The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-05-20

above stairs yesterday afternoon
he most enthusiastic recognition ~
thc paints With which his lcctur
ahounded, Frederick Warie talked fo
/ an hour and three-uuartcrs ct shakes
peare and llis Plays" From the frs
. words 10 the last. drawing upun hil
F fun knowledge of the works Of the mas
Z ter. there was not a moment when In
tcrvst tagged. and young and old alikl
gave To the presentation of facts an,
fancy attention which spoke deep ap.
probation.
Long before o'clock the main audi.
forum of the theater was filled COM
fortably with young people. The
schools of the city were represented al
most without exception. yet there was
In the house such a gathering OF the
students as told of the effect of the
announcement of the lecture upon the
parents. There We're faces bright with
anticipation, and even the smallest OF
the pupils Wore the expression OF more
than ordinary feeling. And the way in
which the young people filled the place,
the taking of the seats above by the
lads from the principal schools, showed
the determination 10 enjoy to the full
the discussion of his theme by the most
thoroughly equipped of present day le-
gitimate actors. In the audience also
were scores of the best people of the
city.
While Mr.. Warde called his talk n
lecture, il became under his subtle
touch more than "A discussion of the
poet and his works; IL was at once a
history and "A clinic, "A dissection and
"A presentation. There lived and moved
upon the stage at times the men and
women, the creation of the master mind
OF the author, and again disdaining the
words of the poet but making "A mar
rative from the story of the piece and
putting into the mouth of the charac-
ter whose expressions were to serve as
the illustration wanted. the character
istic speech. one failed to find the line
of demarkation, so smoothly did il flow
until the Shakespearean stream en-
veloped the nearer and he became en-
thusiast.
During the few weeks Of his stay, Mr.
Warde said, he had been invited to
appear before the students of four of
the educational institutions OF the city
and the demands upon his time, his
duties and his health. made 1t impos-
sible for him to accept every invita-
ton, so that, as Mahomet could not go
to the mountain, he had asked the
mountain to come to Mahomet, and
thus gathered about him in his legiti-
mate sphere. the stage. he could speak
with all. He addressed his audience
as Fellow Students" saying that II all
were not students they should be.
Taking up the life OF the poet, he
hA ,,sf, 4, a.
ney across oceans and continent and
asked them to consider the time three
and half centuries past. He told of
Shakespeare's father and mother, OF
the earlier days of the poet until he
arrived at the age of IS, when, he said,
he committed an indiscretion in mar
rying Ann Hathaway, who was eight
years older than himself. Some say
that marriage was an unhappy one"
he said, "but 1t could not have been.
Had Shakespeare been married to n
shrew, a scold, to Xantippe he could
not have created the galaxy of beau
tiful and womanly women who people
the pages of his works"
The pOaching incident in the youthful
career, which drove Shakespeare from
stratford TO London. when he lam
~
ing his literary capacity, brought out
a story which Is not of common oc-
eurrence. The baronet was so enraged
upon the appearance of the lampooning
sonnet that he sent to London for
lawyer to prosecute, whereupon
fled, leaving his wife and
children. Last year when the Shakes
peare Society was preparing for its an
nual banquet. an invitation was sent to
Thomas Lucey, a direct descendant OF
the bapnet. His acknowledgement of
the invitation was its declination. and
he said: you surely must have for
gotten how my great ancestor was
treated by that person"
The career of Shakespeare in London |
was followed to some length there be- |
ing attention paid to his services as |
holder of horses, as call boy, as actor, |
and finally as manager and proprietor, |
until he was able at the age of AZ to |
retire to his home with competency. |