The Detroit times., 1917-02-14
- THE
STAGE
GARRICk,

Mantell--he has outgrown the
necessity for the prefix "Mister''--
delighted an enthusiastic audience
Tuesday evening an the greatest OF
All the shakespeare tragedies. Ham
let" From shylock. IN which he was
a distinct success on Monday night.
10 the melancholy Danish prince IL
FAR cry. but the talented actor added
to the sum of Detroits admiratios by
as finished a Hamlet as has been
seen in Detroit,
The wonderful poetry OF the Avon
bard's ma sterpiece took on new
beauty. " that L. possible. ny the
sympathetic enuncistion OF the great
Shakvspcarian actor Those who
compared his recital OF tho famous
soiiloauy with others appeared 20
believe that the artist had attained
The almost impossible by success
fully painting the lily" The speech
has seldom been delivered more elo-
auently and with more feeling The
entire production shows the result OF
careful study and many rehearsais.
Miss oeneViess~ Hamper won adj
iniration without stint as the fair
Opheiia. From purely physical
point OF Wow the wife OF the star
could scarcely have rival. her ma
tural beauty lending itself 90 the
making 81 the role sympathetic and
| admirable. hut beyond this she used
her sadly sweet voice To the great
est purpose and SO ingratiated her
self with her hearers that her drown
ing appeared tho calamity the drama
| list expected.
Others who assisted In developing
| the tragedy which left the stag
Ntrewn with dead like trench
some where IN France" Were Guy
| IInaaiey as Horatio. Albert R8rrctt
| a. the ghost. Frank Peters AS polon-
| ious. John Burke as Cleudlus, Fritz
| Isiher as Isacrtes. John Wray a. the
gravedigger. and Miss Gencyieve
REYNOLDS as Gertrude. The various
other and smaller parts were well
| taken care OF
The Wednesday matinee audience
Will see Manteil IN "llchelieu. and
in the evening Macbeth will be Of
fered
.rrha mood and temper 81 An aud
| fence" says otis Skinner. now play
ing In the Detroit opera house. is
| always source OF interest and
guide TO ua behind the fooiltghts.
vary player has an Instructive
pleasure in studying IN the hrst act
the sort Of audience he ~ playing To.
End watching and studying u thru
ont the whole evening. No two su-
diencsH are alike, and one audience
diners from another In striking de-
greer For example. there u the
silly audience that invariably laughs
mnN AfNlAhNk at the NiNnk llNN' anu
IN the wrong place There 10 the
cold audience that nothing can thaw.
end there Va the discriminating au-
dicnee with powers OF apprstsing tho
worth ~ player And play, who's"
Response always arrives at IeNactly
the psychological moment The play
rr who has the skin 20 draw a vivid
picture or the character created by
the author ~ hslnipg the public con
.Iderehiy 20 properly understand the
piaywriEht's purnose Yet often the
actor gets the entire credit Tor new
stage creation. and vice versa An
untntrlllWent audience leaves the the
alter with totally wrong idea Of
the intrinsic values OF the characters
drawn hy tho author and the inter-
probation Of those characters by the
players"
The "orlertai Rurlesqusrs" will
present two musical hurlettas In the
Avenue theRter next week called
The Lady Pirates" and Hurry Bur
~ Engaged In tho presentation of
the comedy singing and dane g
Numbers VIII Sc Azalla FRhleer. Bil-
le naiius. Matt Kolh. James Bennett
Waltz Van Jeanette Buckley, Le9ry
Boomer and James Cummings. and a
chorus % lively girls.
Richard walton FULLY. author ~
The BIRD 81 paradise and ''mar
tho T~n'rr1krr." whose latest sue
Carrick ih~atsr next week COM
menrinr Monday evening. has won
EQUAL reroW y for himself ~ pro-
ducor Plays staged hv him are IN
yariahiY characterized by massive
ord Ruwnfu0us mountinEs and are
crRctff by unusually ono rompen-
los The Flame" ~ no exception
In these respects and as spectacle
20 g. ssif to eclipse arv production
seen in many seasons The snl~ndii
COMPANY VIII Include Tn the PRINCIPAL
roles Marion Conkiey iune Hew
'horne Richard Gordon Trnnrfs Nar-
a. fausa Seeley. louis Ancker Har-
rlet Sfsriinc Ann WARRINGTON. Helen
rarNw Heteue Neoia. Wilson Day ".
Erads George To Soir Rvron Rus
Fack EinVsbrrry Frcd Pcna and Ia
Clavellta. the Cuban dancer
81 foison IN the musical comedv
ravehtV "E0hinsop Crusoe lr., viii
20 The Garrt,k attraction the week
- Feb 90 This is n big Winter
rafdsu SHOW ard has spent most %
nc season n Chicago.
Vow tra' Wild deer and other
rnme are becoming Scarcer each year
~ titr urhrntnu forests OF this coun-
fFY and suor'-nen are COMPLAINING
that W~fncr game laws shsuld be
prov ided hunfrmen nrc locking about
N sultnfie substitute for their IA
rorite sport which VIII provide a.
fnnns thrills and excitement a. tho
Follow INK ~ buck thru snow
u, vered marsh land. \ few - tho
frvnt scsneT IN tho picturiEation 81
iuIes Verne's cel~hrnted hook
Twci,tv Thousand TeaVues Under
fh~ Sea now In tho Washington
theator have nreHented several sug-
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