The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-11
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cism he would have spared us the form
less ineptitudes Of this play and given
us a complete and harmonious fabric
/ No one objects to shamelessly gagging
1.-THE lines Of julius Cesar or to intellect
ually playing horse with him. That Is
the best thing Shaw does. But if he had
known how little serious he is as a
philosopher and how very. serious as an
artist in nonsense, there would have
been no bloody murder on the stage and
no; tedious melodramatic plotting. - - -.
Hen Try B. Irving, son of Sir Henry
Irving, seems to have impressed New
ork during his recent engagement there
as an actor worthy to succeed his father;
and likely one day to surpass him in
certain qualities, notably in versatile
ty. From the frst,- he chung to roles
made famous by his father, scarce ven;
turing off the ground where that genius
of the theater had trod. For this he
was chided by the New York critics,
which brought out from him a modest
that he was but pursuing the desires
expressed in his fathers will, that his
son continue the presentation of GER
tain Of his best accepted plays, devot-
ing liberal percentage of the proceeds
to- satisfy Individual beuuests and
other obligations in the settlement of
his estate.
Tho Dorothea Baird is Mr.. Irving's
wife and also his comrade in acting,
she can never hope to attain for him
what Ellen Terry attained for his
father But Mr.. Irving showed his re-
gard for her by putting 0 "Mauri-
cette: - French play in which his own
role IS hcentlous and detestable, but in
which his wife plays. a sweet, ingenu-
this sort Of roles that Miss Baird is
best fitted for, and in Mauricette''
she has the center of the stage With
this was given the wierd Robert Louis
Stevenson, tale, "Markheim,''. consid-
cred by many authorities superior as a
psychological study to CDR. Jekyll and
Mr.. HYDE =, The story is told bv
FRANKLIN Fyles as follows: = - ~.
Markheim goes to the shop of dealer
to whom he has sold many stolen arti-
cles, but this time his errand is to MUIR
der and plumber Having killed the man,
he begins to ransack the place for money.
Now, Markheim is no common criminal
and when, suddenly, the weight of his
awful deed .depresses him, he filings him
self across a counter in E remorseful
agony. Upon lifting his; head he sees
man confronting him. All of the room
save the two faces is dark. Those white
visages are illumined so adroitly that the
lighting falls on nothing else, and so
its effect is supernatural Stevenson
calls the visitor a spirit You are left
to guess whether it is the Hyde to a
Jekyll in Markheim's self or Mephis-
topheles come to tempt Faust He tells
the murderer Of his peril, argues that
it would be foolish to abandon the Job
half done, assures the wavering wretch
that nothing can save him from Grim
inal career, and offers to tell him where
the hidden money is. There is a rap at
the door. .l 50.
THAT is the servant says the spirit.
Let her in and kill her That is your
only way t..ss.sts :. q
II reject your aid says Markheim,
now resolute. LET me alone
The spirit disappears. The servant
enters.
Go. to the police" Markheim says, E"i
have killed your master y
Quite as weird as. Sir Henry in ..rhe44
Bells, is Henry B. in ''Markheim'
Is Chicago seems. to be as deeply inter
ested. IN Peer Gynt - as ever, and
Richard Mansfield is presenting his re-
markablc production to a succession 81
crowded houses. The fourth act scene
with Anitra in the desert has been de-
4leted since the opening performance in
order to bring it down into reasonable
limits. The Norwegians Of CHICAGO.
however, while admitting the fine quail
ties of the production, are making the
objection that in several essential WAYS
it is not Norwegian Mansfeld,s cos
tune for Peer as the poor mountain lad