The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-18
MANTELL COMING
IN CLASSIC PLAYS
Week of Shakespearian Dramas
Will Be Next Offering at
Newark Theatre.
4 N event OF especial significance is
. the appearance of Mr.. Mantell

~ the appearance OF MI. MahleiI
in Shakespearian repertoire at
the Newark Theatre during the week
beginning Monday MIR Mantell is ac-
corded first place among American
actors. and is now regarded as II OF
the greatest exponents of tie classic
drama Of the present generation. Dur
ing his engagement in Newark he VIII
present eight different plays, all call
i, ing for the highest order of talent and
the widest stage training and percep-
tion. Mr.. Mantell treats the Shapes
pearian drama in a nj betoken-
ing authority and the deepest insight
into the roles of the Bard of Avon. The
order In which the plays will be pre-
sented during the Newark engagement
is: Monday Macbeth" Tuesday,
Hamlet" Wednesday matinee,
Romeo and Juliet" Wednesday night,
"Othello;', Thursday, "Richelieu;' Fri
DAY, king Lear" neutrality-suspicious.,
1.-THE Merchant of Venice" Saturday
night, Richard III"
Mr.. Mantell has in his time played
many parts. He now has the most eX-
tensive repertoire of all actors before
the public during the present day. In
his recent engagement at the New
Amsterdam Theatre and the Academy
of Music of New York, in which he
scored a record uneXcelled by that OF
all the Shakespearian actors, he pre-
scented no fewer than thirteen different
plays. Besides the plays mentioned
above Mr.. Mantel gave the difficult and
seldom seen king John" Delavigue's
Louis XII" Julius Caesar" in which
he impersonated the role OF 'Brutus;'
Bufwer Lytton's "The Lady of Lyons,
and 1.-The Marble Heart"
All of the productions during the
Mantell engagement will be given With
great care as to detail and regard foi
historical facts. William A, Brady, who
directs the business fortunes of Mr.
Mantell, has provided an elaborate and
appropriate scenic environment for each
play, Macbeth which will be the
opening bill, is the play In which the
sttar appears to especial advantage.
Hamlet affords Mr.. Mantell scope
for the expression of that genius
which has been the subject of comment
by many commentators of the stage
The comedy of the week will be The
Merchant of Venice" in which Mr.
Mantell win impersonate Shylock. Tho
only play OF the week not by Shakes
peare is that for Thursday evening
"Richelieu."
Mr.. Mantell has surrounded himself
with an excellent company. one of the
members of which is a native of New
ark-Osear Pfefferle. Mr.. Pfeffsri5
achieved considerable local prominence
In an amateur organization which
gave a series of excellent Shakespeoriar
performances. Later he acquired prac-
teal experience and finally won a place
In Mr.. Mantells company. Miss Marie
Booth Russell who will impersonat'
the leading feminine roles, is a woman
of much beauty and an actress Of wide
experience and ability. The company
also includes Fritz Leiber. Guy Linds.
ley, Henry Fearing, George Stillwell
Cesson Ferguson. Alfred Hastings
Howard Bartz. Miss Agnes Elliot
Scott. Miss Genevieve Reynolds, Miss
Virginia Bronson. Miss Doris Kelly ant
Master Paul Kelly.