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rs ‘a ot Not a Melancholic, i Te j With M Or Tainted With Madness, Human, Says Hampden } ctor Now Delighting New York in Role Blames v 7 ‘ . » “Search for Hidden Meaning in Text” for False Ideas of Tragic Dane. By Charles Darnton. NOW Alamiet is alwoys interesting, Moreover an actor who has s@nse @howgh to know that Shakespeare never meant hin to be ted many Jay claim to an fntellitent understanding of the char- | peter. Walter Hampden is more than intelligent, and now that he has rid if with auch pleasant nonsense 4s “Good Gractous, Annabelle!” and ‘Calm, Cumilla.” and finds his way ci¢ar (o give night performances of Mie tragic Dane, there is every reason for hearty congratulation on both Hides Of the footlights ‘Ate Thirty-ninth Street Theatre Mr. Hampden strengthens the con: Hetion Eat in'him les one of the great hopes of our theatre. His Hamlet Man Persona) Wignity, fntettectual distinction end artistic almplteity, but, deere a, teal nobility. Personally, 1 consider Sothorn’s Mathlet the Mnest )pin6e Booth's—aiid I first saw Mumiet played by an actor named Creswick ‘eBonsen almost forty years ago ‘Ouriousty enough, Mr. Hampdcen's experience in (he play goes bar ‘Pe owumie City. Me bus this to say / “My ipresent concen of ‘Hatniet’ is not the result of sudden fancy, | mente for the coming werk WALTER HAMPDEN AS HAMLET, Salthough th- opportunity to play the role in New York came somewhat un- tedly, I had scarcely reached my majofity When it became the dream, then the purpose, of my life to portray.the Dane, and from that time ‘forward I lived with the thought and devoted yeats of y to be ready |sue Hayakawa in New Offerings In the Theatres (Additional dramatic announce tell be | printed th The Evening Worll uf Mon- ay.) OUGLAS FAIRBANKS will be seen at the Rivoli in “The Knickerbocker Buckaroc an Arteraft film production. His role ts that of a young New Yorker who de- cides that his Life ts all wrong be- cause of his selfish qualities. He starts oat to do unselfish things in | the world, and he finds himself in INA, HaNWwARD IN“GIRLS OF U.S.AU” HORTIG AND SEAMONS ; th ’ h + oer go SHUR cHiLs "i volved {n a series of complicated situ 20, 000 Agk for | ations in the West. The Rivoli Pic torial, a comedy and concert bers will ajith the programme BILLS AY NEW YORK AND AMERICA THEATRES | Fifty thousand requests for rane) fre expected for this season's con- ‘The filin attractions at Loow's New |certs at Columbia University before York Theatre and Itoof will be Mary |the opening date, June 2, More than Pickford in “Daddy Long-Legs,” Mon- | 20,000 requests already have been | day; Kitty Gordon in “Playthings of|recelved, Several thousand a Passion,” Tuesday; Frank Keenan in|tional chairs are to be provided “The Master Man," Wednes Ses-| The New York Military Band, un- His Debt,” Thurs-|der the direction of Edwin Franko ‘The Big Litt |Goldman, will play thrice weekly: for “words ten weeks. The first guest conductor aa A f will be Percy Grainger, and promi- and Music,” Friday: Evelyn Greeley pont goloists will appear at each con- in “Phfl for Short,” Saturday, and cert, May Allison in “Almost Married,” Sunday. The greatest chorus yet heard in "The vaudeville bill at Loew's Ameri- the elty ts promised at the memorial ean Theatre and Roof the first half of festival on Thursday evening at City the week will include Phil Baker, College Stadium. All) war work | Choper Ant Ricardo, and the Kuma Agencies of the city have united to} Four. Wallace Reid in “The Roar- Make the festival a great tribute to ng Road” will be the film offering. the American soldier dead, and | to Win the change of bill on Thursday those who have returned. ‘There will will be Josie Flynn's Minstrel Revue, be at least 2,000 voices in the chorus. Piseno and Bingham, Forrest and pees Chutch, and others, ‘together with! ary Pickford in the sereen play “Daddy Long-Legs. “LBAVBIT TO SUSAN,” yu Sil ,The prowrarnme sri ns STRAND SCREEN COMEDY: muste, trom folk. songs to. modern music, num Columbia Summer Concert Seats) day; Mae Murray in ‘ Person,” and Albert Ray in A concett of Jewish music is to be given to-morrow evening in De Witt \Clinton High School in honor of Ja- {cob Koppel Sandler, composer aie | pee’ the chance when it came. “Mihe chance came first in London, IT had reached the age of “Wienty-tive, For three seasons I had eet & member of the F. R. Benson (@0pany, playing in Shakesperian Uiertolre in the Baglin provinces. juently I joined H. B. Irving to Laertes to his Hamlet in Lon- @@h. This production was a frost (@¥@cess, but in the midst of it Mr. ‘Bing became ill. Instead of the per- | ces being suspended until the [sth recovered, I was permitted to re- Pibce him, and for a week I had the I privilege of realizing