The Walter Bentley, Company.
The members of the Walter Bentley Company appear in the Public Ilali this evening in “ Hamlet.” Speaking of the performance a contemporary says : —The central figure, tho Prince of Denmark, is acted by Mr Bentley, who has won for himself the honourable distinction of being considered one of the Hamlets of our time. The audience are held spell bound by the undoubted genius of the player, and it is at once evident to all that the position occupied by the stage as an educator and elevator of the people will be assured wero we only to be treated to such performances as those Mr Bentley puts before the public. The varying moods of Hamlet aro portrayed with a master hand, with deep intensity, his love for his dead father, and his contempt for him who had usurped his place, his love for his mother, and his anguish for her conduct, his hatred for the two spies who are set to watch him, are all faithfully and graphically portrayed, from his entrance until his tragic death brings a most remarkable performance to a dose.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 242, 19 December 1894, Page 2
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187The Walter Bentley, Company. Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 242, 19 December 1894, Page 2
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