The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-16
TODAYs PROGRAM Is CONSID-
Erred BIGGEST OF SEVEN
DAYS SEASON.
Frederick WARDE DELIVERS
SPLENDID SHAKESPEARE LECTURE
Noted Actor And Student Brings Out
Many Original Ideas of Great Poet
The Christianity Of Shakespeare is
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES From Several
Plays,
Plays.

Rays
Lo zito's New York City Marine
Band, assisted by Miss Sibyl Sammis-
MacDermid, soprano, is the attraction
at both the afternoon and evening
Chautauqua entertainments today.
This is the feature day of the entire
weeks entertainments and it is ex-
pected the crowds will pack the big
tent on the court house lawn.
Lo Zitos band is regarded as one of
the finest musical organizations in the
country and has furnished music for
many of the largest National conven-
tions and noted occasions of the coun-
try. Miss Sammis- -MacDermid has a
voice of unusual quality and stands in
the front rank of the great singers Of
America.
The feature of the entertainment
last night was Frederick Warde. Fred
erick Warde is an actor of the old
school. He has played with the great.
est Shakespearian actors of any time
and Nation. and he has played leading
roles. When Edwin Booth toured the
country in "Othello" and alternated in
the roles of Othello and Iago, it was
Frederick Warde whom he selected to
take the other role. ,is'''-'- -
| Understands shakespeare g .
There were many in last nights au
dience who never saw Frederick Warde
play Shakespeare, but after his lee
ture was finished there were none but
who appreciated the reason Frederick
Warde is great Shakespearian actor
The reason is that Mr.. Warde under
stands Shakespeare, loves Shake
speare, appreciates the purposes Of
the great English poet, and then acts
the roles, not as man working fol
weekly stipend, but as lover o
literature and dramatic art whose pur
pose is to give to the people cleal
understanding Of those arts.
Mr.. Warde's lecture last night was
decidedly the clearest, most interest
ing and most accurate lecture OF
Shakespeare that has been delivered II
Hattiesburg. It is the result of the
efforts Of man who has devoted his
life to the study of one great writer
who has gained mastery of the ideas
of that writer, and who knows how t.
explain those ideas to other people.
Shakespeare and his Plays wa.
Mr.. Warde's subject, and he inter
spersed his lecture with dramatic
recitations from some of Shakespeare,
masterpieces. He would first explain
the idea, then recite the lines, as i
proving that his Interpretation of tn,
Bard of Avon was correct. The effec
was more than entertaining. 1t wa.
convincing and instructive.
A thought which the lecturer
brought out with particular originalit,
and force was the religious faith O
Shakespeare. Every essential of tn,
Christian religion, he showed, wa.
brought out forcibly in his poems ant
plays, but nowhere was there a sug
gestion of sectarianism. To illustrat,
this point, Mr.. Warde drew a splendit
picture Of Richmond's army Tin the las
act of Richard IID then recited will
splendid effect, Richmond's prayer
Another passage used to bring out tn,
religion Of Shakespeare, was wolsey'
Lament, from Henry VIII.
Polonious' advice to his son, in Ham
let, was not the advice of a worldl,
man to younger man of the world
said Mr.. Warde it was a concise in
corporation of the teachings Of Chris
in the language of the times.
Other selections from Shakespear,
that Mr.. Warde talked about and re
cited were Cassio's apostrophe t
wine, from Othello; The Seven Age
of Man, from AS You Like It; an
, Portals mercy speech, from the Mel
chant of Venice.