ARTIST AND ACTOR.

That Sir Johnson Forbes-Robertson has become one of the most talented Hamlets of the modern drama is not surprising when his natural qualifications are considered. Son of an art critic, he directed his education to the acquisition of an artist's technique, studying in the Royal Academy School of England, and also in France. It was not until his twenty-first year that he changed his career from painting to the stage. By the success of his debut (1874) in "Mary Stuart" it became evident that the stage was his natural field.

Though Forbes-Robertson specialized in the drama, it was not at the expense of his interest in painting. In numerous productions since 1895 at the Lyceum, his London theatre, he has put his artistic technique to practical use; and the scene for one of his most powerful productions was the work of his own brush. Sanders Theatre is indeed privileged in being the stage of America's farewell performance by the most versatile of Hamlets.