The sun., 1897-11-15


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serSn9 &c s6lc sS oSsTs e o sa P%S mad Opsss .Ss
known TO AVOID the calcium and the attention
OF lillian RUSSELL Jessie Bartlett ,Dayls and
ssnecimen OF calcium which the Irving
T rlnuo lhoatrc provides II makes them con
97hcuons, 7hc % bnt y Is becoming to them as woii
,aI ,un eoorcu lights used In some etnge spIu
,ncics arc u source of wonder to everybody
scc, uus tnS stasc manager Every payeoer nNs
colors Of the calcium AMI seen their fnccs turn
rom rom the shade OF boiled lob r TO the deadly
snht,nr swh,notn OF corpse. just whlI the beauty n
supJoctlnH q lot of women To such n tost rchih
y the public has rarely been able to toll 'nt
horo must be some. otherwise the colorcd cti,
Ciiums would not rcappcar so pcrsistcntly mn
the ladies Of the chorus would not he compelled
10 70, turn such dreadful and unbcconiing cnI2rS
,,Ii, Snt every feature OF Frau Kopacsi from nSf
py tho calcium which follows her so etten
lively She Is a talented woman whose charm
content to be less eager As IL is she is an ex.
ceptionally clever and finished actress, and u
n, nuch better singer than the average COME Sno
opera dtrcftc. So much cannot bc said OF onc
y is doubtful II 'Thc Cooing Dove" gives Frau
her powers as a comcdionnc. The drinking
scene Of the second act-so amusingly ana ar,
istically acton-is almost the only rca, test OF
her powers that the operetta affords. but
Der Waldmeistcr' and "Die Schocnc Helena
are to follow, and the Offonbach heroine affords
opportunity enough-so much opportunity, IN
deed. that thi3 composers operas have dc.
clined In popularity because there are no longer
actors to sing them.
Boerbohm Tree has made an arrangement OF
Julius Cesar for his London theatre which
divides the play into three acts and limits the
time of its performance to three hours. 1t
will shortly be acted, unless Louis Parkcr's
adaptation of 10 Chemineau," which has been
called 'The GYPSY" be selected in its place.
Mr.. Tree has announced that in the future his
Shakespearean productions will be edited to
make the plays conform closely as possible
to the tastes OF present theatregoers.
London has reversed another New York ver-
dict, and declared Louis Parkcrs "Tho King of
Peru" a success. But the play was altered by
Murray Carson. who gives to the pieces which
he writes with MIR. Parker their only dramatic
qualities.
The acting of the Americans in "The First
Born" as well as in 'The Cat and the Cherub, "
has brought out from number Of the London
critics the strongest expressions Of praise for
the ability Of the actors to deinoate character
roles
Sarah :Bernhardt has decided not to appear
in "LAffranchie," but will give first in Paris
the performance Of D'Annuzio's new play, "The
City of the Dead" She has lately been ap-
pearing as Camille.
Catulle Mendes has lately undertaken to dis
prove the idea that actors the first artists to
be forgotten after death, in these words:
pray, don't bother yourselves, nv good souls.
about the renown of the comedian metaphors
served to make him visible. or all artistic
glory, the actors glory is that which remains
ages more ,vividly and more indestructibly
than any other, And whyi Because as soon
as his glory is posthnmous there remains aims
partly, deserved. Once a celebrated actor is
dead he escapes criticism by reason of the dis.
would Justify it. He remains forever what we
thought he was, since, exalted by the emphasis
Of recollections transmitted from generation
to generation, he has no longer the fear before
him that we shall detect the exaggeration, il
not the absolute lies. by means of which he has
great actor has % once won his case, % for want want Of
direct evidence 1t cannot be reviewed by any
appeal court Of the future. Cicero may be
bulled. treated as an aristocrat, and as an in.
supportable chatterer by the schoolboy obliged
To- to translate e a single % page Of the oatilne for
boy to say that Roscius was not a great tragic
actor because It Is impossible that he can know
ly be acted in English In London. George En-
gels was seen here in the play two years ago
It is one Of the least popular Of Hauptmann's :
play on the ground that it was not satisfactory
to him.
John Hare is about to present in London
Martha Norton play. "a Bachelors Romance" "
which has already been highly successful In
the prominent English towns. Mr.. Hare has
been waiting for some time for q play in which
to return to London.
Helen Bertram. who left this country several
months ago, is shortly to appear in pantomime
in London.
"The Liars which commenced its career
rather. discouragingly in London, Is said to
have developed at last into an extremely popp;
Is said to be quite as great in London as in New
York.