstood. the
strength Of the man rose 20 the occa-
sion and the terror and Temo-ss we're
forgotten the imminent peril OF placing
the crime on other shoulders than his
own. IL vas wonderful picture
drawn By n master hand OF the poet
and represented by the summit OF the
actors art. The man. rcmorse crushed.
with al his baser passions bent ON S.
curing his frultiess crown and proionc-
ing his tortured days. showed yet the
kseuer panEs. the more fearful pun
ishmcnt enEendered by his superstition.
yet was 80 brave withal that At the
end with all his supernatural fears 1T
then greatest. he shakes or their
Ehostly yoke and fights. dcspairingly.
wildly. but fighting To the last.
Hiss Prescott may be fairly said to
have shared the h1uors last evening.
The plotting ambition OF the lonely
s. oman. iiendish yet human In her love
for her husband. was powerfully and
skilfuily portrayed. Unnatural as the
part seems without n thoughtful con-
al Of ~ -. In,
there was no crotesqueness in Miss
Trescott's rendition las. evening. Force
conserved TO be let out at the crucial
moment morked the characterization
from the first entrance. through the set
fury OF her wicked purposes To the pa
thos OF the sleep-walking scene. where
1.-THE mind diseased" re-enacted by
night. when the tired senses were
numbed. the deed that murdered sleep. |
One OF the most subtle scenes In the
play. perhaps. was that where the cur |
tain goes down on the twain. resigning
air pretenses and giving themselves. |
with thankfulness almost, to the mo- /
mentary abandonment OF rcmorse. Tie
guilty King lifts from his weary brows
his fruitless crown. a heavy. empty |
vanity. with a relieving sigh as his no !
less guilty partner meets his wonder |
ing eye and buries her face IN mis- /
mantle. Macbeth's stealthy creeping to |
the murder. his terror at the apparition |
OF Banquo. all made pictures long TO |
be remembered and pointed the fearful
moral OF the tragedy.
Herman's Macduff must not be for
gotten with its climax in the four tn l
act. where he learns OF his bereave-
mcnt and swears a notable revenge.
Barry tombstone. with rare artistic un-
selhshness for a juvenile actor OF his
and experience. which At
tributes indeed prompted the action.
played the role OF the witch and. sec
onded by Miss warde and Mr.. Hynes
raised the scene TO n dignity and weird
force that IL seldom attalns, but which
strengthened and adorned
the performance. Mr.. Coleman again
showed he has good stun to mould an
actor from as Malcolm. as did Mr.. Nc
CHM Miss Berteiie Is a most RESPONSE
BILE little actress. despite her somewhat
Phrygian costume. but would do well
10 eschew a weli-iaundered shirt in
PLAYING roles OF early Scottish days.
The costunIng was otherwise most ef-
,ective.
Tonight warde greets his brother
Elks. who have made many prepara-
tons TO make the occasion memorable. l.
warde has promised to make one OF
his apt curtain speeches which I. for Il
me. shall account a special attribute
of the performance.