The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24
BEN GREET PLAYERS
 PLEASE AUDIENCE
 AT THE CHAUTAUQUA
Present Twelfth Night" by Shakespeare-BestOr Lee lures in the Afternoon.
 Concert Tonight

Histrionic art in all it's beauty and sim plicity was exempified last night by the Ben Greet players at the chautauqua grounds where an audience numbering
 over 1900 people were enthused by the act
 ing of the famous shakesperian players,
 amused by the fine comedy and comical
 scenes and situations and thrilled by the
 strong human appeal of Shakespeare's s Twelfth Night
 The universal appeal of the work Of the great dramatist was in evidence ev- anywhere in the vast audience. The scant
 stageing had no visible effect on the hu- man appeal of the play and no finer comedy has been witnessed here than
 that offered in Twelfth Night In the portrayal of the difficult role
 of Viola" Miss Grace Halsey Mills was
 charming. Possessing beauty. fine stage
 presence and voice of haunting beau- ty, her appearance on the stage was ai- ways welcomed The various masculine roles were all so well played that 1t would be difficult to say just which one de- served to be placed above the others While it is a truism that Shakespeare has
 only heroines 1t is equally true that in the play last night he had many more male characterizations than feminine. MT. Sanford as ''Orsino'' Duke of AL lyria, furnished the romantic bits of the play in splendid manner while Mir Hanna and MT. Vivian as sir Tobey Belca" and 'Sir Andrew Aguecheek' were all that could be desired.
 Miss Annie Thompson as Marie" ser
 want to olivia" covered herself with honor and proved herself to be a mas ter of her art Having charming vivac- 1 ity, a great love for her work. fine voice and above all. the ability to lose herself in her character. she made a fine appeal to the audience.
 | As an actor and as a comedian. Mir Stevens as "Malvolio' was splendid in | all of his work and he proved himself a polished artist. while MT. Kelly as "Feste." a clown, was entirely satisfac- l tory
 | Miss Conrey as olivia" wealthy countess played her part with sincerity and ability.
 i, Taken altogether. the performance was one of the most enjoyable ShaSespearian presentations ever seen here.
 | The afternoon lecture yesterday by
 George Bestor on s'Education for Dem ocracy" was well received by the large
 afternoon audience that greeted him. l One of the shining attractions of the chautauqua programme was the splendid singing of the Welsh Christensen-B Baker trio yesterday afternoon and evening. | Their repertoire consisted of several | southern songs composed by themselves, one of which Down in Chattanooga. proved the singing sensation of the week. no les sthan six encores being answered
 by the trio at the conclusion of this pret- | ty southern melody.
 1 This afternoon Marcus A. Kelerman will render sacred recital MT. Keller man has the reputation of being one of | the greatest dramatic baritones in Amer ica and is known from coast to coast.
 Alvin Shyman, Mir. Kellermans pianist,
 will play a few of his own compost tions for the piano this afternoon. Tonight there will be a sacred recital
 by the Cathedral choir. This choir was one of the features of the lyceum pro- gramme last season.
 Harry P. Harrison, the manag ger of the
 entire Redpath system, will arrive in Bir-
 mingham today.