Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-29
HAMLET LIVES
AGAIN. N--MANTELL
Shakespeare's Most Quoted
Tragedy Feasted Upon by
Enthusiastic Audience


dent the casual reader, yea, even the
few who found their way into the Or
pheum Theater last evening expecting
to see musical comedy, all witnessed
a mind-feast on the never-too- oft
repeated tragedy of Hamlet" Robert
Mantell, the distinguished. although
fast ageing interpreter of Shake
spearean roles, was in rare voice, and
his refined cast, obviously wrapped up
the setting for the display of the
Melancholy Danes" talents.
1t was rare treat Perhaps the
more discriminating adhere to Mans
field, or Sothern, but few there are
who did not rest content with Mantells s
presentation of the gloomy heir to the
Danish throne. What matter if the
critics still argue that Hamlet was
really not insane at all; what matter
IL the mad Ophelia sang not accord
ing to rote-Shakespeare lived again
last evening in the most tragic of his
tragedies and an enthusiastic audience
bore testimony to his reincarnation.
The powerful all-pervading voice of
Mr.. Mantell had its counterpart in the
rich, sweet tones of the girl Ophelia,
played as it is seldom played by Miss
GeneVieve Hamper, who has in the
past few years gained an enviable
reputation as n participator in Man
tells repertoire. The mad scene was
unrivaled: the two scenes in which the
apparition of the king of Denmark
walks and talks with it's erstwhile son;
the classic soliloquys that every school
boy and girl knows by heart; the scene
in the graveyard, and finally the
wholesale destruction in the last scene /;
by this and much more was wildly
reproduced the story of Hamlet and
the memory of his devotees freshened
in an entirely satisfactory manner.
The work of Miss Hamper as
Ophelia, Fritz Lieber as Laertes. her
brother, Albert Barrett as the ghost,
John Wray as the grave digger, Frank
Peters as Polonius, and Miss Genevieve
Reynolds as the faithless queen, was
especially noteworthy.
MAX ROBERTSON.
ORPHEUM - Friday evening - David
Belasco presents Seven Chances"
Saturday matinee and night, March
Blue Paradise"
MAJ MISUNDERSTANDING
COLONIAL-"Arsene Lupir."
Sweetheart"
Following its haif-year run in New
York. David Belasco will present his
aseven @s% seven 'GmsaS ShsSSes." sf'cfis, at the
Orpheum Theater to-mor-
row night, with the origi-
nal Belasco Theater production and
"Seven Chances" is a thoroughly hu-
man comedy that appeals to all classes
of theatergoers. Its comedy is bright,
clean and wholesome and laughter per-
yades the entire action from beginning
Written by Roi Cooper Megrue. au-
Fire" and co-author of 'It Pays to Ad-
vertise," the story concerns confirmed
young bachelor and woman-hater. who,
hNT hi I'D fnfl l.
finds himself Obliged to choose a wife
within twenty-tour hours, or else for
felt a large fortune.
Seven eligible girls are invited to a
party especially arranged for the occa-
sion, and after dinner the young man
proposes to them all He is refused by
most on the verge of losing the money,
when he and a girl. with whom he has
fallen in love and who refused his
previous offer of marriage because it
was a business proposition, find hap
pinesS together.
tickets that have already. been bought
for the forthcoming en-
.srhe Blue gagement, of The Blue
"F"o'' Messrs MessH.Ses shubert ThISf %ill pree ree
sent at the Orpheum, Saturday, matt
nee and night. this newest and most
melodious of Viennese .operettas. is in
for prosperous local presentation.
The glowing reports carried home by
the hundreds of thousands of out Of
town visitors who saw THE Blue Para
disc" in the metropolis, have caused
the fame of this delightful operetta to
spread to all parts of the country and
to insure large audiences in every place
it is presented. In the cast the Messrs
Shubert have provided Paul Mich
olson, Miss Norton, Charles Bowers
Juliette. Lange, Gustav Baci, Gypsy
Dale, Charles Derickson. Robert Lee
Allen and other players of equal promi-
nence. There is a large chorus of sing
ing and dancing beauties from Broad
way.
One of the attractive features on the
Majestic's new bill the last hale of this
week is the Melody Six, a
The sextet of charming young
New Bin local approval, one of van.
deville's best musical Of
ferngs 1t is said that each girl pos
sesses an abundance of talent, and they
mental numbers that cannot fail to
please. John and Mae Burke, i'm a
laughable comedy skit. How Patsy
on the 70 oGt t6e vaade
willie list are: Madison and Winchester,
in a novel song and dance turn; the
Oklahoma Four, introducing some ex-
cellent dancing, singing and comedy,
and Johnson Brothers and Johnson. in
u comedy blackface act.
In all the annals of stage and screen
there is no star who has won distinc-
tion in the portrayal
George Beban Mt of a racial type in
Regent To-day quite the degree that
George Beban mas
as an interpreter of the Italian. "His
thetic photo drama showing the real
heart and soul of the Italian. with the
added interest of American environment