Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-17
Ben Greet player. Coming.

A splendid opportunity u sou 80
"Comedy of Errors is to be anoroeo
Marshalltown people when the master
piece of fun Is presented by the ceAe-
brated Ben Greet Players IN the ooeon
theater Wednesday evening, Nov. -.
The Ben Greet players famous as in
terpreters of the classic Shakespearean
drama, are Offering In this production
one Of their greatest achievements.
Under the guiding genius of MI. Ben
Greet, the company has striven Tor ana
attained the popularizing Of this class
ic. Ben Greet, who was himself for
many years leading actor In Snake
spearean plays. always had desire to
present these plays in their original
costumes anud settings. Thru tho ar
tistry Of tho producer all the original
effects have been preserved. The
COMEDY itself trimming with the
deep human sympathy Of the great
writer, catches the spectator up into
the spirit Of the time. The scene Is
laid in Shakespeare England and the
play Is presented just as the Immortal
bard would have himself offered 1t,
save for the modern building. the cleo
trio lights and the women actors.
MI. Ben Greet, the trainer and de
rector Of the Ben Greet players and
the Ben 0IccI WOOu1c1Ao = AoJ GIG va
Joys a reputation as the pioneer In re-
viving on the modern stage the cos
tunes OF the Shakespearean age and
the wonderful effects characteristic OF
that time, which are reproduced en-
tirely without the artihciality Of ordi-
nary staging. Mr.. Greet presents the
best in dramatic literature. He him
self is considered the greatest living
authority on the English drama.
For twenty years the Ben Greet
Players under his leadership have been
prominent in Oxford. London. Cam
bridge, and Stratford- on-Avon dra-
matte circles. Mr.. Greet was first rec
ognized in America when he presented
the morality play. "Everyman", which,
under the management of Charles
Frohman made such hit over the
country. Shortly after this the play
ers gave season of 200 performances
at the Garden theater in New York
City.
The other company trained by Mr..
Greet the Woodland Players, have
been equally popular in America. They
were the first company to be invited to
the White House grounds. For the
last few years they have been giving
performances annually at various
bia, Yale, Harvard. Chicago, Pennsyl-
vania, etc. where they are considered
the premiers Of their kind.
The play to be presented by the Ben
Greet Players In the Odeon theater
Wednesday evening is one Of the earli-2
est as well as one Of the best OF the
comedies written by Shakespeare.
It Is a play in which the situation Of
mistaken identity IL developed to the
extreme. A merchant Of Syracuse has
twin sons and buys twin slaves for.
them. His wife with one twin son and
his servant is wrecked in q storm and
they come together to live in Ephesus.
The other twin son and slave then
grown, start out to find their broth
ers and the father follows them. They
finally arrive in Ephesus and q most
amusing series Of complications be-
gins. The situation becomes more and
more complex until at last the real
identity of the lost brother 10 proved
and the family is happily reunited
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