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"HAMLET." j
Allan Wilkie came into his own in
His 'Majesty's last . night. Frdm
the opening scene to the final words
of the dying son who has avenged his
royal father the big audience were
treated to a exposition of high dra-
matic power, art and psychological
clarity rarely seen on an Australian
stage. 'The Ophelia of Miss Fredis
wyde Hunter-Watts shows that that
artiste has been merely holidaying in
such women leads as are in "Seven
Days' Leave" and "The Story of the
Rosary," her conception and charac-
terisation of the daughter of Poionius
being of a high order of merit. In
spite" of the fact that the majority of
the supporting artists have been
known to us only on the melo-dra
matic stage and in plays of the more
strident order, they one and each last
night enveloped themselves in the mys-
tic mantle of Shakespeare and fitted
into the wonderful picture presented
as a cameo to its setting. The Hora-
tio of Austin Milroy was manly and
sound, the Laertes of Walter Hunt, i
and the Claudius of Vivian Edwards
being excellent, though the Poionius of
Henri Dore was too voice-reminis-
cent of his work to. the first two !
plays. The Queen of Lorna Forbes
was an artistic triumph, the setting
and mounting being in accord with
Shakespearian tradition. "She Stoops
to Conquer" occurs next Wednesday.
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