New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-27
THE LONDON STAGE.

WITH NOTES on NEW PLAYS AND OLD.
,rpow Thu REGULAR CoRRrsPoSDEST To TIE TEBUNEl
LONDON. March -.
The announcement that NJ. Georges ohnet's " Le
Naitre dc FORCES" is to be produced at the ~.
Jamc,'s Theatre is interesting, for more reasons
than one II the advertisements were 10 be taken
literally i would appear that the play IN us orig
NAL French form would be given, but that is not
probable No doubt an English version is intended,
and thi, English version will not be the Lady
CIarer of Nh Robert Buchanan. Lady Clare
was brought out by Mr. Robert Buchanan as ven
trr of mis- own and its success in London was not OF
the kind called brilliant. Mr.. Robert buchanan
did not think it necessary to consult NJ. UeoIseS
Ohnct when he resolved 70 dramatic" ". Georges
Ohuefs novel. When the liberty he took came -
be commented on in France Mr.. Robert Buchanan
explained that be- had improved the story ana char
lctcrs SO much that his original debt to NJ Georges
OAuet was not worth acknowledging. Yet " Lady
Clare IN this improved state somehow seemed dHlI
and dreaIy while lie MMtre dc Forges,' in It,
authors stage version proved the greatest success
of the last winter in Paris. 1t has no" been acted
some four months or more, aud II you 20 to q
Partisan theatrical agent he will still tell you that
it draws better than anything else aud Will prove
tie sincerity OF his declaration Ey asking You an
exceedingly stir price for a stall.
To thi, success 10 doubt. Mile. Jeanne Hadine
has contributed Her peri finance of the leading
part in lie Maitrc de Forges' claire is a very deli
c"'e anu ~ 80 ,a,,tIo,, who in Pari. mr.,
VIZ -i.,t.It - ,I,,ss +Iau most of their
- I'D .t,.,, +lo TOWN NflI. Jeanne
- 10. . , - ,,,, ,..c,,,uI shed actress, but
60. ,,-.,.,+o,,., of lacking the mart of the
,.., ,,- lo,aIr heroine whom She has To- repre-
N-,,.,..-.o,. nv r,a-. charming. picturc of gir-
sd, t.,-,. r,s be.o seen o1 piii..a1 stag. for "a
I +. ,-r, +I,.. D.. l.e mart which Mr., KlI.Ii.
. -. r.a,...- -'r..+r. I'M ,g1.r. and
La, .l.. - - 1... frs. .,grit .,c.ln hazardous.
Mr.. K.5.I-..u,,o, must d. .,,, such matters iu
I'M. c..ll interest of dramatic arts not g.rli,A
trr I,,,- * Of fine riper and fuller kind. perhap.
o+ l.. .++.lctiro Int certainly less suited q, this
.r, mar, tr.,. t. ,vorld hav, been "a few, years
Mrs. Kendall. However is an actress OF such
y-uri.. ability. with q finish and completeness ot
STYLE ,. rare on the English stage that she may
nroye able 10 akcus all forget that she is not still
i'm her Teens. Mr. Kendall viii be an excellent Uau-
brey the hero-lDycr played at the Gymuase 10y VI.
UauaIa. with very considerable force and q marked
want of elegance. Nr Hare will Doe the notary.
Tochelia. character inst Of the kind he is under
Stood 10 prefer II was acted I'm Paris by VI. -.
Germans an actor ~ whose very singular and sub
tie method If ,,,ot he bIcsonle To find anvrhir-
,nolooon. ON tbe English stage.
Following Mr. Henry lrvmgs example, doubt
ful precedent III this case-Mr. Wilson Barrett has
ior some days past been ioodlug the London press
with favorable criticisms Of" Chudan and Of his
own acting at tie Princess Theatre. The play Las
reached It's one-hundredtA night WIN some
tmd.ty shall venture to admit that nave MOI
seen IT, There seems diucuIJy III uec"HlH ulleI
what circumstances one ought 10 undertake tn'
dntyt for suppose II i uu1y. 'he SET %. Fe"P''
advise you u prepare y"ur mIhu loI CLu0''" "S
poetic and traglcM drama OF -hsh character
Others say II IS more amusing thah MI burh'At
buTlesQue Of II IN which MI IOole IS so Pleasantly
absurd. Now it cannot well be both to the same
person 3n the same night so how is one to decide on
the spirit IN which TINS entertainment Is 10 hei APP
proachedi 1t would never 90 10 stIing one sen up
to the tragic mood ana come away lausnH'4' "hlIr
10 20 With hahN expectation u oe'np ainu'''
such poetic and other high dramatic quality the
play and the acting may really possess.
In these perpleyities il is undoubtedly q convent
cDce 10 have IN assortment of ready made
opinions 10 ones hand. Only, assortment
is not quite the word, for Nh. Wilson
Barrett who rightly takes himself and