The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-09


peare.
CAST OF CHARACTERS.
Baptista, a rich gentleman of Padua..
.......................M Mr.. William Harris
Vincentio, an old gentleman of Pisa.
....................... Mr.. Thomas Davis
Lucentio. son to Vincentio; in love
with Blanca Mr.. Frederick Lewis
Petrucho, a gentleman of Verona a
sutton to Katherine. MIR. +. II Sothern
Gremio, sutton to Blanca.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Mr. T. L. Coleman
Hortensio sutton to Blanca.............
.................. Mr.. Pedro de Cordoba
Tranio, servant to Lucentio..
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Mr.. Fred Eric
Biondello, servant to Lucentlo.
..................... Mr.. Frank Relcher
A Pedant .......... Mr.. Frank Kingdom
Tailor .............. Mr.. Malcolm Bradley
Haberdasher .......... Mr.. Edison r. Miles
Grumio, servant to Petruchio. $500.
............. Mr. Rowland Blackstone
Katherine. the shrew, daughter to Bap-
tista ....... Miss Julia Marlowe
Blanca daughter to Baptista.
............ Miss Alice Harrington
Widow... Miss Millicent Mclaughlin
Curtis, servant to Petruchio..........
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Mrs. Woodward
Say that she rail-; why then I'll tell her
plain
She sings as sweetly as nightingale.
Say that she frown; I'll say she looks as
clear
AS morning roses newly washd with dew.
Saw she be mute and will not speak a
word;
Then I'll commend her volubiity
And say she uttereth piercing eloquence.
If she do bid me pack, I'll give her thanks
AS though she bid me stay by her a
week.
II she deny to wed, I'll crave the day
When I shall ask the banns and when
be married.
With this prologue did Petruchio in the
person of e. II. Sothern outline his cam
paign for subjugating Katherine, played
by Julia Marlowe. It was a captivating
and finished performance. Art was there,
exquisite comedy lurlSed in the lines and
situations and there was a certain human
quality-a modern conception, as 1t were,
which Is lacking in other performances
of Shakespeare's plays.
Mr.. Sothern and Miss Marlowe made
the play really dlvertlng; 1t created
hearty laughter and was full of delightful
entertainment The comedy was accent
uated In fact, the two stars have made
a radical departure in their interpreta-
ton of the play They give to 1t something
of the present with the result that 1.-THE
Tanning of the Shrew" was never more
humanity presented and never more en-
ioyable There was not a dull moment, but
on the contrary, the impetuous Petruchio.
the shrewish Katherine, reluctantly yield
ing to the will of her lord until she bows
in sweet submission, and some excellent
minor characters, gave an evening of
rare pleasure. One does not expect to
laugh mirthfully at Shakespeare's comedy
but everybody did last night.
AS Petruchio Mr.. Sothern was an agree
able surprise While lacking the rugged
physloue and some of the animal spirits
which are natural to Otis Skinner, Mr..
Sothern gave an admirable portrayal of
the role He was bold, masculine and ro-
bust, taking a keen delight in the part
he was playing at the expense of poor
Kate and withal making no secret-save
to her--of his increasing love.
In his stormlest scenes Mr.. Sothern
developed unexpected abandon, to such
an extent that the comedy was of that
vhirlwind order characteristic of the
modern farce.
The Katherine of Miss Marlowe was
a most enhancing figure, especially when
the process of her reformation was near
ing an end She was best in the latter
part of the play, when, realizing the fulfill
ity of further combating the will of
her llege lord and yielding to the love
which he had awakened in her heart,
she surrenders her entertainments, one