New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-09
NOTED SHAKESPERIAN STAR.
Chas. B. Hartford One of America
Leading Actors. = a.
Heis Now Appearingin "The Tam
ing of the Shrew.'4
Attraction Will Come to Turner
Theatre in January.

The Turner Theatre has seen some
good attractions this season but with
out doubt the most important offering
of the year will be Mr.. Chas. B. Han
ford's "Taming of the Shrew" which
comes here early in January. Mr..
Hanford is an old associate of Erwin
Booth, Lawrence Barrett and Thomas
Keene and today stands at the head of
the legitimate actors of the old school.
His company is large and capable
one and in the matter of scenic inves-
titure and costumes his manager has
not stopped at expense. A New York
paper has the following as a part of
lengthy criticism of the productions:
"a Corning audience went into rap
lures over Shakesperian play last
night; it demanded curtain call after
curtain call; it applauded SUP port as
we'll as principals; and lastly, it re-
manned seated until the last curtain
fall and rendered the actors a genuine
ovation.
''The offering was Charles B. Han
ford and Marie Drofnah in ''The
Tanning of the Shrew," and, caught
off it's guard by the display of talent,
the audience found itself enthusiastic
almost from the first. f.
''Mr. Hanford had demonstra ted his
ohi1;tu RI 1n1ipooto otropr nh ono oto,
work in a curtain raiser, ''The Old
Guard" which in the few minutes it
held the stage, ran the gamut of a
brave old soldiers life and presented
picture after picture so realistically
tnat illusion seemed like experience.
In "The Tanning of the Shrew"
Nj. Hanford essayed a far different
role-''Petruchio," the merry, rollick-
; ing fellow who secured a good wife
and fortune by his tact in subduing
the ungovernable temper of the fair
but violent 'FKatherine' of whose
tongue and fierce disposition all but
he stood in fear. ~.
Miss Drofnah put into the character
of katherine" that brought both out
so prominently in the first act when
'Petruchio" made proposal for her
hand; but it was true sense of the art
of acting that carried Mr.. Hanford
through all the harsh experiences
"Petruchio'' has with ''Katherine''x
before she is tanned, without once caus-
ing shudder from the audience at
seeing woman abused. The "Petru
chic" of Mr.. Hanford so popular, in
other hands would have needed but
little to have lost virtue. Take the
twinkle out of his eye and the practi-
cal joker would have been transformed
into a brute.
s'Too high praise cannot be accorded
Miss Drofnah for her conception of
the Shrew. Every phase of the con-
hict which ragged within the woman
whose mind had never known outside
influence, from the moment when
goaded to madness by the taunts of
her would-be lover she paced the gar
den like an enraged lioness until the
closing speech when, meekly and sweet
ly, she tells other wives their duty to
their husbands, was faithfully portray
ed. And, as conflicting emotions Of
fear and hate surged and receded with
in, her features seemed the mirror Of
her mind.
Last week there was introduced by
Mr.. Miers in the House of Repre-
sentatives a bill entitled ITO Provide
for Theatre Of N ational Education.
It was referred to the Committee on
Education.
The preamble sets forth that a
necessity exists forthe fullest develop
ment of knowledge, and upon such
enlightenment depend all human hopes
of human happiness; the stage offers
for the instruction of humanity the
lessons OF life in living, pictured form
graphic, impressive, complete and
all means of education should be en-
ployed for the succor of the human
race.''