Show I Warf Warfield H Has as New Conception of 01 Shylock It is doubtful It if any actor who whoever whoever ever played Shylock assumed the therole therole therole role after a a. more comprehensive study or greater preparation than David v f who Is now appearing appear appear- ing as this famous character In DaId Da- Da i Id Bolasco's l s production of The T p t Merchant of Venice on a tour of the principal cities clUes of the country following his remarkably successful 1 New York lW York engagement I To Mr Warfield tho c creation n of role Is an n undertaking aJ l of or at the most 9 a painstaking sort Bort and of ot the several characters cl he has a none has been boen more thoroughly studied I I In all Its phases than Shylock Al Almost Al- Al I AI-I most from the tho time timo of his first ap- ap under Mr Belasco's man man- ho has been earnestly ens en- en engaGed on the tho role and his conception concep concep- tion therefore is not nOI the result of a hurried study but of ot the tha greatest greatest greatest great great- est familiarity with tTo tTo tTo t. t To my mind declares Mr Warfield Warfield War- War field It was the prosecution of or Shylock and the stealing of his daughter that drove him Into a a. frenzy ar uti atel l made mad Mini him vindictive and venomous In In the tho O beginning g S Shylock was Pl peaceful f a and attacked W td nobody db y b but with the tho abduction of or his daughter upon whom he lavished the pr greatest greatest great great- t- t est cst care and affection his wrongs were more than he could bear blar and ho was finally brought to desire re re- re I I I I believe elleve when Shylock made ma-da the stipulation of ot a n pound of ot flesh In Inthe Inthe inthe the bond he never doubted that Antonio Ane An An- before tonio e would the expiration be I able ablo t iOor to of pay the heh hl his agreed g debt J time When fate willed otherwise ho he saw a a. way to avenge himself and being human he took It |