The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-02
At THE ThEATERS
BEN GREET GIVES THE EEST
PRODUCTION OF SHAKES
PEARE EVER SEEN IN ci-..'.

Large Audience See Both the "Mer-
chant Of Venice" ard Macbeth
Every Member Of 0reet's Company
Was Good and tie Manner of
Handling the Plays Were Entirely
Observation-Disclosures at Gen.
nett and Phillips.
Richmond has had good operas,
comedies. farces, tragedies and ev-
erything else in the theatrical line
this season but not until Saturday did
Manager Swisher bring a company
here, whose work will be a matte of
discussion for weeks to come. Ben
Greet came Saturday for a matinee
production Of The Merchant of Ven
ice" and night production of Mac
BETH Both were thebest ever seen
here and many who have seen the
greatest actors of modern times in
Shakespeare vote Greet the best.
The manner of putting on the plays
was entirely original. The SAM set
ting was used for both plays and the
curtain which went uD in the after
noon at half past two did not go down
till eleven at night.
In the afternoon Mr.. Greet played
Shylock, at night Macbeth. He ap-
peared to the better advantage as
Shylock. perhaps because he was very
tired when the night performance
commenced. His heavy acting in
Shylock was a severe drain on his
nerves. The scene in which Macduff
received the news of the death of his
wife and children was the best piece
of acting in Macbeth" The support
of Mr.. Greet was excellent. Particu-
lar mention should be made of the
manner in which Portals lines and
those of Lady Mavbeth were handled.
Both were done by the same woman.
An unique feature to Greet's pro-
grams is that the characters in the
play and the actors are named but
one is not told which part an actor
takes.
At the Phillips.
Those who care for performances
by ponies and dogs will have rare
treat at the New Phillips vaudeville
theatre this week. Manager Murray
has secured for his bill, as a head
liner, Clark's famous $4,000 troupe
of PONIES. dogs and poodles and one
of the best acts of this kind ever seen
at this house. If not entirely so. is
promised. While this act is expected
to prove of great interest, there are
others that will entertain hardly in a
less degree. Ward and Watson will be
hrs
Pitcher, as the original stump ora
tor; Charles T. Bell, in illustrated
songs; Reilly and Morgan. in a come
dy turn Adelyn, wooden shoe buck
and wing dancer. and the Philoscope,
showing "A Greengoods Man" and
"A Thrilling Rescue" 1t is one of the
biggest billstfo the money ever Offer.
ed New Phillips patrons.
tfs@N' Gennett Vaudeville.
What, do you want for ten cents?
This question. might aptly be asked in
reference to the bill that will be pre-
scented in vaudeville at the Gennett
this week, beginning with the matt
nee of today. especially if anyone
should be inclined to think that he
was not getting the worth of his mon
ey. Manager Swisher, through the
Western Vaudeville Managers Asso-
citation has secured some attractions
that he is confident will make great
hits. In the list are Pero and Wilson,
comedy pantomimists, who Introduce
their original novelty, consisting of
singing, Japanese manipulations and
barrel jumping; the mysterious Eske
sphinx wizard; Burnett and Wyerson,
eccentric comedians; Lizzie Weller,
Juvenile trick pianist; Ernest Renk,
illustrated songs; Roger and French,
songs, dances, ETC.. and the motion
pictures, "Misadventures of a Hat"
and The Critic"