The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-14
ROYAL PLAYWRIGHT.
on Elizabeth. Of I.oumanis,
Turns Dramatist.
|plny soon to TIE Staged at che Wien.
Lurg The ter-An Out Inc ar tho
P.oi-Tho Title or the P,.ce
Is Mister M.nolly."

3 ccn Elizabeth OF Eoumania.
Men Sylva, received In her salon Mt
S@lotel Imperial in Vienna recently.
q the New York Sun, tho company
ii management OF the Vienna burg
Ssatcr, whero one of her plays will 10
Night out soon. After ali the guests
#arriycd tho Queen Sat down. ut y
8e tablo beside tho Archduchcss
a theresa and read tho manu-
bt OF her latest work. Muster
Molly" n tragedy in five acts. Tho
n OF tho tragedy conforms with tho
zines Of ltOumanian legend.
iSolly, master architect. is building
pat cathedral. Midway in his worl,
@3Sbccomcs embarrassed by lack of
#cy. Moreover, every morning he
s.. q bit OF tho work donc on tho pro-
Eng day destroyed by understandable
us. The working-mcn become sup
& tlous and are led by Nlanolly's
Ishics to believe that the cathedral Is
Sed. Tho building may DO made ac-
$allo TO Cod, they think, only by
81 cntombment OF living human
De within its walls. The prevalence
'eAiis superstition Is due to the efforts
sauanolly's enemies to render impos-
ao tho completion Of tho work.
3olly's beautiful vito goes to tho
.cc TO ask aid for him. The Prince
Rniscs to give money and influence
&ro will consent to DO his. She at
Il refuses. with overy expression OF
Dor, his proposal, but Is finally per-
sAfcd that hcr husband cares moro for
.5nrial success than for hor; that sho
ald serve him best by following tho
Rco's suggestion, and SO promises to
spmo the Princes instr. SIS on tho day
&cnLhcdral shall DO finished.
Ae has hardly given her word when
polly, dagger in hand. springs into
presence. His cncm cs have told
a shc is with tho Princc. Tho Prin-
d, however, pcrsundes him that his
q has done no wrong-a woman
Srs mercy to her rival. Tho compact
&Fccn tho Prince and Manolly's vito
4 holds. Tho Prince tries to help
rs Tho building OF tho cathedral.
Il The work laSs. In despair Manolly
4 day promises tho worlmcn to en-
% nlivo in tho cellar the first
ION who appears before tho I'M
Phcd cathedral tho next morning.
syora to the cathedral carly tho next
Lis wife follows Him. AS no turns
secs her tho crisis OF tho action
les. He bcss her in vain to rctracc
Sstcps $Lc goes To him. IIo leads
TO q snail, half-closcd stono cell in
cellar, pushes her in ard makes
PIC tho wall with his own hands. Tho
Icdral is completed. On tho duy Of
conservation Manolly asccnds tho
Ter To admire it's beauties. His dead
L spirit appears to him; he throws
!scif from the window and is killed.
slo last act OF Master Manclly" has
3Sct been committed to writing. but
Queen akctchcd it. at length from
llory or tho details sho had already
|dcu TO incorporate in it, She spoke
read for thrco hours in smooth,
ir, penetrating voice, without show
.thc slightest fatigue. After closing
land hor gucscs discussed critically
|dra'1atic merits of tho piece and the
means OF adapting it to tho Durr
later stage. Alcxi. Of tho Mctropol-
Opera IIousc, sang several OF tho
lcn's poems set to music. Then tho
len real alittlo one-act tragedy about
american duel, that is. as understood
lho Continent, Il duel in which two
at odds simply decide by lots which
|shall kill himself. On the Continent
u persons think this is the fashion in
erica of settling affairs Of honor, and
sncn Sylvia has unfortunately seen
o adopt thc'misapprchension.