the first in my ambition, WAITED YEARS FOR ANOTHER CHANCE, GOT IT, “Bot a number of weary yenre (paiised before another opportunity aftived. So kind had been my recep-| OA in London, my self cotfidence in- | eased, and I redoubled my thought aba study of the play as a whole and of the central character, { made a ‘phorpt book of my own, and pro- F copies of the prompt book .of | a the famous Hamlets that were | ‘gvailable. These I compared, studp- ‘mg the interpretations of the great asters, and also those of the literary aathorities, “En the end I put all these aside am@ pinned my faith to Shakes- Tpeare’s text itvelf. That text is, 1 Stak, entirely clear and tells what cevery mood and every ot | (Hamlet's should be. it is @ midtnke “t say there is anything incompre- | Vhensibie in the character, That tra-| ‘dition arose through the attempts ot| gaetors and commentators to seek for | Midden meanings, and by their im-| puting to Shakespeare purposes | pemich the text does mot justify. In jay opinion Shakespeare never in to baffle or mystify his audi- but to enlighten them “E have merely attempted to read, text naturally, at face value, and A give Hamlet a human quality which Webeuld make him, and the play, com. | ible to all. I have not tried to him solely or especially mplan- or @ philosopher, or a moraiist human being in the @lutch 0: circumstance, battling with problems in a human ! action | quality. {unmistakable vanity, M demand, but keeping in view the spiritua) significance which holds the play together and justifies it as & whole. It is the progressive spiritual @evetopment which gives the play its beauty and grandeur, “Tt Was just @ year ago that the first opportunity came to mo to play Hamlet in New York. 1 was then re- hearaing ‘Macbeth’ with the Shaken. Peare Playhouse Company at the ‘ ‘ort Theatre. Jt was decided to do amiet,’ and we pat it on with bute five ai prepaia toh, 4 no time for further detailed study, and Uhore was no experiment in reheargal, I {ust let comé forth that which had been crystallizing for years, HAD TO ASSUME FINANCIAL i RISK, “That performance an m in Which it was roceived emoscteect me to go in for matinees at the | @ymouth Theatre jast f Of man- | agerial encouragement there .was hohe, and of financial backing Httie—_ just my own, in association with Frank Mofntee, organizer of the Shakespeare Playhouse, the theatre was rented, draperies were procured, properties and costumes were picked up where we might get them, earnest actots were found Who were willing to play twice at modest re- we launched the min the belief that ublic for the most dra. plays, the sublimest of if humanly presented and on the boards until the people aware of its purpose and were “The respo ably could ha Audietwes steadily though there wi | vertising, spent tn The y In size, al- Mitte money for ad- after a fow weeks where my faith ed, we are able to return to New York as n regular niant attraction and with a new pro. Juction which ! think eeping with | This productioy Jon, wos the gift of we recone Shakexperre who gener. support of this ul expectation of reim- ot mushy bursement.” With all his study, Mr. Hamp. ecasionally puts the wrong em na Apeoch, and he also leta away with him at ti De obout the stare when might be making vimself, Hin tende Now Uttle harnoter, for Ophelia and Hampden ts admirable. Not to see his Hamlet ts Madge Kennedy will appear on the Mereen at the Strand Theatre in “Leave It to Busan,” a comedy of Western life, Susan, daughter of a financier, finds hetsolf stranded in the American desert and seeks refuge 11 & whack acoupied by desperadoss, Amusing happenings on a long rall- road journey are shown, not to men- tion Busen's experiences with the bandits and her return to civilization There will also be a picture of Ice skating, Pathe sconic studies, the Strand Crop ‘cal Reviow and orchestral and vocal mus! —~— COLUMBIA'S NEW SHOW ON ITS SUMMER RUN “Ppeck-a-Roo,” the summer show at the Columbia Theatre, enters on Its second week, The company includes Clark and McCullough, the Seven al Spillers, Joe Cook, Lalla sel- seine Nhe three. English’ Tosebuds, Bolzat Sisters, the University Trio, Vittorio and Georgetto, Kelso Broth- ers, Frankie James. Kmmy Barbier, Lillian McNeil, rit Myers, James Sorest, and @ chorus of girls, De Forest HENDERSON'S MUSIC HALL OPENS SEASON ON MONDAY Henderson's Music Hall, Coney Ist. and, opens its season on Monday with Gus Edwards in “A Welcome Home Song Revue," the Four Mor- tons, Clare and Paul, Juliet, Hore- nd the Sarampa Sisters, !da May Chadwick and Dad Billy McDer~ molt, Sheldon and Dailey, Harry La Vail and Sister and the Four Rangards. May KITTY GORDON FILM STAR AT 81ST STREET THEATRE For the first half of the Bist Btreet Theatre the ye Kitty Gordon in On Thurs