The record-union., 1898-07-03

and helpless upon ice foes. Of course
the party is rescued in the nick of
time after they have drifted directly
across the North Pole. Love, intrigue,
villainy and triumphant virtue charac-
terize the story. The piece will be
mounted with a great quantity OF fine
scenery and many novel and startling
mechanical effects. Miss Nannary will
have the leading female role, and the
entire company appears in the cast
Popular prices will prevail.
The London MALI has this to say
about THE Termagant," the play which
Louis Parker and Murray Carson have
written for Olga Nethersole: THE close
of the fifteenth century is the period
of their latest essay in romance, and
the court of the Princess Beatrix of Ar
ragon it's scene. Naughty. imperious,
capricicus, she inspires scarce less of
dread than of love. Every whim must
be gratified, every command obeyed.
The mere coupling. by the peoples
tongue, of her name with that of the
lord of the lands which adjoin her own
was an offense for which he must be
banished. And through her influence
this unknown offender, Roderigo of
Triana, was dispatched with Columbus
on his voyage of discovery. With the
return of this weather-worn adventur-
er and his henchman, full of strange
oaths and oddities, and their intrusion
upon the courtly life of the luxurious
princess, the comedy begins. and it's
succeeding scenes are occupied with the
mutual subjugation of Roderigo and
Beatrix, two equally resolute and gall
liant spirits, and the disasters which in
evitably follow hard upon"
A very interesting artistic experiment
has been carried out with great success
in Munich recently. The new Munich
Literary Society has given series of
performances of Shakespeare's ''Troilus
and Cressida,' reproducing not only the
stage of the old Globe Theater in
Shakespeare's time, but the appearance
and the customs of the audiences OF
the time as well. The stage showed
the interior of the Globe Theater, with
proscenium boxes and a portion of the
Dit, the original Globe Theater stage, a
most primitive contrivance, opening the
center of the picture. When the cur
tain rose charwomen were busted clean
ing the stage, sweeping out the boxes,
hanging out the signs which served for
the scenery in those days. and in at
tending to other daily mental tasks.
Then the audience began to assemble
I,ondou,s masses IN the pit, ladies of
the great and half world in the boxes
gallants, gay in silks and satins, loung-
ing about at will, some of them sitting
on the edge Of the stage property, II
it suited their fancy. When the play
began the audience showed its interest
by audible comments on the actors
and the lines, by joining in the CONVEX
sation or harassing or cheering the per-
formers as they thought mt. The ladies
in the boxes meanwhile kept up a lively
chatter, apparently rehearsing all the
gossip of the gay world. Tout CONNIE
chez nous, The stage settings ana cos
tunes were entirely in keeping Win thS
times, Achille and Ajax strutted aoou
in silk and velvet, and the female parts
We're taken by men of youthful appear
ance. The play, which was hrst glVei
in 1908, and has never been played II
Germany, was performed IN ne"
adaptation by the author and drama
fist, Ernst Won Wolzogen, one OF tins
leading spirits of the Munich Literary
Society. Baron Won Wolzogen managed
the performance. in which actors OF ths