The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-22
TO SEE WHAT "HANNELE" Is LIKE.
The Ros.nfeids Ask Mayor Gilroy and SIR.
Gerry to Witness - Rehearsal.


Gerry to Witness n E-heHr-ni
Gerhart Hauptmann's play "Hannelo."
which Elbridge T. Gerry docs not think Is the
sort Of a drama Miss Alice NJ. Fierce should
act in will be given first ut public rehearsal
at o'clock to- morrow afternoon at tho Fifth
Avenue Theatre. This will be done In order
that Mr.. Gerry and Mayor Gilroy may see the
play before the public hearing on Tuesday
morning at tho City Hall. when the Mayor will
be called upon to decide whether or not he will
allow tho child actress to perform.
The brothers Rosenfeld have written a long
letter to Mr.. Gerry asserting that he did not
give the play sufficient attention before pro-
nouncng its condemnation. that he merely
glanced over the manuscript, and did not take
In the true significance OF the work. They ask
Mr. Gerry to attend to-morrow's rehearsal
with the Mayor. and promise TO abide BY the
result OF such q test As an alternative. the
Rosenfelds suggest that the Mayor appoint a
jury Of three men who are not connected with
The Rosenfeids assure Mr.. Gerry that the
following is q torso and accurate description
OF the plot OF the play:
Amothersss child beaten and driven ont to beg by
brutal .spt.tneS in winter has. N asspair bordering
an sl,n.aos.. wns;e the action place young
sehoolna'sr OF nGeis and tender mature Lns ohd -
soRs ID islesn broken and interrupted sleep. her
Sns bsos her ys her. dead and
and other psr.on.ss who sgss aud are :ioGsd
ideas warped and uncertain IN deirious ec.t.cy.
fully OF the SAVIOUR once in the w.aISs. OF
S SS. .So s ra
her, the 'choolmAsteL In her dshrium toward me
Ing ishsHss; q 56' s.:s, Ss.Ias 8;
tie child Who has died and been placed in her CONN lin
her dream rises and falls at his feet greeting him as
sno. Is ss Of childish idea. the s.,R::
halluclnatlOn.
When mi, !. past n. stage 4: dsrssnsd and again
in The Sinshou.s bed With The nIrs. and the physiean
bending over her she has Just died
The letter concludes as follows:
The production has hsen the greatest dra-
matte and artistic success OF the day in Ger
many and Austria, where It Is still being per-
efnm emit censorship OF the text. plot, and &C;
tion OF play In Austria, and yet Hannele
has been for months on the boards OF the Hof;
by the Government. IL at this time We are to
reverse the existing order OF things and sub
officiai, responsible cen sorship that shall be
aud Of Witch the puslie shall have chancs
to get rid when its bigotry. incompetency.
or attempts to mislcAd the public have been
tinuation Of the attacks that are now being
INDUCED in through the influence OF your
and appeal from your hastily formed impress
sions to the bar OF public opinion. IL. after
wltnessln n private Tenehtsal,hny lhlf- ID inueu
man OF broai religious conviction can be
found who believes the play to be Indecent.
immoral. or blasphemous We will surrender
our Judgment to his. but until then. and in
the face OF the repeated offers We have made
you. we cannot but regard the continuation of
resent U.S."
lit is ridiculous" said Mrs. Pierce the
ehild's mother. to say that she would be az
ieetrd by the performance The angel OF
death. for instance, Is to her only Mr. So-snd:
So with whom she has been for month. and
with whom she will probably chat after the
performance. She has no illusions about the
performance. and It could not possibly affect
her nerves. She Is far happier when acting"
I'VE know" said n representative OF the
Rosenfelds. that II is not the child's appear
ance in the PLAY that Mr.. Gerry objects to. He
as licensed her twice before He objects 10 the
play itself but 1t will be acted Whatever the
outcome OF the present case may DO. the Rosen-
fields viii positively produce HAnnele' at the
Fifth Avenue Theatre"