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Frederick Warde SHAKESPEARE AND HIS PLAYS

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Press Opinions

The Chicago Inter-Ocean
A Shakespearian student.  An agreeable and valuable preceptor.


Memphis Avalanche
A masterly lecture.  He played with Shakespeare's thoughts as the skillful pianist plays with the keyboard and he touched emotion's springs as the minstrel touches the chords of his instrument.  The passions of his listeners rose and fell at the pleasure of the speaker.


San Francisco Chronicle
Frederick Warde has added to his laurels one which proclaims him beyond a doubt a Shakespearian lecturer of the most agreeable type.  Last evening he held spell-bound for nearly two and one-half hours a vast audience gathered at the Association Auditorium.


The Pittsburg Leader
No adequate idea of the eloquence with which Mr. Warde uttered his beautiful word-pictures can be transferred to paper.  Those who heard and saw him will carry to their graves vivid impressions of his magnetic manner his magnificent voice and his impersonations that seemed to make noted creations of the Bard of Avon live and breathe, walk and talk, on the platform.



THE PURPOSE OF Mr. Warde's lectures is to encourage and simplify the study of Shakespeare, to remove the mistaken impression of profundity and obscurity and illustrate the beauty of his poesy, the depth of his philosophy, the universality of his knowledge and his all-pervading Christianity.  They are the result of a life-time's devotion to the study of the subject and association with the master minds who have represented the marvellous creations of the poet upon the stage.

Mr. Warde's lectures differ from the stilted and stereotyped methods of the average platform speaker.  He delivers his remarks with a simple and direct, yet dramatic and impressive, force, frequently illustrating his points with quotations from the various plays.  They are entertaining and interesting and abound in flashes of wit and humor.

The tributes and excerpts (editorial and critical) contained in this pamphlet, from the noted scholars and journalists of the country, demonstrate the popularity of the lecture and the esteem in which Mr. Warde is held as an actor, scholar and orator.—The Management.



Press Opinions

The Chicago Evening Post
Appealing to popular taste and couched in admirable English was altogether an enjoyable and profitable discussion.


The New York World
Mr. Warde demonstrated not alone an extended knowledge and comprehension of the great dramatist, but also a regard which seemed to amount to reverence.


Minneapolis Times
The effect of the distinguished actor's address will be to awaken in the young people of Minneapolis a desire for a better knowledge of Shakespeare's works, and under the stimulating influences of his thought who knows but other Shakespeares shall grow, and through him shall the world be doubly rich.


The Chicago Tribune
It was a scholarly discussion of the great poet and his principal works by a devotee who proved himself a deep student not only of Shakespeare's plays but of Shakespearian literature.  It sounded with the ring of sincerity and fortified itself with the strength of logic.  It was a lecture that will remain long in the memory of the many who heard it.





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Salt Lake (Utah) Tribune
It was a great treat, greatly appreciated.  He did not write his address, but spoke it vividly and eloquently in the white heat of his art.



College Paper

Editorial The Illini University of Illinois.

It was certainly a rare treat which University people enjoyed Monday afternoon in the lecture on Shakespeare by Mr. Frederick Warde.  His remarks showed that he knew not only Shakespeare the writer and the actor, but also Shakespeare the man.  Mr. Warde's lecture was so pleasing as well as instructive, that the audience would have heard him for twice the length of time which he occupied.



Personal Tribute
BROOKLYN, N. Y.,
June, 24, 1897.

MY DEAR MR. WARDE:

At a meeting of the Wardens and Vestrymen of St. Thomas P. E. Church, held June 3d, I was directed to send to you a hearty vote of thanks for your kindness in delivering your beautiful and very instructive lecture on Shakespeare and his plays.

Very truly yours,
H. C. WOOD, Clerk of the Vestry.





Tribute by Mr. William Winter, New York Tribune
Mr. Warde is an actor of passionate sincerity, deeply devoted to his profession, and his long career has been signalized by the many achievements of a most commendable character, honorable to himself and salutary in their influence upon the tone of the stage and upon the public taste.


Extract from Editorial, The Minneapolis Times
Frederick Warde who has won a place among the great interpreters of English classic drama, is more than a great actor, although that would seem to be distinction enough for one man to have won; he is a broad-minded, public-spirited American citizen, who keeps in close touch with the current life of the world.  His sympathies are not confined to the mimic stage upon which his professional fame has been won—he proposes to play his part—a man's part—upon that greater stage, the world; and he plays it well.


Extract from Editorial The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon
Frederick Warde is not only one of the ripest Shakespearian scholars in this country, but he is a speaker of great power and interest.  To hear him lecture, especially when he takes his theme from the works of the Immortal Bard, is almost as great a treat as to see him act, and his generous readiness to step from the stage to the platform to help any worthy object is one of the causes of his exceptional popularity with the intelligent and cultured people of this community.  He is one of the very few actors who think more of their art and its promotion than of themselves and their personal convenience.  Off the stage he is a courteous, genial gentleman, living quietly and decently as a gentleman should, and in leisure hours cultivating those graces of mind and character which come only from study, reflection and ennobling associations.  In every city in the country where he is known he is admired.



Press Opinions

New Orleans Daily States
In his grasp of a subject he is discussing, he exhibits no narrow views and his ideas are destitute of any prejudice, looking at his subject strictly as a scholar and an actor.



The Los Angeles Evening Express
Mr. Warde is absolute master of his subject.  He is as a speaker majestic in the extreme, scholarly in the presentation of the subject and delightful in style.  For two hours he held his audience spell-bound, absolutely fascinated with his power of delineation, his subtle and delightful criticism, his magnetic oratory and graceful delivery.



Personal Tribute
DEAR MR. WARDE:

Permit me to express to you the very great pleasure it has given us to hear your lecture on Shakespeare and his art.  As you could easily see, you are a great favorite with our students.  Not only was every seat in the hall taken, but every window had its occupant and the arcade for rods outside the building was filled with people anxious to hear you.  Whenever you visit California again you are sure of a warm welcome at Stanford University.

DAVID S. JORDAN, President Stanford University, Cal., Feb. 21, 1899.






SHAKESPEARE AND HIS PLAYS


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Subjects

I
Shakespeare and His Plays
II
The Women of Shakespeare
III
Shakespeare; His Nature and Art
IV
Shakespeare; An Apostle of Christianity



To Frederick Warde

Oh, thou who lovest Shakespeare, and understandeth
Well the meaning of his plays, and
Playeth them so well that others, too, may
Understand, we offer thee this tribute
To thy worth.
Thou art no common man!  The
Blood that courseth through thy veins and nourisheth
The fountain of thy thought, is tainted
Not with passions unsubdued; nor strengtheneth
Thy hand that it should sin.  Were players
All like thee, and cared more for the good of
Man, than for the glory they may win, how
Much this world would be improved—how much the
Sooner reach that high estate Jehovah
Meant it should!
Long mayest thou dwell among
The sons of men; pleasant be thy goings
To and fro; eternal be thine influence
For the truth and right, the highest and the
Best in art.  And when thou comest to
The end of life, and bid'st farewell to earthly
Friends, may peace attend thy parting hour,
As angels gather 'round thy bed to bear
Thy spirit safely to its home above!

Anonymous from Adrian, Mich.



Subjects

V
The Wit and Wisdom of Shakespeare's Fools
VI
The Drama; Its Origin, Evolution and Accomplishment
VII
The Art of Oratory as Illustrated by Shakespeare



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