The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-10-17
THE STAGE
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Robt. b Nantell. presenting "Othel
To- In the Garrick theater, Thursday
evening. had a large audience spell
bound by an excellent presentation
or the character, considered one o
Mahtelrs strongest roles. Aside from
the interest centtring in Mr.. Man
tells presentation OF the Moor, there
was an added feature In the first ap
pearance on any stage, Of Genevieve
Hamper, of this city. In the char
acter OF Desdemona. the gentle wife
OF the fierce and mighty warrior
othello. MISS Hamper presented the
role in manner which augurs well
for her future success as a Shake
spearean actress.
Standing ont as brilliant fea-
ture OF brilliant presentation, was
the work of Fritz Lieber as Iago. the
scheming, crafty william whose In
triguing. clothed In fair language and
presented with fair show OF hon
esty, furnishes the basis for the aw-
rul elimination OF the tragedy.
Othelol presents the story of a
great love between directly opposite
natures which is wrecked by base
schemers who operate through crafty
suggestion, innuendo and half-truths
to instill the breath OF jealousy into
the heart OF the passionate Moor.
John Burke, as Cassie, portrayed
the, rough soldier In capable man
ner, while Edward Levers. assumed
the part of Roderigo. Venetian gal
liant. the dupe and ignorant tool Of
the Machivaelian lago
nj
also. was the work OF That's Lawton
as Emilia. lagos wife, while Frank
Peters was a pleasing Brabantio.
Mr.. Mantell will present his ia
nous characterization OF King Lear"
Friday evening and. will close his
weeks engagement, Saturday, with a
matinee performance OF "The Mer-
chant OF Venice" and In the even
ing, Richard H."
Ernest Leeman. The Man" who
sings before the curtain in "Kismet,"
this week in the Detroit opera house,
Is wellknown In America as a con-
his musical education under the late
Charles R. Adams, of Boston. and Sir
Charles Santley, in London. For the
y
abroad, and In the last revivals OF the
Gilbert and Sullivan operas In the
Savoy theater in London. he sang the
roles of Nanki-Poo In The Mikado"
and Frederic in The Pirates Of Pen
zance." He was The Man In the
original production of "Kismet" in the
Garrick theater. London, and was en-
gagged there by Harrison Grey Fiske to
sing the role In America. Harry
Sothern, who is a member OF the 'kis-
met" company, Is a nephew OF f. II.
SOthern, and for the last six years
has been in his uncle's company. His
sound Shakespearean training stands
him in good stead in his present work
In "kismet.'
The ballot OF youth is one Of the
features OF the performance Of THE
Lady OF the Slipper which comes to
the Detroit opera house the week OF
Oct. 81, and which, in its way, is as
pleasing to theater patrons as the &C.
centric acrobatics of Fred Stone, the
wazie song and dance OF David Mont
gomery, or, the dainty grace OF Elsie
Janis. The little ballet Is distinctly
classic" In type as much so as Les
Sylphides" of Adeline Genee. The
LITTLE girls, despite the fact that they
ard only sixteen and seventeen years
cl(% are thoroughly trained coryphees,
and b pretty sight they are said to
make In their dainty white tarlatan
skirts and garlands OF rosebuds. Mar
gerry Bentley, an American girl Of Eu-
rcpean- training. who is only year
or two older than her coryphees, is
the premiere danseuse.
Featuring the present-day life Of the
people, and especially the suffragette
movement and its effect on the coun-
try, f. M. Newman, the noted traveller