The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-28
aAS YOU LIKE IT.
MISS KENNEDY AND COMPANY
 AT THEATRE.
shaksspeare's Great Comedy Was Given e Faithful Presentation
 By Capable Player,--stage
 Pictures Were We'll Done.

"As You Like It," the comedy of Shakespeare, which decade after decade, has retained it's high standing in popular favor, was given an artistic and intelli- gent presentation at the Montgomery
 This play of quaint philosophy. of Shakesperian humor. of fairest lovers and of lighted wrongs, appeals always to the lovers of their kind. There are few stage scenes of the classics eQuallins in beauty the forests of Arden. where the melancholy Jacques moraiizes, the sententious ,Touchstone soiii0quizes. and the love stricken Orlando woos the real and the counterfeit Rosalind. They are charming scenes played out under the greenwood tree" the leafy court of the banished Duke. the loves of the shep- herds and the nobles. the mixture of fool ing and philosophy, and not enough of mans ingratltude to spoil the pictures.
 And the play is besprinxied with beat- tiful and familiar quotations. lines whose beauty and truth have won enduring memory. The "fmotiy fool with lack lus- ter eye" the ''all the worlds a stage" speech. the uses of diversity and many other of the old quotations known for many years. fell upon the pleased ear of the nearer to awaken memories Of his delight when their acquaintance was first made.
 The company in the presentation
 brought to bear an understanding and an appreciation of the literary excellence of the comedy. With some few excep- tions. the members spoke their lines cas- fly and naturally. They avoided the hesi- tation and difficulty. with which some modern actors are prone to unite with the interpretation of e Shakesperian role. Only in few instances did they be- come deciamatory at the expense of eff fectivehess. In the main they approached the fifteenth century humor and idiotins
 unafraid. and read the lines naturally and with Intelligent enthusiasm. Rosalind, the loved and loving heroine, was portrayed by Miss Elizabeth Ken- nedy. Miss Kennedy did not exactly har- monize with the pre-establlshed ideals of the fanciful maiden, who. disguised, con- trived to have her lover pour out his heart to her willing ears. Tn the dramatic scenes she rose to her highest When fire and emotion were called for. she stirred her hearers. She speaks her lines in them with spirit and force, notably in the scene with the Duke at the close of the first act. Miss Kennedy is not physically the ideal Rosalind 1t may be said that
 she was not sufficiently subtle or femin- inc, when, as the love-smitten Rosalfnd she taunted and leased the faithful Or. lando. It would appear that in the forest
 scenes the narrowest limits of her power were found.
 The same criticism of noncompliance with ideals cannot be aimed at the Or lando of John Webster. He met all ex- pectations. In the first place, he appeared young and staiwart He was an Orlando of exuberant youth, one who could throw the wrestler Charles and then 'indite verses upon his mistress's eyebrows" :" He was handsome Orlando who spoke
 his lines clearly and effectively. Mark Price was an excellent Jacques. In the intelligent reading of his lines. he perhaps excelled his associates. He
 was certainly the most effective. An entertaining Touchstone. one un-
 derstood and appreciated by the audi.
 ence was Cyril Young. The motley fool
 he presented was good in all his parts.
 The old man part of Adam was made splendid character part by Mark Ells-
 worth
 The particular delight of the perform
 ance was the Celia of Fanchon Camp
 bell. It was a dainty and feminine Celia
 that Miss Campbell presented. She pre-
 sented the role naturally and convinc-
 ingly, brishtened with gentleness and
 womahliness.
 The supporting company was entirely
 adequate.