The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-05

diraud." acted In 1st3. II was play OF life
curing the days OF the French revolution.
lie haratre" met with a little success and it
remained for "Mercadet" alone to meet with
some popularity. Francisaue sarcey said a
short time before his death that II was one OF
the great plays Of the nineteenth century, but
not likely to find great popular success DO.
cause 1t would never appeal to women 1t
was, was one OF sarcey's tenets that all dramatic
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Theatre: de i0mbre In Paris. Its; heroine is
an an, actress and suggestion Of Theodore. The
pied with thoughts OF her love for tiaHnvs, an
actor In the .roupe, that she has refused to
smong the spectators she consents to act.
She is loved by a conqueror who wants to
after their marriage. puts her en- the
throne, and marries her. to her own lover.
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wife Of pure and attractive character is iasci-
mated BY a coarse woman Of the streets. Her
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heard Of before The play had the advantage
best Of the day and the women beautiful.
Eeonora Duse. in spite OF her fascination
for the dramas Of d'Annunzio. is said to have
given all attic mpt. to force the Italian public
to accept Fame" his latest work. which has
been Kissed wherever 1t was given. 1t has
only three characters OF Importance. One is
an old man. the type OF former political power.
and the other Is Young. rebellious in spirit.
embodying all the newest ideas OF the day.
They are political rivals before woman. the
last member OF an old and powerful family.
now poor and wretched. comes betvs cen them
The older man loves her and marriage be-
tween them Is arranged. but she hates him
and kills him before the wedding. Then the
Young man kills himself for her. The two
figures representing the spirit Of their times
are taken TO be Crispi and Cavalottl. the radi-
cal Deputy. who was last year killed in duel.
La Giaconda" has met with better fate than
artist abandons his wife for a model whom he
loves. In vain the woman struggles to reclaim
him from his mistress. He tries TO kill him
self fails and is nursed by his wife. who af-
terwHrd sees him return to her rival She
seeks an interview with the woman. who In an
attempt to destroy a piece OF statuary he has
made. brushes his wife's hands when she In
AS II must have lesson. there being no pre-
tense Of entertainment or pleasure In f.
seems to he that an artist cannot live and work
In ordinary domestic peace and decency.
The End:of an Ideal" may not have been any
cleaner. but the public found II more ENJOYABLE
as a whole. Young woman who has become
tho mother Of n child marries an honest man
without revealing to him the story OF her
guilt. After g few, years Of happIpees., the
had never married its mother The. truth Of
her life 10 ultimately revealed to her husband.
who adopts the child as his son. Leopoldo
Marenco. who.woud scarcely have recognized
himself among the dramatists OF the day. died
recently in Milan at the age OF ~. He was
an officer In the army who gave ur his ap
pointment to become dramatic poet. and al
was at one time the most popular poet and dra-
matist in.Itay. His father was a dramatist be:
fore him. Marenco wrote tragedies as well
as comedies. and most of them were inspired
with the sentim emit Of the people in the period
before the unihcation OF Italy.