week at the film offering laythings he bill ireased of {win iLieh vaudeville “AUCTION OFS SOULS” FILM DRA MA AT PLAZA On the screen at the Plaza Thea atre will be Aurora Mardiganian in “Aue. |tlon of Souls,” Sunday to Thursday; Ger Farrar t Lynne—with Varia. ‘Batu nd mR in “The Stronger Fifty young men and women under twenty-one of announce the formatio: Side Sym- phony Orche J which will be ish symphony orchestrations, | rehearse at No. 67 St. Mark's The ey Place. Metropolitan Orchestra and in the concert for the Masonic Hos- Samuel A. Baldwin wit! organ rec at City College to- Morrow and Wednesday afternon at 4, which will conclude the recitals for the season, give froe Miss Maude Allen, mezzo sopr who has ‘been singing in Fra’ makes her professional debut in jcountry at the Strand Theatre week, next music festival and community singing is to be staged opposite the Yonkers City Hall a week from to-night at 5 cents a head An outdoor The Stiyvesant High School Or- chestra of 100 will wive a concert In the auditorium of the school Thurs- Any evening, Pearey, contralto, will be soloist at Waldorf-Astoria or- chestra concert Joseph Knecht will conduct to-mororw evening. pecclacaly Sati “GIRLS OF THE U.S, A.” AT HURTIG & SEAMONS Mires Ruth “The Girls of the U. 8, A.” will be at Hurtig & Seamon’s Theatre with Lew Hilton, Ina Mayward, Chartos Wire, Noy Peck, Kate Lavette, John Roblinan, Tenny Nilsen, Clare Evans. Mile, Babette and the “Red, White nd Blue" chorus. act ROTHAPFEL UNIT A PARK THE/ TRE NOVELTY The frat Rothaptel Unit Program will bo offered at the Park Theatre or Wednesday night. “The Pursuit of Happingss” is the theme, and other features tnelude a ballet, a comedy mimiee! numbers aoe Mra, Men Mother It was learned at Roosevelt Hopital to-day that Mra, George Willson of No. 137 Riverside Drive, mother-in-law of Willlam Randolph Hearst, te tm @ eritl- cal condition, Mrs, Willson was oper- ated on for intestinal ailment in, the on May 21 by Dr, Joba F, i yet i | of! Here for All Summer “Burlosqu> at Its Bost.” Buddie’s Castle House band sHOOT THE plays wonderful jazz for PROCTOR VAUDEVILLE AND PICTURE PLAYS Proctor’s fifth Avenue Theatre Will start the week with Dender and Sheehan, the Asahi Troupe, Hatha And fermington, La Mont, Mabel Burke and p plays. With the change of the bill on Thursday will be Nat Nasarro Jr, the Atlantic Fleet Jazz Band, Betty Bond, Fallon and Brown, Sher man aud Uttry, Harriet Walker, King and Brown, and motion, pictures, At Proctor's 24d Strect Theatre the first half of the week will be De Witt Kelly and Lucey, Rovert Dohn, Den nix Chabot, Calvin and Thornton aad “Was Darwin Right.” Thursday there will be an entire new bill, including Burns and Frabite, Charies 1B. Law- let, Frank Mullane, Minerva Coat- ney, Clyde Nelson, and motion ple- tures. Direction 6.5.4055 Daily Noon Toll. P.M. 5 T! BIG WEEK {T BAFFLES COMPARISON” Sti/ — BLANCHE SWEET), 827 500" 7045, oDONABLE UNPAR SIN BETTER THAN AN ANY. TE) T ae OTHER CHARLES RAY AT RIALTO. IN BASEBALL FILM PLAY | For its featuré photop! the | Riaito will have “The Busher,”’ with | Charles Ray as the hero, ‘The story | concerns a youth ih a small town who is gifted with a remarkable | throwing arm aid attracts the at- | tention of a league baseball manager. ile 14 promoted into professional | | baseball, but falls down on the job! just when all hia home folks are at | the game to see his wonderful pitch- | ling. He resolves never to play again, but to save his sweetheart’s home | goes to the pitoher'’s slab and wins season's tubbet for his home The bill will also inolitde «| t comedy, the Iialto/ conic study, and music. the COLORFUL Canarer | | town. AMUSEMENTS. BEST THAT “THE H. cs sttw ar THe ~Telegram, ares SAYS: “THE GREATEST SHOW EVER PRODUCED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD FOR THE MONEY.” AND IT’S CLEAN! Dally Matinees 15c, 25c, 50c—Nights 25c to $1.00—No Higher. SRATS TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCR. 5 CHUTES TWENTY BIG RIDDS Dancing at LUNA Coney Island pital in Carnegie Hall this evening. | BF peo | PHOTO PLAYS. stars from the Metropolitan and Chi- | ¢aro opefa companies will take part| RIVOLI ORCHESTRA creahace: Overture i da'tun PHOTO PLAYS. FOUR ORCHESTRAS iz Geo. M. Cohan Theatre Render the Music for D. W. GRIFFITH’S Art Sensation BROKEN BLOSSOMS Symphoi " i¢ Music from Orchestra Pit—Rustsian Balalaike trings Bshind Seenes—Chinese » Temple Music on Stage “You have ln mnott elite yourse Ta I feel that a new cra Les dawned,” te Henson Towne Editor. Post, very By xe Prening at PRICES: Svc to $3, All Seats Reserved Matinee Eyer ‘day ¢ mt, Direction HJGO RIEBENFELD GINNING SUNDAY, | P.M, STS BANKS | CHARLES RAY ANational institution BWAY at 47th. 3. 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