Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-01

TO hear" he said that have 20 re-
collection OF having seen my father
play Hamlet You see | was but four
years old when he first played IL IN
London and only when he revived the
piece as his first production on be-
coming manager OF the Lyceum. OF
course | have often talked IL over with
him, and know the main lines OF his
conception and view OF the character,
but approach it without any memories
OF his actual performance.
zone OF my own ideas with regard to
'Hamlet'-who has always been my
f8vorite character In Shakespearean
drama--is that there is a certain ele-
ment of cruelty the cruelty Inherent
In most weak natures, mingled with
the affection and sweetness of the
princes disposition. This. / think, Is
strongly shown not only by his almost
Indifferent bearing on the discovery OF
his unintentional slaughter Of Polonius
but also In certain passages which are
usually omitted from the acting Ver-
Sion | am no believer by the way
IN really mad Hamlet, and l have
often thought II would be worth
while 10 give more emphasis than
Is usually given to the neglect
of dress and other outward signs
by which the prince would naturally
seek to deceive those around him as
soon as he began TO realize his declared
intention to put an antic disposition
on A man who has made up his nina
TO play the mailman would undoubtedly
take steps to look the part as well as
TO act It, and that is one of the points
which ] want TO keep In view II. b.
Irving Is TO appear as Hamlet" at the
A0Dlpli nbOnf Apri1 1
III, news that James J. Corbett 10
plar ming TO produce an adaptation OF
"CGshel Byron's Profession" has been
received with calmness by George Bel.
nard Shaw. NO" he said yesterday,
II have not elaborated with Mr. Cor
hett I'm any way, Do / think Il odd
that prize fighter should produce
play by me? Not at all. Why should
/? II seems 10 me Mr. Corbett Is a pea
son Of superior Attachments"
Last week was ono Of rather striking
theatrical productions. not only IN Lone
don but I'm Paris and Berlin. OF the lot,
Americans probably will be most inter-
ested IN 1.-THE Monkeys Paw" by w.
w. Jacobs-just put on &C the London
y
author of MANY Cargoes' Is said to
have written IN order to show himself
capable OF something besides humor,
was first tried at professional matinee
IN London several months ago. Then it
was translated into French and as Tie
Main du SINCE" was produced I'm Paris,
where II made real sensation. 10 Is
now being played In front OF Jacobs
comedy, Beauty and the Barge" ana
is pleasing playgoers 80 much that It Ia
sure TO be done I'm the United states
II is a creepy" sort OF thing. An OH
sergeant major named Morris has
brought from India a dried monkeys
paw, ON which some faklr has
cast a SPELL The shrlvelled little piece
OF skin and bone has the power OF
granting three wisheS TO it's possessor,
Dut-and here Hes the gruesome part
OF the story.-the wisher always regrets
that Il has done so. An old couple nam
ed White and their son, a young cleo
trlclan to whom the major tells the
story insist on trying the monkeys
paw, and against its owners advice the
elder White wishes for e200. This sum
does not drop from the clouds and the
son, Herbert, goes TO his work az the
electric light works, teasing the old
people about their unfulhlled hopes.
The next scene takes place on he fol-
lowing day. The father and mother are
waiting their sons return. Instead,
messenger from the works arrives To
say that he has been killed In the ma
chinery and. in the name OF the com
pany to offer them $500 as compensa-
tion.
In the days OF grief that follow the
old couple forget all about the mon
keys paw. One evening, a week later,
however. the mother suddenly remom-
bers that two wishes remain TO them,
and insists on the father wishing that
the son were with them again. He does
So AZ once there Ia a knock at tho
door. Instantly the old people are
aghast az what they have done. but the
mother, her hands trembling with emo
ton, tries to open the door. The holt
sticks. She struggles TO undo II. while
her husband clutching the fateful paw,
pronounces the third and last wish
that their son may rest AZ peace in his