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Show ! Corbstt in "HamUt." -The stage is to be elevated. . 1 -. - ,Vt are aware that this announcement has been j made several times before. - In fact the number of j times the event has been announced lis only equalled by the number of times it has failed to take place, . but this time there is no doubt about it. i . James j. Corbett is going to do it. j The ex-gentleman, ex-bank clerk, ex-champion i and ex-monologue "artist" is now an actor. He i ' pays so and his lithographs modestly mentlon.the fact. And Mr. Corbett is going to be the champion " actor. We have his word for it. v Frize ring rules are to govern the stage here-i here-i after. Acting, according to Mr. Corbett, is divided j . into classes. Mr. Corbett is now in the light come-' come-' dy class, but heis fighting his way upward. He ia determined to conquer all the light-weight comedians come-dians and then he will challenge the heavy trage- I , - dians. j i Mr. Corbett is going to appear as Hamlet. It will be grand. We . have seen Mr. Corbett as a naval cadet in tie play of that name, we have seen Mr. Jeffries use - a hard right on the door in 'Davy Crockett much to the dismay of the property wolves, we have seen Baby Robert Fitzsimmons defy the villain land shoe a horse on the stage, we have seen Young Corbett par about four seconds as a star in his own play, we. have seen the late Peter Jackson in "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and we have been trying to forget John L. Sullivan's monologue for some time, but none of them has uppercut the stage. to the groggy height to which Mr. Corbett proposes to elevate it., , .... jrv We hope' to see Mr. Corbett in "Hamlet" sup- ported by an all star company. We shall scarce be ' able to contain ourselves until we can behold Ham let landing a left wallop on the jaw and a right to the wind, while Laertes goes to the floor and takes the count. We want to see him arise, cover up and ' be beaten to the ropes, while Ham rains a shower ' of hooks, swings and short jabs until the ; referee stops the bout and awards the decision to the melancholy melan-choly Dane. Battling Nelson will have no claim to tie Danish championship then. I The play requires an all star cast With Peter Maher as Laertes, John L. as the Ghost, Kid McCoy . ' as Horatio, Tom Sharkey as the King and Fits as the First Gravedigger it would be Mansfield, Irving end Southern to the 10-20-30. We are glad Mr. Cprbett thought of it There i is no doubt that the venture will be successful. No ' dramatic critics of our acquaint anceHrill have any- -'- thing by but praise for Mr. Porbett's "Hamlet," we f ; ' are sure. The theaters offering thelargest purses ! ; . will secure the bout The play will be revised and l adapted by Otto Floto, Billy Delaney and Parson Davies. Plenty of ragtime will be interpolated. ' It will indeed be a work of art and it will open an-.entirely new field, for : our ex-champions, thus solving a most perplexing problem and giving nonprofessionals non-professionals a. chance to get into the liquor business! busi-ness! .'. ; ' ! |