The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-02
FAMOUS ACTOR
TALKS OF STAGE
Warde Says PEOPLE Are
Same as They Were
Centuries Ago.

''The heart of the world is not much
changed. The tears that Andromache
shed when she received the news of
mourning mother of today, garbed
though she may be in coarsest raj
ment. -
So spoke Frederick Warde, tragedian.
student, scholar, gentleman, as he sat
in his dressing room yesterday be-
tween the acts of "Julius Caesar. -
Behind the scenes Warde is an inter.
esting study. There is about him not
the slightest touch of affectation or
pose. Whether clad in the robes of Vir-
gInlus, the armor of Brutus ready to
lay down his life for his country's sake,
or the conventional street costume that
he doffs and dons as occasion requires,
his personality stands out, that of the
polished, cultured man who has an ideal
and who lives up to it as best he
may
Seated in his room during, the wait
between acts Warde talked entertain.
ingly of many things He told of his
futile attempt to arouse public inter
est in "Timon of Athens Shakes
pearean tragedy not produced on the
American stage for more than seventy
years. 81 spent year in the study
believe ! was able to present the great
play in form that dctractcd not one
whit from the beauty and pathos of
the story and at the same time to elm
mate all the references and incidents
which, while accepted in the sixteenth
century, are offensive to modern taste.
But the pepple were not educated to IT
Let me tell you something y and he
broke into an infectious, hearty laugh,
by no means stacy.
"We made our initial production of
'Timon of Athens in Lancaster, Pa,
At its conclusion man, apparently of
average education, said to me: We'll.
Warde, ] IN glad TO see that you have
at last got hold of an American play.
What IS that 1 said, not compre
hending.
h" FWhy, "Timon of Athens, - , he re-
piled, and it took me some time to
realize that he thought the Athens
was in Georgia.
Here's a joke on one part of your
profession, he added. "1n one town
the printer set up the ad Timothy of
Athens, the proofreader let 1t go
through and it appeared that way in
the paper. cherish the copy as a
sow enir.
"AII ready, Mr., Warde," said the
call boy, and as the veteran actor rose
he smiled and said "And now / GO
to hand Caesar a Roman punch. III
be back in a few minutes"
/ Before returning to his dressing room
the veteran actor puffed the stub of
cigar and took up his discussion Of
che drama. Caesar is now dead, we
are through with him." he remarked,
"but no, his ghost is yet to come. -
Then he turned quickly from his
thought of the play.
''It does me good to get IN touch
with the Young people, he said as
the echoes of the applause that greet
ed the curse of Antony came back
through the wings. 'They are stu
dents,' he said. ''They have followed
the play, are following it now line by
line. ] was out TO the high school
yesterday. Talk about your transfus-
ion of blood to save physical life The
contact with these bright young minds,
full of energy and power, gives one
an inspiration that can be had from
no other source -
"Ready for Mr. Warde,' came the
call boys voice.
81 must now address the populace. "
said Warde, and in an instant he was
the dignificd. noble Brutus. carrying
upon his shoulders the burden of an
empire.