The Mena weekly star., 1907-05-30
AN ENJOYABLE
 ENTERTAINMENT
Hamlet Up-to- Date" as Given Last Night Was Worthy of the Gracious Support It Received -S55
 for Library Fund.

Hamlet Up-to-Date," as given at the Davis opera house last week under the direction of Miss Rather inc Bone of Fayette, Mo-, under the auspices of the Woman's Literary Club and for the benefit of the Pub- lie Library, was a striking success, and all in the unusually large audi ence expressed their delight many times by most earnest and sincere applause.
 During the performance it was demonstrated that every element needed to win for this production a victory in the amateur operatic world was present in form and quantity.
 Miss Bone's Twentieth Century Hamlet" is a delightful variation in dramatic and operatic art. The story of the noted Shakespearian play, changed into comic opera, and set to the strains of popular rag time music, both in note and verse made a hit with the people of Mena. This was the first element of success.
 The second was that of Miss Bone, the young lady who possesses the gift to write the play and is also a genius in selecting talent and organ izing and directing a production of this nature.
 The third element of success was in the fact that Mena is fortunate in possessing so many beautiful young women with sweet and well trained voices and other talents needed in putting on play of this kind.
 The fourth and last element de- veloped was that the people of Mena appreciate their public library and the efforts of the Woman's Lit erary Club, which organization has the responsibility of it's maintenance, and responded in force to patronize the production of Hamlet and make the effort financial success.
 To enter into the play in detail and the..work of the leading characters,
 Miss Bone, in the role of Hamlet, carried her part with ease and grace and made it perfect according to its conception.
 Miss Felbell, as the ghost of Ham. let's father, backed up by whole flock of ghosts, sang and acted hel part in a manner very pleasing. Claudius, King of Denmark, whicf was given to Mena's sweet singer Mrs. H. A. Flynn, was one of tn, strongest and best characters. | was here that earnest effort ant true love and sacrifice to the art wa most clearly shown. For most o. the company it was not difficult tt look pretty and sing well, but il acting the role of the wicked olt King, as Mrs. Flynn did with sue cess, she won for herself mucl praise. Queen Gertrude, as s' nicely acted by Miss DeLongy, lief nothing wanting at the head of tn Kingdom.
 One of the most difficult charac ters was the part taken by Mrs. M A. White, as Ophelia. It not onl. required all that should be expecte' of sweet singing princess, but als the silly, prattling song of a de mented girl; in both Mrs. White me all the requirements.
 One of the striking characters, an' that came in the same class as Kin, Claudius, was that of Polonius, takel by that popular singer, Miss Lawson As disreputable :.and crippled ol' court attendant, Miss Lawson sacri feed appearance and voice durinl the evening, but won the hearties applause of all for the genuine mirtl her clever acting produced.
 Miss Annie Wood as Laertes, Mis- Gilmore as Horatio, and many other in minor parts, did we'll and, wit the chorus, that in person filled tn stage with feminine beauty and tn large opera house with sweet song made this the best rounded and sus cessful home talent production tn
 people of Mena have had the pleas
 ure of enjoying.
 The ladies will clear about $55 fo the library fund.