AUCKLAND SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 170, 18 July 1907, Page 5

AUCKLAND SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY.

To induce a study of some of the less* known of ShakespeareVmasterpiecee of . dramatic literature. must, of course,, bit .'..- ---one of the main objects of any society calling itself by his name, and this /*•* doubtless the intention of. the Auckland! Shakespeare Society in choosing "KJBJ Henry IV." part 2, for the ing of the season" green, at'the YJ&XLAi rooms last evening. ..There wms.» good attendance of members,, and though the play is very generally unknown," or,yat all events, unfamiliar—save in:the dv soenes used in the combined acting edition of parts 1 and . 2—o*e_ action seemed to be'followed witii enjoyment and interest" by those'preeerit, andevening accounted ■/well spent. - At the same time, it was made obirioris that bad the cast been the best in.the -world, thia is less a play for theplatform,tnan tho library chair. The comedy scenes are of course excepted,, and the character ot Shallow, as elaborated here, ie not excelled by any other of the author's inimitj. able studies of our species. Mr Singet.Mi this part, and Mr Montague ac Falstafi. could, in their respective roles, scarcely have been improved upon, and they were undoubtedly, and almost solely, responsible for such histrionic and elocutionary, success as the evening brought to light. The King Henry IV. of the Eev. Mr Jelba ■was the work of an accomplished rwder, ■ and the famous 'sleep speech met witt much and deserved applause. : :