The sun., 1899-05-29
THE THEATRE IN EUROPE.
SUDERM4NN'S GROUPING or THREE
PLAYS on ONE SUBJECT

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Ahthors" StHRe i'er"'ure- re-schhetHIers
Cycle of short Dramas Illustrative OF
wives Inconsistency Kaiser's Play.
Herman Sudsrmann's "Morituri" consisted
OF three short PLAYS connected by q common
idea. Each was complete in itself, although
strengthened by its connection with the
others. The model has not been frequently
followed. The aulacious woman who calls
herself Richard 'Normann' dealt in quite
a,nerent ] fashion with the sam same ide0. Two or
tneo ita.ions Eroupeu 'heir ohe'act pIaSs'
Arthur schnet2Ier':the austrian who wrote as
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fre'w,iue' nus "uop'eu 'he ouuermahh
and all based ON the sam. subject. the fnItb.
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,eSsness Vi No,l''n. ho .oiiila ,ie
first. professor mournS the death OF his
wife. though lie has long known of her iucon-
s,ancn Va ,"ao ~ r,m"h ,,sr sa,,i ,iar ,h',t sha
Stancy' no "as 81 iiIuch hel SENIOR 'Iln' sue
could not lie companlonahie. ami much OF his
'''S - 'or t"e 'o"nho' man "no ,'uS' @ nnu
her loss so i,'u'n '"lue' 10 pe"r' us o'ner
man tens the "'oo"er 'la' he mas lus' DC
%r0me come enrGEaEen rE 40 ~ @Hr' mhCm ,1 II" nau ii ,oiE
loved the wife, but had leen merely her nara
mour. arouses the widower to an outburst OF
a,issr, I wmicn o., M,om @ nI M rhs
seooni is The Green Cock atoo," taking its
name from tavern IN Paris devoted during
we Ui .1 v oda M 49, ~ crnInoia
Its auditors are noted people in the society OF
that time. one Of the actors tells how ne
hap M .ne NV bot s has ~ ms r.aentsa IN
fantasy is the truth and he rushes forward TO
XII Duke. who has entered with the wife.
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Ing the Bastille The extravagant comiral-
ity OF the actors and the tragic climax are
ot s a s ,,re s,i IN ". s,sm
.
10 insulted pv an, impertinen' laborer. lie
,Sat phoIaes h ,ne ielIow Wiz i,1 nr HeeSnS sSanS
Her false confessions are disagreeab bio enough
to make the doctors revenge complete. Al
.ne nrst H. ,n'S paax W. noo tre e'T.o ~.
fell less comic portions OF Sudermanps tril-
ogv at It's first representation. although i
ssupssqnenIN peteame popu.nir. i ap' naa,, pas,
musicaI fnrra and comic opera iyrcs, is tho
first to attempt in Eng sh any form similar &c
tnls; ne ms pro, pr0Vlceu set OF one ac' ''ayS
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Maurice Donnav next play Will he Ihe
Education OF u Prince Donnay's debut at
the Comsdis Frnnrnise with "The Torrent"
ua. ot ,Ia r.srIt ~ his oariiost oT,or, 20 OR
a hearing at the first theatre OF France. I'm
mediately after the success Of les Amants"
ne started 10 write WIN an eve TO the demand
there Both "AffranchIe" and la Doulou-
reuse" we're submitted to the committee and
refused. his suc'e9sinl plaV was accepted
after the first reading. Mile KeichembcrG
has recently comnemorotel the heathaoi
Edouard PailIeron by recitinH Il number OF
passages from his works. She was always re-
satueu ~ '"s ,es' 81 r,n ,I h't, e. -. *.
Gaudich"rd sisters: winch Is 10 be sung at
the music of AnIr,n ia mora nr,issd thon INC
'o w. ." 10Y ~, ~ ~" ~ 1 ''>
hbreHo' these TWO sisters Iauthtefs ora
ippl ,.I n'i In, Inv at
,oiI,, thot ,,,.v c,nbot he ,nII oIort a,thonob
,.y 49, raI ,aIitios NO an,ir.i, ',iTnror,
one runs away from her convent school with
, vounp ufflcer and lives I'm preatluxurv while
,ho Nth.r 10 com,,s,led 70 ,nnerson,te no, ~
her PARENTS until the trunnt returns. Then
she is discovered to De only nighty and not at
all wicked "hlch seems u ne" "epart"re IN
French opera boule The next pnsnbach
revival in Paris is to be La Belle Helene"
Jeanne Hrahler. most famous OF recent singers
of the oFenbach herone'; Inns given up orer-
comreIled to witburaw from the aJvertise.
G ments o. lie yieux MarcheII" the phrase de-
sNnnSemv sN,S2S his txcmse was hat lIeiIhac hsh
msed The same words in a'lyertisemenfs Of hi.
Works 0 'N " '' - ''''
Tha Iost rl,v criticised bv Froncisuuo Sar
o.v vas "I q ;rorren," and he was nnxions 10 10
wiinsss the niece n seconI time as he fenreJ
,r e nf Il III lis .nressSnr viii e ;
iusStr nrr5Inet az unil and Iif.inmr friemd ~
Sarcev He wns IA lectlrer nt the SorLonna
ana mas heeh ,oh 7ItcGous III rrenfh ii a u,eafhpy M
written with distinction on the drama The
Marriage OF Figaro" was given at the Comedie
~ trs eotb Tbis
ehy was acted first ON April %. lTS4, in tho
building situated on the site Of the. Hotel
@ r9I ofSre e'' th npss G
the play wonderful ctories had been told OF
It's qualities and the l!'l3 places which the
t trd w. ~ TN I .oi t,.o
broken in and three persons stabbed intheir
efforts to get ahead The play was given
s,Att ~ .lT me . Iii, H Its
Betty Hennings. who was the first Nora in "A
Dolls House twenty ysarsago IN Copenhagen.
s shorty 70 nay s,ie same sur nhi I'm. ar,s; D4t
sen plavs Henri Becuue died in poverty and
vas only kept out OF the poorhouse through
me SmnrtS @ U R r s % 'iseu III one roon
before his death. An uncompieted pIay. ies
Polichinelles." was found among his effects.
Sarah Bernhardt has recently had time to
complete q bust OF \ictorien Sardou in spite
Of the duties in her theatre. The death OF
d Emery recalled that one OF his collaborators.
"A ha