The evening world., 1894-05-02
"HANNELE."

balloo OF npprehcn sion about its sup
| preston with which "Hannele's" pro-
duction here was heralded. II was pro-
duccd at the Firth Avenue Theatre last
| night and gave unmistakablo pleasure
| to n large audience. At the close OF the
| first part OF the representation there was
| some applause, but II was scattered.
and II was plainly to be seen that the
audience was In IA maze OF wonderment
about the purport and purpose OF all
they had been looking at and listening
to. Rut when the second curtain de-
Sc, nded and the performance was
over. the theatre fairly rang with
enthusiastic approval or the
evenings work The applause was sus-
tnined for five minutes, during which
time the whole house waitel and
brought out Gcrhardt Hauptmnnn. the
author. twice Hannele and the Hann"-
lean Christ half dozen times, and one
of the smile wrcnthed Rosenfelds once.
only few In the audience. who pre-
tended to be greatly grieved by what
they vaguely described az the irrever-
enco OF the play. didn't like II. Nearly
every body was delighted with 1t and
said so, In addition to joining In the
noisy and hearty commendation at the
conclusion OF the play.
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'ha' '"e 'o'''s JESUS '
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iier oru.ui' u'u,Ne", ''.,,
mus oea'eh ",n aou'e.
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uespeia'e' s'e 'eehs '"e
uot'"aiu reseues 'he 'ii''u anu .a'
her 10 'he aiinshouse' mn'en he'
NOME, 10 uie' WIN 'eirio'e h'e'"
the aoleot environment Oh th's passing
young lire Is maze manifest "re'cheu
beggars crowd around her rag-heekeu
Dp0, Ine DpSOtteQ IatneT Ii DTOuRnt III
ana Is seen TO DE worse type OF tramp
thah waiter Jones OF waiter ,'a'e ever
oHered u.s. Ihe place reeKs win
"retcheuhess ana poverty. An a'oh'ns
aht'thesis Is presented IN leacher uott-
waid, renhed' cultured anu superior 10
all AROUND hifn' In the early portloH OF
her dream we are maze acquainted with
the fact that poor httie hahheie mas
loved the Ieacher. ana there Is suspi-
cion that she mas once at least. IN the
mute language OF rev Vioiets given 10
him' tried 10 tel her ioVe.
lie that as II may. she Is now on her
deathbed hoping ana praying Tor heaven
and 'her loving Jesus. she mas never
seen e'ther OF them put she mas nc
doubt oiteh painted m'hu-pictures OF
them. ANA no" mas she painted them
surely her heaven was p'ace uirec.is
| tne opposite ot 'he aiI''shouSe anu ''s
accessories no rags 'here' al Snih'"t
silks ana hr'i'ant tihsei. NO hithy marc
oeo' put coucn oi oo"h anu so'' nht
| crys'ai. NO oare iee'' ou. peuu'iiu
white Shippers NO auarrehhs 'h'e'e'
ana pegsars' put anse's III "h''e WIN
great "hite wings. NO uaHp anu uarh
ness put WohderluilS rau'uht isht' an
What Wouiu ner lowing Jesus 'ooh hAe
Why' glorihed Ieacher Hot'"hln' o
course Ihe Ieacher was her 'ueh' mere
an apotheosiS OF MN "ouiu sui''ce io
| her iueai III the hereafter
IL Is upon this mental process that MT
dauptmann must nave paseu ana Dull
ms play II ne nau any serious purpos
In writihg H. other"ise IL is slihpy
fairy taie III "hich ahsels anu SAINT
take the place OF ewes anu rays IRON
the uikhi's Vi the "orh' ho"e'eI' AN
the correiation Oh the phys'ca' ah
Iphahtasmai iiiciue"ts III - 'here 10 ever
reason 10 oeheVe that MT Haupthhh'
aimed 10 pe metaphys'eai anu not HnEs
tical, and that MS vision play Illustrate
theory or the genesis ana evolution o
the human idea OF immortality INA