The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-27
STAGE DOINGS ABROAD.
A NEW WORK OF GRhAT Y<LUB ACTED
LT<N INDEPENDENT TEE TIRE

Actors on Tneb HoW hrhNstb-E
One Of the Berlin inderendent theatres has
lately brought forward new dramatist more
praised than any since the frst days OF Ger
hart Hauptmann's fame. The Sacrifice OF
Spring" 10 the name OF the play. which passes
In a small Moravian village and has for It's her.
oine young girl not unlike Hdnnsle. She 10
the Height mate daughter OF the village drunk
ard. who takes her into bis family after her
mothers death. Her step-sisters treat her
with contempt and the village people have only
scornful words for her Her father beats her
10 his fits OF drunkenness. Her grandm other
and the adopted mother are the only two
that ever have words OF kindness for
her. 90 she views the future with dread
when the stepmother falls III and ~ about TO
die. She listens TO the lamentations OF the
grandmother praying to the Virgin that some
life may be taken In place OF that ono 40 Inn
rortant to the WELL being Of the family. For It
isttre mother who keeps the household to-
gsther. The child hears these made so fire.
ouently that the idea comes to her that she
had best sacrifice herself to save the dying
mother. The ignorant old woman does what
she can to strengthen the resoIution IL the
glrl's mind, Finally she swears to the Virgin
that she will die In place OF the mother of the
family The srrinRtime had o .un to leave It's
influence on the young girl alter her VOW had
leave. ss" habds % me- peasant in love with her
half sister who has thrown him a,ile for
n'hS sIsa' F. G .Eo hT Sf me sGa
i lover po' night b" "' r%Stlz.S AND the
fu to her than ever. Her adopted mother
beg ns to get better and there II the possible
ner Icah a s' hT, re in sr
her hnlf-sister has emile ed on him aga n.
He lorasts the little girl completely and her
dream Ia over. The sacrifice to save her step
mother IL not hard then AMI when the spring 10
loveliest she drinks the poison which Is to give
one so important To- the. family Count K,y-
serlingr. who wrote the play, oelonys TO
Say s Mrr S. auE%4 s Of and Ss sOs s0a pdea
;:%%%ssFy sS;Ss. S%I faqgma%a' e.:
at oSsram m ereau during the com M summer
are sad to he progressing rapidly hut not In
Sr who Viii f hi. y"a+ ha Ss
sss5ss ths essya asns Who IN presided sd,a In
more than the required majority over Bauer,
who was thought to be more popular with the
people. while Lang IL the candidate OF the
is soon to be acted in Berlin IL the new version
made by Pau Lindau for his own theatre.
Hens began THIS tragedy In $50 npr ab me
IL In the vacation thai followed II was acted
first IN 1923 in brunswick and Missed. 1t has
not been performed Tor years IN Berlin
The condition OF the stage In Italy to-day
seems far less e couraging than the success
full work OF some OF ths younger Italian
dramatlsts would lead their admirers to he
llevs. Following Eleonora buses idea that
return to the classic plays could alone improve
the taste OF the people. Gustsve Salvini re-
vived "Rdipus" and several Greek dramas
which were given before empty houses and
signora Pezzana. who read with artistic
theatrical accom- paniment parts OF Dantes
vi adv alan 4 al ha off ~ nlt
Milan and Naples refused to take any interest
in her. The frequent production Of new plays
IL not thought significant OF any healthy
activity. The wandering companies which
travel from one city to another are usually
willing to produce the play OF new author be-
cause hrst performance Is likely to create
talk and draw some sort OF an aud ence
winch could not be expected with the ord nary
repertoire. 1t takes no more than three or four
rehearsals and the actors pay nothing for the
use OF the play. Royalties or reward OF any
material kind come only with success. Most
Of these new plays are Missed OF the stage at
the first performance and are never heard OF
again. But II costa nothing to give them aLd
there Is some chance OF u small proht. Rome
Is to have permanent theatrical company un-
der Ermete MoteIlis control AMI the same ex-
pertinent ~ to lie tried in Naples The plays
to which the actors turn after the failure OF the
new ATTEMPTS are usually French iarcss which
cal p avs BY their nat We authors. Gabriel a.
Annnnzio. once ,ooScd upon a. the writer who
retired from the fight. Jtal AN plays OF morbid
realism are all that vaIy the regular supply
Mounet-splly recently acted In Odessa and
VAS ca led before the curtain thirteen times
after The performance OF udipus. Th"n the
app'ause suosdeI, and the au hence was as
ton shed 10 see the actor orc" ;uUre appear
before the curtain The manager rushed To
the actors dressing room ia establishment 10
He'd
Mounet-Sully exclaimed that he would never
under any circumstances consent to appear
tnlrteen times, a. III luck wOulI follow him for
the rest OF b life as IL" result Of such aulacty
He 70 IN fact very sur"rStltlou man and gave
eSldsnce 81 mis- frequently during his visit ia
The Russian towns OF more than three
maintained by government IN order to de;
crease Drunkenness. which has Increased
Sse@sy @Tmb9 me tne Pe,sE,r' during rcSen,
seats in the theatre. This pan was tried sew:
eral years ago in one Russian province and
met with such success that the saloon eepers
bad 20 close up and sue the actors for such
inWtsTisre z. with their Mgsnsss p,-
frankly United that her performance was
sulerior to that given by the wei l-known Ger
Paris AMI copied her az closely "a she could,
The opinion was that she had given a good
Ian, after they had seen REGIME IN ROME NJ de-.
cded that their own Mariani.. who was the
Ufst Ldkd there. WINS he ter than the Paris
actress. for whom the highest praise was that
shr came nearer to Mariani In the part than
anybody else had.
Colueiln caiet is acting plays OF Mol ere,
Angler and Dumas In the Italian cities and
delIverlnR the monologues which his greater
brother has made amuus. The versatile and
amusing Patry Il IN his company lie lately
gave play In Strasbourg and several mono
logues were to be selected from q list sent in
advance to the manager OF the theatre He Nv
mistake announce them all and tho comedian
was compe led to recite nine rather than a q
eppnint the audience which had gath
cred delghteiIy to hear French once
more on the stage OF the theatre which which
German pertormqnccs All OF the regular
performances at he theatre are given in Ger
man excepting the dialect plays acted several
times month by Ii company Of Asatian anna.
Tours who devote Themselves TO dramas OF
rsasant life.
Paul Mcurice has prepared for Constance
Coauein trsion Of les Miserabes" which
IL almost entirely new When the play was nrst
brought to Paris. after It's performance In
Brussels, the censor insisted on the ON ION
OF many important scenes in the play. These
episodes have been restored and the drama
will occupy now no more than four hours in
representation. although It was at one time
much longer More Than Queen" has proved
In ,It ia n