The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-21


1t shall advantage more than do US
wrong.
Think how that could be read with
sly winks and bittersmiling lips and half
closed knowing eyes
And suitng the action to the word,
Brutus in his dark gray sacque suit, rises
and gives the speech in a way that would
have made Antony seem a miracle of
straightforwardness. 1t is inimitable. and
Lyman B. Glover Mr. Mansfeld's new
manager, who has come in, relaxes the
grave features in a broad smile at this
exceliently illuminated bit of histrionic
fooling
But. goes on Mr. Mansfield. these
were the minor shadings of the charac-
ter, and had TO fail in subordinate to the
broader conception of him as stern pa
triot which minimzed all smaller weak
nesses. Thus at last ] entered into him.
Shakespeare meant him for the sympa-
thies of his audience. and marked him
accordingly as he did of robustuous blum
dering of Cassius as Wen of the vigOr Of
the young Octavius and the cleverness
OF the subtle Antony. To do this-that is.
TO bring him sympathy-we need more
than noble character. which only sup
plies good intentions; it is necessary to
show him from the moment his sword
pierces Caesar consciously in the hands
of a relentless fate
There. now. you have the process by
which l saw Brutus as l feel called upon
TO enact him.
The tragedian rises again nervously as
ne says this and continues in eloquent
strain that takes memory 10 reproduce.
pacing TO and fro. acting Brutus for the
little audience of two-in flashes Of
lightning" as they said of Edmund Keans
Orhello
Ell did love Caesar. and when he felt
the Imperative need Of Staying him it
was sacridcial Signs and omens had
been about its preparation. The ides OF
March the ides Of March remember
Fate. fate is pressed upon the deed that
shook the Roman world To its utmost
bounds. and sunk the republic in the
empire it was aimed against
After he has looked upon dead Caesar
lying there the shadow Of his fate comes
darkly unon Brutus. He IS forcing him
SELF 10 glory in the deed. but the ghost
of Caesar is before HIS eyes thenceforth
and ever saying Tn vain, In vain
Against this vision he must struggle as
he may.
Fates, we viii know all your pleasures.
That we shall die we know. It's but the
upon.
And drawing our days out We stand
time
And through TO the last Of It. she
man who dreamed IS haunted BY his
waking deed His reason counters feebly
on his fate He cries out against suicide
a base and c0wardjy. ard then with an
other fear al heart asks one or another
10 kin him. and then slays himself Al IS
lost AL is lost Portia is dead. and only
the Immortal gods remain
-Charged thus Nr Mansfield IL dif-
fers much from the traditional Brutus-r
What is the traditional Brutus2 The
Brutus is the Brutus Of Shakesneare.
not what generations or nen perpetustine
shah We say. the errors q their predeces-
sors have made him He must have mesns
something different 20 every man o.
shousht Who PLAYED hin As To- nv
Nievv. ] take no pride b. IL Because z
may d3Ner from This or fhet great actor
of times past But Z xii s4y it IS ny
owu
y Gve part when PLAY r. while
am playing Brafus an Brutus an
Napoleon Nero. Besucaire. Brunrel. for
the time I am playing than knov 20
ether way 10 characterize. Ny everyday