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■ Lines Shakespere Wrote
Modern Actor Receives the Play Just
as It Came From the Poet's Pen
L i
• It has been the complaint of com
mentators that actors so mutilate the
texts of William Shakespeare's plays
in order to satisfy personal vanities
liy throwing their own roles into
lugher and bolder relief that the
Shakespeare of the stage and the
Shakespeare of the library are two
distinct persons. Through changes in
theatrical conditions, not only in the
development of more intricate stag
ing but in the tastes and temper of
the times, it has become necessary
to cut Shakespearean dramas to
l ring them within the time limit of
njodern theater requirements. Even
with the nearest possible replicas of
Hie Elizabethan stage, it is gravely
coubtful if any good purpose would
lie served by presenting uncut texts
it Shakespeare. At Stratford-on-Avon,
ilie Bayreuth of the poet, such a
policy prevails. When William Poel
gave "Hamlet” in London with a
complete text, those who sat through
the five and one-half hours of the
tragedy were fuin to admit that what
was gained was of questionable value
because fatigue blurred the apprecia
ihn of the later scenes.
Students of Shakespeare may de
plore elisions of lines or scenes, hut
they may well be grateful that the
modern actor's approach to the
dramatist is deeply reverent com
pared to that which motivated play
ers of other days, who had so little
respect and opinion of tiie man who
is the greatest glory of the English
speaking races that they bodily threw
out major portions of the plays and
levvrote much of what was left.
The history of one Shakespearean
drama is somewhat like that of an
other in the theater, but "Romeo and
Juliet,” which E. H.' Sothern and
Julia Marlowe present at the Bran
deis theater three days beginning
Thursday night, February 21, with a
matinee on Saturday, illustrates the
methods of stars of other days in
maltreating Shakespeare on the
sta%«.
The actor who today would change
r line of Shakespeare would not be
.olerated in the theater. Yet “Romeo
and Juliet” as Shakespeare wrote it
was absent from the English stage
from the time of Betterton in 1662
until 1845, when Charlotte Cushman
lestored the original text In public
performance. In 1662 Betterton
brought out "Romeo and Juliet,”
after it had been neglected since the
death of Burbage. Borne time later,
Davenant produced an adaptation of
the tragedy written by James How
ard. a brother-in-law to the poet,
Dryden. In which a happy ending
was given to the story. Betterton
acted Mercutlo In this arrangement.
In 1680 Thomas Otway wrote “Cains
Marius,” which contained much of
' Romeo and Juliet” and this held the
stage until Theophilus Cibber, son of
Colley, produced his version In 1744
In which Juliet awakened before
Romeo's death. The lovers had a fare
well scene of supposed great pathos,
before Romeo died and Juliet killed
herself. This arrangement has been
attributed to Garrick, who used It
during his lifetime.
When Charlotte Cushman acted
Romeo to the Juliet of her sister,
Susan. Shakespeare's own play was
seen in England for the first time
in nearly 200 years. English play
goers liked the Cushman Romeo,
though American critics were not
overly kindly to her portrayal of the
role. A year late*, in 1846, the faith
ful Samuel Phelps brought out
Shakespeare’s text, somewhat cut,
and from that time with but few
exceptions the original tragedy held
the stage. One curious exception was
seen in 1881 when Ernesto Rossi, the
Italian actor, changed the tomb
scene to the extent of permitting
Romeo to bob up to tell Juliet that
he was "dead.”
"The Taming of the Shrew," an
other play in the Solhern and Mar
lowe repertoire, suffered worse treat
ment. The Garrick version retained
only the scenes between Katharine
and Petruchio and this arrangement
was always acted until Augustin lialy
restored the original farce to the
stage.
Moving pictures of the funeral of
ex President Wilson arrived in Omaha
by airplane Saturday and by show
time were appearing on the Rialto
screen.
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Thomas Meighan in
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AM dressed up and no place to «o?
Nay, nay.
All set with a story and no author.
But such ia not Thomas Meifthan,
Tommy for short, and lovable to all
the pretty and likable flappers.
Oh, boy! It's Tommy, himself.
And in "Pled Piper Malone!"
Thomas Meighan and a bear of a
cast, cast in a story full of a lot of
little cute kids and a wonderful story
of action and romance and heart in
terest in "Pled Piper Malone,” written
by the guaranteed author or heart
Interest stories. Booth Tarkington.
It's all a part of the Strand picture
starting next Sunday.
Sothern and Marlowe
Will Soon Be Here
Mr. Sothern and Miss Marlowe will
appear at the Brandeis theater three
days beginning Thursday night, Feb
ruary 21, with a matinee on Satur
day. “Romeo and Juliet” will be
acted on Thursday night; “Twelfth
Night” on Friday night. "The Taming
of the Shrew" at the * Saturday
matinee and "Hamlet" on Saturday
night. The curtain risen at 8 sharp
at night and 2 sharp at the matinee.
No one will l>e seated thereafter until
the intermission.
The supporting ^company is of ex
ceptional interest, inasmuch as It is
i lie only permanent organization in
the American theater. In their com
pany are Frederick Lewis, Lenore
Chippendale, France Bendsten, Al
bert S. llowson, V. L Oranville, T.
ti. Bailey, Thomas Holding, Vincent
Sternroyd, Murray Kinnell, Frank
Peters, Florence Fair, Milano Tilden,
Everybody’s Favorite, in a Picture Everybody Loves
THOMAS
MEIGHAN
In
Tied Piper Malone’
By
BOOTH TARKINGTON
Meighan pictures never disap
point ! And "Pied Piper Ma
lone,” Booth Tarkington's first
original screen story leads ’em
all!
STARTING
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SUNDAY
STARTING
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Driven From Home She
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A SITUATION to make the
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Was she to blame that her
tyrannical father drove her
into the night?
Was she to blame that
forces of hate sent her through
the storm to the arms of one
who could give her love?
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Featuring
Conrad Nagel, Mae Busch
and Hobart Bosworth
Are the film critics right /
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n Comedy
“My Friend”
RIALTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Diraction Harry Bradar, Offering
“LARGO”
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an Original Idea
II Fisher White, Fuarenie Webb.
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Verne CoHins, Maurice Robinson,
Constantlim. Zazzall, Loretta Healy.
Lillian Gray. Ell7.abelli DePuy. I^eone
Wood and Georgina Tdden.
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A. ROBINS
“The Walking Music Store”
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"Siftin' in a Corner"
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CARMEL MYERS—PAT O'MALLEY
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English speaking stags, will appear at tko Brandeia Theater three days.
beginning Thursday. February 21.
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