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...Macbeth, James K. Hackett, hav-ing acquired the Legion of Honor for his single performance of Shakespeare's tragedy in Paris, presents Macbeth, now in Manhattan, seemingly, with all the might of the French Government behind him. He is like Foch at the Marne, standing immobile against the battering thrusts of fate. Apparently up to the climacteric point he has done nothing but shake his head like a lazy, shaggy lion, tossing the blows from him. And then like Foch he charges and turns the tide completely...
...telegraphs. It is Shakespeare done in the towering manner of the old school, in which the star is slow to anger, but a hellion when roused. It is a wellrounded, extremely solid conception, wherein Hackett lets his audience warm up gradually, like a motor. He has made of Macbeth a statuesque memorial to the darkling souls of usurpers the world over...
Walter Hampden. This actor, whose success with Hamlet and Macbeth struck the spark which burst into a blaze of Shakespeare last Winter, will risk the dangerous experiment of a New York repertory season. His plans already include The Black Flag, a pirate play by A. E. Thomas; six of Shakespeare's, including Othello; The Ring, a play based on Browning's The Ring and the Book. Carroll McComas will be his leading lady, with Pedro de Cordoba playing second to Mr. Hampden...
...Chairman, C. P. Berolzheimer, Mrs. C. P. Berolzheimer; J. A. Arena, Frances Macbeth; J. A. Arena, Frances Macbeth; J. Arena, Marion Weloh; S. M. Barg, Helen Berolzheimer...
...Squire, English poet and critic, declared that the best line in all English poetry is: "The devil damn thee black, thou cream-faced loon." (Macbeth...