SHAKESPEARE AT THE PALACE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14286, 1 May 1917, Page 5

SHAKESPEARE AT THE PALACE

: There h? 4 * been a ' tradition '.that eter- 1 nal! Shakespeare is Ihe foundation everything dramatic, and that his name must appear sooner or later In any of 'he < theatres of the world. We have to thank the Fox- Film Corporation for a sun 1 painting' of the great Veronese love "ra^dy, and Juliet," a magniIcent pictuvlsatlon which 'will db> more to spread dramatic, education among the .Kojiileirn general than all the "'classic" •cvivals lhat'havft so far been ptwluccd. People who go to see Shakespeare on the d stage gP with a sense ot duty, and; Usually take the:' magic lines" and inajes- 1 tic 'situations like- a dose ot metUcine. t Flu) t he ' j folk.< who attend the 'screen playire* really entertained: Ttiey. go for- a real show. 6f eourav they may \ylsHi to feee Thoda Hara, as a good girl for. bncfe In her life, hnl it is tlie spell of the 1 * ])lay wliic.li really limlUh them. Iq direction, costimilnff* sceneiinaUlngl and general equlpm 'lit, Fox has never apnroftched "Romeo- anil JultetJ" Seldom "ias i: any stage-- efiteVpHs-c shown kucli. a .Veal period as these scones glimpse, nils ■■ screen classic- ; is a pageant; a glittering'spectacle, a" tumult of passion and iDoetry. Theda'Bara's "Juliet" brings to tlwiplay's tropic moments all that art is ;a.pable of, for her's is a most- convincing and consistent performance. She doeis not acti Iferfparfc-'-she- lives it. Harry Milliard is magnificent as "Romeo." He js a wonderful lover, and lie has a sort if fine, cl6an. sincerity necessary to such a being. Npthirig.. worse as. Roineo could be * imagined- {hair pur hiodern, overVarAped type of stage lover, but Fox has steered' plear pf tljis. Th6 famous balcony" scejtje has been- well-stagfid, the Ao.ttng in this jjetng espepially ftrie: Some pfr the later scenes; ape p^vtieularlir effective. Thedfll. BflTft oßuovtunity.. of maHlne ' d us& °^ he F- abilities, and . using ner histrionic talent, right up to the 1 - tragic flrinte. ' Fatrone die advised that the i>6x> plan at th6 London MUs'ic shop ts rapjdly' ftHlng iTp; and are also asked- to note that 1 It; will be impossible v trt show^"abmeo^ and Jitllet" for' more than three nights.'' ', :