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MANTELL COMPANY BE6INS PROGRAM. PLAYING “HAMLETisecutive Union Series Opens Tonight at 8 o’Clock in Assem bly ball—Two Extra Plays Will be Gtveh by the Shakes pearian Actors—University Orchestra Will Furnish Music.DEWOLF HOPPER PRESENTS “THE BETTER ’OLEfc.\Th* greatest consecutive series of entertainments ever presented on a Union Series program in the history of the University .begins thiB evening at 8:00 o'clock with the presentation of “Hamlet in Assembly Hall by Robert B. Mantell. Five plays in allwill be given during Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. These are, Hamlet, December 10, Macbeth, December 11, DeWolf Hop per in “The Better ’Ole. December-12, Merchant of Venice, Saturday aft-ernoon, December 13, and Julius Ca,?-sar, Saturday evening.Two Extra PlaysThe two latter attractions do notductions is to be at the flat rate of a dollar for every seat in the house. This is to pay for the rental of the hall, payirfg.of stage hands and other necessary expenses incident to producing such large performances as the Mantell attractions. Any extra money that is made will be-x turned over to the Shakespearian players. The Indiana Union makes nothing from the performances.Successful Season Mantell has been enjoying an exceptionally successful season during the present year, and is being accepted universally as the greatest living interpreter of Shakespearian9-r------rr e/.come in the Union Series proper but are being staged through the courtesy of the Union as extra productions. In this way the great number of students who were unable to procure Union Series tickets before the demand was exhausted and also the people of Bloomington will be given the opportunity 'of seeing Shakespeare played for a very nominal price.^Admission to the two Saturday prodrama. In Chicago, Indianapolis aiflb Louisville, houses were packed at every performance which Mantell gave and other sections of the country as well have shown an equally receptive attitude. In spite of the classification ^of the American people by C. J Bulliet, advance agent of the Mantell productions, as a “movie public instead of a “reading public,” critic.i \Ilt; CONTINUED ON PAGE KOU1U - !
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Bloomington Indiana Daily Student
Bloomington, Indiana, US
Wed, Dec 10, 1919
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