The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
ROMEO AND JULIET"
Mr.. 'Sothern and Miss Marlowe Pre-
sent Immortal Love Tragedy.

Mr.. 'Sothern and Miss Marfowe Pre-
sent immortal Love Tragedy.
Two households. both alike in dignity.
In fair Verona, Whsre We lay scene,
From ancient grIIdge break TO new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins Of these two foes
A pair Of star-cruSsed lovers take their life,
Whose niS1dTertlr'd piteous o'erthro1s
Do with their death Iury their parents strife
The fearful passage Of their death-ma+k'd love.
And the oon.inuaace Of their parents rage
Which but their children'S end nought could remove
Is now the two hours traffic Of our stage
The which if you with patient ears attend.
What here shall miss our toll shall strive to mend
DRAMATIS PERSoNAE.
Escalus. Prince Of Vcrona. .-....-Mr Milano Tilden
Paris. ycurs nobleman, kinsnan to the prince
Mr.. Albert S. HoWson
ho;e' Al variance Nj Maioo@ oh Bradley fsiS5
with each other. }
An old man Of the Cepulet family.
William McCoomis
Mercutio. kinsman to the prince and friend to
Hnmeo- -........-.-.-........M Mr.. Frederick Lewis
BenT"lio. nephe" To Montague and friend to
Tybalt nepheT to Lady CapUlet. Mr.. Sydney Mather
Friar Laurence. \ Fr1ncisczu. Mr. Thomas Coleman
BalthasaI servant to Romeo. Mr. Frederic Roland
Sampson. Servants Mr.. France Bendtsen
Gregory. ......... to CapuIet .M MIR p ]. Kelly
Peter servant to Juliets nurse...................
Rowland Blackstone
Abraham, servant to Montague Mr.. Ernest Sinclair
An ApothecarJ- Mr. Malcolm Bradley
Three Mrsclars. .Bicnd Biondi, and AntisT
An Otfcsr .Mr. Harry RAbon
Lady Montague, wife Of Montague. .................
......-...--...........--.Mis Miss Lenore Chppendale
iAay C9pnlet wife Of CaPnlet- Miss Alma Kruger
Juliet, daughter Of Capulet Miss Marlo~e
Hlrse TO Jullet--.--......-Mrs Eugenia Woodward
Page 10 Paris. Miss Katharine Wilson
Citizens Of Verona, kinfok Of both houses. guards,
ANrrar, .A.,l,
Maskers- -.. Misses Wilson, Coleman and Healy
Pages. Misses Fralik Lewis and Fralick
SYNOPSIS OF sCENEA
Act Scene !, Verona. public place Scene 2
corridor in Capulet's house. Scene ). before Capn-
lets hoCse- Scene 1. hall N Capulet's house
Act II-CaPulet's garden.
Act III-Scene l. Friar Laurence's cell Scene
street. Scene ). Juliet garden. Scene 4, Frar
Laurence'S cell Scene 5. a street
Act IV-Scene l, Friar LAurence's cell Scene
Julict's chamber.
Act N-Scene I, Friar LAurencr's crI- Scene :.
Act VT-Sc1ne / Mantua str,et srr,s +,-,h
Of the Capulets.
Mr.. Sothern and Miss Marlowe brought
their memorable engagement at the Be
lasco Theater to a triumphant end last
night with their presentation of that
most poetic of all Shakespearean trage-
dies, Romeo and Juliet" A magnifcent
audience packed the playhouse to the
doors. and the twin stars were rendered
an ovation that must have gone far to
requite them for the terrific strain on
mind and body attendant upon the days
work. which included d matinee per
formance of Macbeth"
Mr.. Sothern lacks the fiery Latin tenn
perament essential to a perfect deIinea-
ton of the youthful, passionate Romeo,
a handicap that he surmounts in truly
marvellous fashion. He gives an inter
pretation of the role that makes up in
poetic feeling and perfection of
technique what is lacking in spontaneity
and boyish fervor His reading of the
love passages is exquisite in tone color
and in the scenes of his despair he rises
10 true dramatic eminence, His per-
formance is a triumph of intelligence
and great talent over physical and tenn
peramental disqualifiCations.
On the other hand Miss Marlowe's
Juliet was. as always. a perfected mas
terpiece. In this part. as in the roles of
Ophelia. and Rosalnd. Miss
Marlowe has never been equaIed The
music of her voice and the wondrous
picture of maiden loveliness she pre-
sentS in the balcony scene are only for
gotten in the pitiful reality of her dis
fraction in the darker moments of the
play. Time shall have no greater crime
lpOn his head than when his cruel touch
shall rob Miss Marlowe of her power
o play this sad. sweet maid
The Mercutio OF Frederick Lewis en-
:anced this sterling actors reputation.
His reading of the Queen Nab speech
gained great applause, and his death
scene was admirably acted. Mrs. Eu-
5enia Woodward was excellent as the
nurse, and the F>riar Laurence of Thomas
Coleman was exceptionally good The
-emainder of the cast gave their uni
formly satisfactory performances, and
he mounting and staging were on a par
with the previous presentations Of the
week. ERS