The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-14
DR. L0SEY DELIGHTS
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Rarely has Montgomery anaieHce the opportunity offered by pr. Loseys Ehxhespcarian course. the second . of ,-rbich lecture and b recital of Julfus caesar. was delivered Saturday af-' ternoon and evening.
 pr. Losey combines with exhaust i've study of the play. and mAs.er.y critical ahflfty, keenty fnaspehu- ent spirit in character analysis As ne says the characters that shake upeare draws are so well roundeds SO raany sided In .their complexity that shs student to understand them must look at them from every. point of view.
 The lecture on Saturday afternoon was devoted mainly, to presenting the compiex characters of Brutus and Cas- sius, and they appeared toRthe au- dience in an entirely new and inter- asfing light. Many who went witn the free-conceived idea that brutus ls ,.,., sne real hero of the play and thAt if Will liam there is. such a villain, ts Cas-. sius. found their opinicns much shak-7 eu by. Or Losey's ewafi-supporfed be- lief that Csasius really ueeired res- toratfon <sf the Republic while Brutus was wovernea by his zeaious fear that Caesar should hs crowned: that. while Cassius was not an ideal character. he had that decision, and that quick thought that Brutus lacked Tnoush not all of his hearers would assent to pr. Losey's characterisatfon Of Bru- fus as a good ju1iard." perhaps not very good, yet it was refreshing and stimulating to hear this new idea ex-.
 An admirable feature of Mir. Lo-i sey's lectures on the plays is the light that each, individual lecture throws on the general study of Shakespeare. For instance in Saturdays lecture the Shakespeare-Baeon controversy was touched upon incidentally when the lecturer spoke of the frnprobabii- fly that the scholarly Bacon should have taken Nortii.s trAnsiati0n of Flu 4arrh as his authority instead of go- ing Co the original courses and tha probability that Shakespeare. the tact ful, should have adopted for his drama to please the people the version of the tragedy with which they were Ia milfar. .4
 Again. a hint was given the student of shakespsare when the opening lines of Brususs first speech were given to illustrate his indecision and it was laid down as s general principle that Shakespeare giwes the keynote of each character in his frst speech.
 Scholarly but never scholastic. hu- morous at times but never facetfous, always deeply xhoAgntxus ana sym pathetic in his treatment of the dra- natic master. Dr. Losey gave his au- dience indeed an intellectual treat
 The reading of the play at night was attended by Dig crowd in spite of the indictment weather. To the marvellous feat of memory Of holding in mind whole play. the reader add cd such dramatic ability. such syn1s pathetic presentation of character that through him Caesar. Cassiuz. Brutus the very mob itseif, lived again. Some years ago a spectacular presentation of EhalEeHpeaxess s midsummer Night . Dreams tn New York, drew great crowds. The papers took 1t up and the ShaixAspearian play was very popu- lar. but Che thing that attracted most attention was the automatic rabbit. which was made to hop across the stage Tho writer could net but re- call that when without vestige of stage setting. not 6 hint of historic costume. with few explanations. pr. 1Ioasy place dso clearly before his asa. 'dience the aetioaR ths hopes and pas lssons of Juiius Caeeas sad hia cons ,temparariea.
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