Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-24
Helen Hayes as his Inevitable AZ
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THE Tanning of the Shrew." may he
Interpreted. These are: A rough and
unsympathetic person. gentleman
assuming the role of a wife-tamer or
a breezy. much travelled, outdoor.
joker individual. To my
way of thinking" observes Mr., Hanlp-
den. "Petruchio takes to WITHDRAWING
like 4 duck to water. He has per
sonality of the sor; that simply can
help playing jokes. To him the sub
lection OF Katherine is lark. he
loves il. And. Withal. he is wise
enough to know she needs it. Pc
truchio is overfull of spirit Though
there is no direct mention in the play.
there are illusions to his having
heard the lions roar and to having
been in battles and sailed the Sea-in
short. to have done considerable roam
ing. After wandering around. he
comes back home on hearing his ia =
Their. a wealthy merchant. is iii. and.
after the old mans death. he, having
been cooped up. is going to have a
good fling. II is obvious that a gem
tleman assuming the role of Wife
tanner could not deliberately do SO
without having Il cruel streak. and
that most assuredly Petruchio has
not. And SO Petruchio should be pia! =
ed with naught in view but the char
acter. who is an overgrown boy IN
many ways. and yet worldly wise ana
practical. AS to the last, just remem-
Der his seeing to It that Kate was
granted bountiful doWry. AS to
Shylock. that is delicate subject to
discuss briefly Much has been said
in regard to my not living up to stage
traditions. so to speak. by making of
him sympathetic character. Yet
there is no reason for so doing. The
lines themselves beSpeak the situa-
ton much more clearly than almost
anything l might say. Shylock's ava
rice, his vengefulness and yet his era
venness overshadow any other parts
of his character. His feeling against
Antonio is not so much because the
latter is Christian. but because OF
the merchants generosity affecting
the rates of usury. The lines make
no effort to conceal that. l might go
on at length. but I'll summarize 1t
with the statement that Shakespeare
intended this work of his more as
comedy than a tragedy, and intended
Shylock more as Srotesque figure
than the symbol of race prejudice
William Faversham-Wiilia Faver-
sham is English born. but has lived
and played so many years in this
country that he is regarded as an
American actor.
Mr.. Faversham received his first
stage instruction from the cele-
brated actress Charlotte La Clerq and
his professional life began when Miss
La Clerq took her company on a
long tour OF English watering places.
After playing with her in Claude
Melnotte." Romeo and Juliet" and
Hamlet" young Faversham secured
an engagement with Henry Irving at
the Lyceum Theater. London. His
roles were SO small that he jumped
his contract and Joined a provincial
organization. creating the part of
BERTHE Cecil in an authorized version
of Under Two Flags"
Then the actor decided to try his
luck in America. On the boat COM
ing over he met the business man.
ager of Miss Helena Hastings, who
was to be introduced to New York
in play called Pen and Ink" and
was assigned part in the play. pen
Square and proved a dismal failure.
However. it served to direct Daniel
Frohman's attention to the young
Englishman and he was engaged for
the following season for Frohman's
famous Lyceum Stock Company. AS
1t was the summertime. he was un-
able to secure a stage position and
SO was obliged to GO. to work as a
plumbers helper until the theatrical
season opened.
AS understudy for Henry Miller. Mr..
Faversham made his first big advance
Won Haldewald in "Aristocracy" at
the Empire, and from that time on
was established
Then followed engagements in
Sowing the Wind" The Bohemians''
ana The Masqueraders," Under the
1.-THE Conquerors'' Another milestone
was marked by his comedy interpre-
tation Of the tipsy Algy in Lord and
Lady Aigy. In Charles Frohman's
production of Romeo and Juliet he
played Romeo to Maude Adams
Jullet; James K. Hackett enacted
Then came The Souaw Man" which
he played for two years. From that
he went to the other extreme and
made a lavish production of Stephen
Phililps poetic drama, "Herod," in
1 WHEN ne ne r:ayed the gloomy king.
yersham did The World and His
Wife and The F'aun."
Following these came a cycle of
Shaknspearean productions. including
.. 1ui'us Caesar "othello" and
SHAW .Misalliance" was produced
by Mr.: Faversham as the opening
attraction at the Rroadhurst Theater
New YORK, and subsequently he did
Hiies idhce. Last season he was
on tour IN a revival of Lord and
fsaye and observation-disclosures
was the weird, magnetic and I'M
amy wizard of the violin who, it
was asseVerated. furnished unholy
thrills to the spines of his hearers.
VI hlm IL was said by a man Of
learning, quoting the classics: "Aut
diabolos aut nihil" And the words fol-
lowed him to the very end of his life.
Paganini, the people affirmed, was
either the devil or no one" OF
1saye IL is asserted that, in a meas
ure. the cloak of Paganini has fallen
upon fsaye's shoulders. For though
he plays in a manner to make the
saints and the angels weep for very
JOY. when he wills it, he is a Belzebub
Oh dlabolSm with his uncanny bow
lnS: ms 1iodie Weeps or laughs. or
WINES, or shrieks at his command
With the versatility of genius. il is
claimed. he can, musicaI1S transnort
ms hearers from the harmonic depic-
! tlon OF a hades to a paradisical dream
OF rove celestial and delight angelic.
IN thls essential alone Ysaye is said
10 erIlpse the composer of The Dew
II S Thrills His all-aroundness of
musical imagination, his enconpa SIS
ing o. every harmonic field, place him
upon plane where few may stand
beside him
Pasanini, Joachim. wilhelm and
, 1saye are the giants who help to keep
awe the worlds belief in the big
ness, the vast resources and knowl-
cage OF the violinists' mission; the
glory OF the song of the strings This
| IS what the violin enthusiast say.
Melba Inspired Her,-Carolyn
Thompson. the prima donna in the
new musical comedy. Princess Vir-
tue, which is to receive it's premiere
on any stage in Washington this
week. feels that she owes her in
SEPARATION to become professional
singer-and, indeed, much of her sue
cess-to no less a celebrity than Nine
Melba, the famous diva
Both were visiting mutual friends