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Show ' r " . MantellY Hamlet a Cbmplete ' Success - Robert R. Mantall's was undoubtedly tha victory of tha even Ins; in tha presentation presen-tation of "Hamlet" at the Salt Lake then- Ire Tueeduy nicht, Ataia and again tho noted actor responded in front of tho curtain to ths enthusiastic ajtplauao ef a well filled house. In such an assortment of Shakespearean plays sa Mr. Mantell is preaontins; this week at tha Salt lake theatre, the d-1-etanta may wait until his favorite play Is presented, but the real Khapespearean fan takes them as they come. You could pick the ren fans out all over tha house, tease orehaatrn. to gallery, Tuesday nlrht. There waa a hungry look In their eyes before the first curtain, n diligent atten-tatlveneea atten-tatlveneea through the play with no interrupt in-terrupt I une nf untimely applause and a fine warm satisfied expression as they crowded out of the theatre at the end. There was indeed much upon which to base that satisfaction. First, the mysterious mys-terious appearance of the ghost of the dead kins:; nest the ghost's accusation that he was murdered and his appeal to his son Hamlet to revenge the foul deed; tho killing; of old Pelonius as he stood eavesdrop ping- behind the drapes in the queen's eouiwil room; the nulcldo of the fair Ophelia, and so on until the laat fwhen both Hamlet and Laertes are done to death In a fierce duel after Hamlet baa run Ktnsj Claudius through with hia foil -' ateneins -tha tteattr of his father am (iertrude unwittingly quaffs poison wine from the cup prepared for Hamlet by the , kins In ase Loertea is net successful in1 making' way with him in the duel. All of this was a thing of ezqntalte dramatic beauty genuinely and finely produced, In the role of Hamlet, Mr. Mantell was oertalnly not lacking in dramatis intensity, inten-sity, which brought success obstinately to the actor in the form of prolong-ed applause from the audience. The part of Ophelia played by Miss Genevieve Hani-pr Hani-pr waa full of animation and color, bringing- to one the conviction that only Miss Hamper should ever be allowed) to play Ophelia. John Alexander delivered the role of Laertes In a manner that airly boiled over in a froth of fine hlstrionio art. A. C. Henderson's and Miss Genevieve Reynolds' Rey-nolds' interpretation of Kins; Claudius and Wueen Uertrude is especially deserving; of auerit. (Jruoaoma jocundity. Is the only einren-sdon einren-sdon which comes near deserlbing the soene in the castle graveyard prior to the burial of Ophelia when William pod-more, pod-more, in the role of the grave digger, is ; - the central flrure until the. appearance, of Horatio and Hamlet, Henry Buckler renders a commendable Interpretation of the role of I'olonlua, the dteg-usting; old court attache, who ia more tolerated than respected. His sage advice ad-vice to his son Laertea upon his departure for France, however, was roundly np- plauded by iha audience. |