Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-04-06
LUUIy Jamie
10 the Celebrated Norwegian
Play, "Peer Gynt," in
Nashville.

dome Theatre. Nashville, Monday
and Tuesday Night with special
Matinee Tuesday, April 1920 Spring
Festival Week. of Louis James in
Peer Gynt," the most discussed
play in many years.
When Richard Mansfield first pro-
duced this comedy Of life, wave of
disputation swept the country as to
whether the theme carried some
hidden meaning, if the characters
impersonated were symbolic or real,
and if the play was really worthy of
the player. The answer is now well
known, for not only did Mr.. Mans
field achieve the browning triumph
of his career, but established the
works of Ibsen upon more solid
foundation than had heretofore been
his fortune.
When Mr.. Mansfield answered to
natures last call, his trustees in
looking over the possible claimants
for this coveted prize chose Louis
James as the player most endowed
with the necessary requirements,
physically, histrionically, and tenn
peramentally to continue the great
work, with the result that Mr. James
is duplicating the success made by
this ilustrious predecessor.
Mr.. James presents the entire
original Richard Mansfield produc-
ton intact, embellished with all the
Grieg music, scenic grandeur. bat
ties, chorus, ETC., and the largest
and best selected company that he
has ever had the honor of offering
here. Aphie James is his leading
lady and is an actress Of charming
personality and histrionic attain
ments.
peer Gym t" is the story of a life
threatened with ruin by selfshness,
saved by love. Peer is Norwegian
youth with fantastic imagination
and singular bravado, who has
dreams of no less a destiny for him
self than kaiserdom. His magma
ton has Midas-gift which makes
success of all he attempts. At first
he only ventures the spinning of
harmless lies about his cwn advent
ures, which he embroiders out of the
lore of the mountains, as jest with
his mother and to enjoy the wonder
and applause of the peasants. Wo.
men are no less susceptible to the
influences of his cleverness. But
when his mother dies he seizes his
emancipation to go on his world
conquest. Every material success
is his; he becomes a plutocrat and a
power; sycophants gather as his
riches multiply, but he finds no sin
cerity in these false friends and no
permanent happiness in his sordid
wealth. They all dissolve and ma
turity is upon him without any con-
ISOLATION Of rectitude. He returns to
the mountains of the north and finds
there the woman Solveig who years
before offered him the priceless love
of pure heart. She has been faith
fui to her love for him her whole
life long, and in her heart he finds
his true haven and heaven. Here
was my Kaiserdom. F"
The story of Peer Gynt" is EN-
broidered in tender sentiment, fire.
quently with romping humor and al
time with a fantastic introduction
of the supernatural. This last is
represented by several allegorical
figures. One is the same sordid
Troll King, or king goblin, a sort OF
fairy Mephistopheles, who teaches
"To myself be enough" that is, re
alize yourself by the utter satisfac
ton of your own will, selfish. self
centered point of view which Peer
has unknowingly assumed. The 9th
err is the spirit of Final Accounting
or Angel of Death, who appears as
passenger aboard ship in a wilC
storm at sea and again as the Buttor
Moulder with his ladle, who urges
Peer to be thyself, that is to learI
his relation to the scheme of life,a
to try to learn to do his duty instead
of to merely crafty his will.
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