The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-09

During a Comcdie Franoaise sea- 4
son at Drury Lane. MQunct Sully I
bearded the lion OF Irv!ns's fame /.
by appearing as Hamlet In transla- /.
tion, the Ophclia being his exquisite
comrhdc, the divine Barete, who sue
ceeded Sarah Beruhardt at the
House OF Moliero, The most I'M
passioncd Hermann, the majestic
Ocdipus of "Isc Roi Oedipc,' always
thrilled with his viril!ty and ns Ham
lot his scnorOus voice sounded every
note in the compass but the pHr-
fnrmnnce from the Anglo-SaNon
standnolnt was too deClamalpfy'
Moreover. in French translation thIs
tragedy becomes almost fantastic III
effect and the loss OF verbal values
dear to the English ear Is regarded
as something Of mutilduoh Oh
Shakespeare,
Even IN "A soft bastard Latin melt
ing like kisses on "A sinners mouth
tho text loses too much, SalVlh'
the inimitable Othello. was too mas
sive for Hamlet, but since everything
Is relative, "A giant artistically com
narcd to some contemporaries HIS
Ophcla, Signora Piamonte, wiH
grace and charm Itself ON the
same stage their Countryman, RosN'
made an admirable Hamlet the pest
Of all Italian actors OF his ume,
lie possessed all the advantages or
person. voice and high Intelligence
demanded of the Prince and justl-
| fled his fame In his own country
During the last quarter Of the
! nineteenth century II was not uh-
{ usual for ambitious ladies' VINO hhd
won recognition In other fields to
essay "A stage career, alas too late'
al
. spinster, Kate Field, came out and
went in as Peg Wottingtop in
Masks and Faces, hraving cumpar-
ison with the hewitrhiuE Madeline
HcnTiquCs, who had won all hearts
and many hands few years before
at MaiaCk's thcafvr. Another clever
pcnwOman, misguided into seeking
u stage career, gave distressing
performance OF the Actress Of
Padau" II was rather relief,
therefore when the gifted advocate
Of woman's rights, that inspired
Anna T. Dickinson, elected to make
. her debut as an actress not in petit
coats but in the douulot and hose
, OF Hamlet Such an opiOcne per-
formanCc had the precedent OF
Charlotte Cushmau's Romeo and OF
Lucille Western, and Sarah Born
. hardt OF later years has followed
l lie lNSNihJ with not only /. l.AlBlon
q but the Dane himself Miss Dick
e inson. lonE "a student OF the stage,
I brought to Hamlet picturesque
p appearance and a fine musical voice
I but aithouEh she gave the sulilo-
- quies well, she failed when in move
. mont to bridge the gulf between
l the reader and the actor. Tho effect
a was not grotesque, At was merely
q mechanical Had she gone on tn,
e stage when a girl she would have
a won success but she preferred q
. cope with the realities of the caus'
y that now has borne fruit. canno
% recall her tones in Hamlet, but car
8 stili hear the wthering sCorn will
Z which az a lcCturer she denouncet
the man-made laws that couple
. woman with criminals and idiots
Q When II came to Hamlet she real
p ICED that the Dane demands male
A A boy Hamlet occasionally tried {
prove convincing. but these youth
- ful prodigies seldom developed tai
: ent. They could not attain tn
Z stature as artists Of such yout
as the gifted Brandon lyman, VIII