Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-25
"The Tanning of the Shrew."
THE CAST

Baptista, rich gentleman Of Padqa
v,ncento gentleman Of HI Pisa rrans re'ef'
..................M Mr.. Frank Hawsor
Lucentio, son Of Vincentio. in love with
Biaca .............M Mr.. Frederick Lewis
Petruchio, a gentleman of Verona, a
suitor to Katharine. Mr.. Sothern
Gremio. Hortensio, sutors to Blanca.
Mr. V. L. Granville, Mr. J. sayre crawley
Tranio, Biondelo servants to Lucentio.
A PEI Pedant. t ] Mr.. vernon Keisc
Tailor. Mr. Malcolm Bradley
Haberdasher. r...:.. Mr.. Leon Cunningham
| Grumio. servant to Petruchio;
Katharine, the Shrew; Blanca, daugh-
ters Of Baptista. a...................
...............M Miss Lenore Chinpendale
widow Miss lS Alma Kruger
Curtis, a servant to Petruchio. .........
...................M Miss Ursula Faucit
Lady attendants at wedding.
Miss Lillian Gray, Miss Anne Reckwith,
Miss Margaret Lacey, Miss Wynne-
Miss Florence smythe. Miss Elaine
Sims.
Mr.. Charles j. Sims, Miss barbara
Bever
Servants to Petruchio. o...............
Mr.. william Adams, Mr.. Cyril Tlapa,
Mr.. Boyd Clarke. Miss Virginia Wells.
E. H. Sothern, as Petruchio, in
The Tanning of the Shrew," at the
Boyd theater last night, left no
doubt III the minds of his friends
that Shakespeare intended that this
should be a farce for laughing pur-
poses firstly, its moral taking sec
ondary place.
With Miss Lenora Chippendale,
who had the role of Katherine, the
shrew, Mr.. Sothern was required to
respond to many encores. The con-
clusion OF his engagement here was
sort of "Godspeed until we meet
again" AS for the production in its
entirety, it may be said that it was
an artistic triumph and was thor
oughly appreciated by large audi
ence.
1t may seem to be far cry from
Hamlet of the previous night, but
Mr.. Sothern's talent carried him
through in last nights lighter role.
The performance was given with a
snap which comported witt, the
breezy lines of this famous old play.
Miss Chippendale was equal to the
exacting Transformation from a
shrew with a high-powered temper
ament to the finale, where she ap-
pears as an obedient wife, ready
even to show the way of wlfely
obedience to other wives who have
not vet learned the lesson, as Kath-
arina finally sees it, that a wife
should be gentle and hearken with.
out demur to the word of her lord
and MASTER" even to say that the
moon is shining when the sun is
shining, if her husband insists that
the moon is shining.
Mr.. Sothern has a fine conception
of the boisterous Petruchio, who be-
gins at the marriage altar to enforce
his will uron "Katharina Minola, re-
nowned in Padua for her scoldins
tongue" He goes into the affair. in
spirit of adventure, addressing
Katharine as Kate" at their first
meeting Having previously heard
of her Detu1ant nature, he mocks her
by telling her that she is Sweet
Kate, bonny Kate" She starts out
by calling him "crab. madcap
ruffian and swearing Jack" and that
only sends him into transports OF
humor. He carries the situation to
a logical conclusion, administers a
sort of third degree by denying her
food on their wedding night and
otherwise crushing her proud and
naughty spirit until she is as meek
as Mary's historic lamb. The COM
edy, of course, does no. stand on all
fours with present-day ideas of the
marriage relations, but nevertheless