Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-23
Twelfth Night" at Boyd's.

Twelfth Night" at Boyd's.
Mr.. E. H. sothern and Miss Julia Mar
lowe and company In Twelfth Night.
a comedy by William Shakespeare, II
five acts and eleven scenes. The players
Orsino. Duke Of Illyria'.. Frederick Levi
Sebastian, brother to Viola. Henry STANFORD
Antonio. sea captain, friend to Sebastian
,s;;..'...:.;....... Frank Peter
Curio, Gentleman attending on the Duke
.................. Leonard Cunningham
Valentine. Gentleman attending &c on ~ tn b,
Sir Dass Toby Beich uncle to Olivia ooyo c.af'
Sir Andrew Aguecheek J. sayre Crawle!
Mavolio. steward to Olivia Mr.. Sotherr
Fapiah ..;................ CoIvi l Duhi
A Priest .................. Hixon Bairt
Olivia ................ Miss Alma Kruger
Viola .:.............. Miss Marlowt
.............,.. Miss Lenore chippendal,
| Pages to the Duke ..................
Miss Virginia Wells. Miss Barbara Beve,
Attendants Tsosan. on oiyia ,r.,s xis. Wtnns
Jones. Miss Margaret Lacey, Miss Jose
| phine Wright. Miss Lillian Gray, Miss
! Elaine Sims.
MR.. GRANVILLE BARKER, il
N an intimate discussion of prob
A'A lens he encountered in thu
course of staging a production oi
Twelfth Night" gives some space
to the consideration of the characters
in the play and lists that of Malvolio
as high comedy role. In this he is
but endorsing the judgment of Mr.
Sothern, who startled the wiseacres
of the stage world several years ago
by elevating the part from the level
C. Sir Toby Belch and endowing the
abused steward of the fair Olivia
with such genteel parts that would
warrant his being set in the position
he occupied above the other servants
in her house. Reasons for this are
ample, and obvious, and so will not
be discussed. Mr.. Sothern makes
Malvolo just such a steward as
might excite the malicious opposi-
ton of those under him and Of a
kinsman of his mistress, no more
deserving than the bibulous Belch.
who is also unscrupulous. That
Malvolio fell into the trap set for
him by the impish Maria detracts
nothing IRON his otherwise worthy
qualities. Stranger things than a
young woman falling in love with
her man of affairs have been noted,
and Malvolio had no reason to de-
spise himself because the servants
were in league to cut his comb. His
vanity had a deep wound, but his
pride and proper self-respect car
RED him off finally in high disdain
of those who had tricked him. And
this is Mr.. Sothern's share in sthe
play.
Otherwise. it is Julia Marlowe's
triumph. III one of her other roles
does She appeal quite as in this. The
perplexitv OF the maid, who has but
Immediately lost her father and been
separated by shipwreck from her
brother, set IN by her ardent patron
to WOO another maid, who also sor-
rows for a brothers death: finally
finding herself in love with him
whose cause she pleads so we'll, al
fords a test for. the quality of any
actress. That Miss Marlowe does it
so simply. and yet endows 1t with
such qualities of sympathy and of
understanding. maintaining COM
plete1y her maiden modesty through
her masquerade and yet showing the
womanly sentiment that should not
be suppressed, indicates the skill as
we'll as the opulence of her art
Paranthetically, it may be ex-
planned that the long rest she has
taken has entirely restored her
health, and never in her career mas
Miss Marlowe been more charming
than she is at this time.
Revelins in the rich opportunities
Of the role. Mr.. Blackstone expends
his unctuous hun1or on Sir Toby
with such prodigality as makes it
one of The best of his long line of
creations. Mr.. Crawley's Sir Andrew
is we'll conceived and depicted with
care. Mr.. Lewis acquits himself
handsomely in the role of Orsino.
showing the character of man,
rather than of a love-sick swain.
Miss Chippcrda1e is sprighly mink
as Maria and Miss Kruger is a
thorough Olivia. In staging the play
Mr. Sothern has brought the part OF
the fool into high relief, and Mr.!
Kelson fairly exults in the chances
given him. His splendid voice adds
to the songs set down for him an
quality of richness, while
the closing scene, "fade out" on
him singing is a fine bit of stage
Considerable emphasis has been
lad on the new departure scenery
in use bv Mr.. Sothern and Miss
Marlowe this season. 1t is simplicity
almost to the point of no scenery at
all, and yet permits of such arrange
ment and variation as amply fur
nishes the stage and perfectly sup
plies the background and atmosphere
for the action of the play. More
over, it permits of such diminution
IL, tho ,uoi{c hafuyeot, artc aud SceuaS |