New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-02
THE ORA M.

HANNELE IN THE FIFTH AVENUE
Much curiosity had been stirred by the con'"
yersy over me production % Gerhart hauptHa'N'
dream play Of 'Hannele." ana the Fifth Avehas
Theatre was crowded from stage T. street ass
evening Both parts Of this visionary aH@lr W
received with energetic and rosolGte applause 80.
after the closing curtain fell the author the 'n'
actors ana actresses and the managers were 'a"VI
out with much clAppug II hands. But mar'e'N''
10 relate no speeches were delivered or askeN ~.
il was not thoroughly representative Ne" w..
audience. Ii resembled too muca me s1'ne''"e
which are brought out by Colonel lnserso" as
tacks on Christianity VOclterat"i .h h!o"',
theatres on sunday evenings "H1nnele i -
50 much may be said In its favor Tne opens
scene was not disclosed until twenty minutes peiOs'
3 o'clock, and the last word had been spoken a. ~
And yet. ever in that short time. this diedi" P'
became tiresOme -,
The refusal OF Mayor Glroy. under the ao'.''
OF Mr.. Gerry. TO permit an actress less than -
teen years OF age 10 take the principal pa, 49,,
this piece caused the newspapers 70 print ~ We,
articles on the Incidents motives. dialogues ~
characters. Everything in ii i shown IN Si
room in an almshouse in a village n s w young
tains OF Germany. lIannele is "retcnrii y nal,
girl who is beaten. bruised and most cl1,'' irsNu
treated by a drunken father. She iries ~ mis-.
herself in order 70 escape from her shouse,
cry. She is rescued and taken 10 NE H'' me Az
and while lying upon her deItnoed' s"c, ,,o,her
partitions OF her brutal father OF her Gfaa "a Chris,
the Saviour An the specious talk that mas re me
heard 10 the effect that Christ hinseL Is NO. II has
scented the stage Is mere supttEi -, sees
been asserted that Hannele In her 1Fen ,n,ser
the figure of Go;twald. the village schoo %ou 4
and mistakes this figure for that OF Ohtst, 10
language means anything Christ IS repII sneak.
ing in the words Of the Saviour oi me NOo,nscers
does not matter what the author, uhe IND IN.
any else may say no mteI'StSxmnh Avenue
preiulicel person who goes 10 the fll.h .ccrarces
Theatre and listens carefully to all the tu,nnee
OF the actor who carries the dead emu can es-
In his arms up toward a painted = "n,,s4s 10 put
the stage an lmpcrsonauon ol ~, ,1son sup
the Christian religion. Hannele IN hel - actor
poses that she the actual christ anu nsech q
who takes this part does not tax IN t's SAVIOUR
the S,.hoolmastcr but in the words or 'nrr and
OF men This Is not the age FOR mirac'r 80, up0n
the attempt TO represent the person OF .snckin,
TO all right minded people The aul'fgirt,rs feel.
applauded this reckless insult 10 the ling 10
ings Of this community was an auIi,rnVe
reverence and respect for sacred thlhsH. tactical
II cannot b. denied that there are sphr psssssS
phrases i'm "Hannee." some impressive pHrnr +.
Much OF IT, however. WAS no more th'',t,,Sarts o
hvsteria than the dellrious rawlings of me 20 bssn
I'm a clinic conducted by Or. Charcot HaS "",mena
An atmosphere OF the strenuous put s,nslderlbls
pety OF the Salvation Army perNaded o,n.iant "a
mari Of the plav The acting was not suihsWNs, 70
dignity sincerity force. grace or charm 70 s,tson o.
any marked degree the sympathy OF d,'' ~ sue
coed for any considerable time anu ',"'isss sensa-
succeed. 1t may attract audiences ot ~, a work
ton seekers for t.w weehs O' bo,h The vert.ss
and the sanctiiles which are sun Ci,i a. Tor good
pie whose influence in the community - ,icred that
As matter of record II may De iheH,,,.JGs Anna
The mart az Uannrle was played by ME- ,o,hsr
Blanche that OF the figure OF lianne'S "Nfss Maud
and that OF the deacOness both ~ N,i,cs But
Banks; the part OF sister Marina ~ oShnomaster. AID
ler and that OF GottWa.d. the sch I1.y,nn
also that OF Christ, by Charles j. El1,'-i'''