Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-02

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| which seem 10 have escaped the notice
| Of many. You see IL hasn't been their
| businCss-thcir trude-to look out Tor
! these little points, whereas it has been
! mine.
Il shall not speak of any one heroine.
| but many-Rusalind. Nolumnia and
| lmOgcnC. and others whom ] specially
! love. and ] shall give little scenes to
| illustrate my points. Shakespeare's
| genius Is SO mauy-sidcd that / can't
| possibly attempt 10 interpret it by a
| prosy paper ON one heroine. And even
| n / did IL wouldn't be- Shakespeare II
would be such small piece OF him
that II couldn't be representative"
WILL GIVE WHOLE SCENES.
do you mean that you will act some
Of the parts?'
Lots OF thcm-whole scenes I
couldn't give my Interpretation without
II. And I shall dress up--possibly IN
Elizabethan costume But ] don't
think | shall change during the
discourse That might seem Just lit
tie bit too much like a circus. and
besides / cannot feel chat II would hc
artistic And II my little discourse
were not artistic II would fail OF most
Of its points"
win you not have more than one
subject7'
There will be two anyway perhaps
three or even more. TO some audiences
/ shall speak Of Shakespeare women
to some, Of the letters in shake
speare's plays. and 70 others Of how
Shakespeare knew everythng-in tho
world before last-beforc anybody was
ever born or thought of Shakespeare
the Prophet
Shakespeare as prophet! And did
he foretell flying, for example,
One OF his most wonderful divlna-
tons was NJ our modern women /
shall point out the similarities and dis
similarities existing between many NJ
his characters and the most highly de-
veloped types Of women Of today
DREADFUL MISTAKE.
Does that mean you think those
types are unfeminneH | seem To- re-
member someone quoting you az say
ing modern women are unfeminiue'
Yes, ana ii was a dreadful mistake,
for l didn't dream OF saying Il, ] said
that remarkable analogies exist be-
tween Shakespeare hcroines and the
most modern women. hut while l am
sure there WIS no intention OF mis-
quoting me. the deduction that / CON
slider the modern woman unfemininr
was quite wrong, The best type of
our women Of today are very far from
What Is meant by Letters from
Shakespeare That seems TO suggest
personal corr cspoudencc.'
Almost every friend | have spoken
to about them has asked me that uues-
ton The discourse win be on the Let
ters In the plays themselves and what
they reveal. but ! am not going e. tell
YOU any NOR, about tAis, Yuu'U iust
nave 10 wait ami soc. hope what I
shall have 90 say about them will in
torcst my hearers
MORE COMEDY THAN TRAGEDY.
you said your discpurses would be
both grave and gay. Does that mean
YOU. will deaf with both the tragedy
and comedy elements Of Shakespeare"
Il think ] shall pay little more
attention 20 the comedy. ! cannot Ell.
dure a melancholy or dry-as-dust con-
fabulation, and ! mean TO make them
only a very little. ] must give them a
taste Of my quality and see how they
Ike n.
And ! shall not forget the girls and
boys To them ] shall delight To speak
and encourage them To love, 10 adore
Shakexpearc as have all my life
When tho STAFFORD Festival is over
| shall &c down 20 my little farm, and
shall work all over n-nOt the farm
but my Conference
But there Is my young friend. Por-
tia" suddenly cried Miss Terry. spy
ing Portia knight. an American actress
whom she has made a prutegee. 'DI
YOU know her? dear, beautiful girl
i must run and tell her the audiences
will want 10 see more OF her face when