The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-19

used here In all but the German productlons
Modjeska was too old for the role and met
Eleanora Duse made her American debut
Ia -Magda.' In the spring OF 1895 she
and Sarah Bernhardt produced II In LONDON
In rivalry, with q victory for the Italian
following season, with Duse at the Fifth
Avenue and Bernhard at the knicker-
booker. Again the French woman had to
take the second place. Since then the
only considerable Mdodd we have had has
at the Irving Place was an admirable study
II was in .The Second Mrs. Tanqueray'
that Mrs; Campbell got her opportunity.
Arthur Wing Pinero retains the right
TO engage b casts for his plays, and when
he sold this drama TO George Alexander
he said that no actress in London suited
his ideal Of .Pduld Tan qusrdy. AT length.
in an Adelphi melodrama. he found Mrs.
Campbell and took her to the st. James.
On May 20. 1893, the piece was produced,
and 1t lasted a year. Daniel Frohman
had the rights for America, but deemed
the piece too malodorous for the Lyceum;
80 Il happened that Madge Robertson
kendall was our first Paula, and even her
fine acting could not make a seemly matron
seem like a social debutante. In 1899 Olga
Nethersole adopted the play into her repe-
tory, but although possessing n ad-
mir miraS Sis,, touches Tsss,dd her Reri sa,Pap s,o WA
hO hkbAy atNs IN - oaoafa
know how he wants his own creatures
acted, and when Eleanora Duse appeared
as Paula In London, Pinero, who rarely
speaks publicly. said that hor performance
was unsatisfactory TO him.
Having discovered Mrs. Campbell TO 1T
a part Pinero wrote one TO fit her, In The
Notorious Mrs, Ebbsmith.' John Hare
brought out the play with himself, Mrs.
Campbell and Forbes Robertson in the
leading roles. He chose the small but
diGtIn1tiyn nharnptar nf the DILe Of NJ
Oipherts for his American debut, but his
companions in London nae become man
ayers INC would not visit America in sec
ondary positions. So Julia Nelson and
Miss Nelson seemed to do everything pos
sible with Agnes Ebbsmah. New York did
not care much for her.
The most interesting to New Workers.
among London's new plays is The Twin
Sister, which Charles Frohman staged
at the Duke of York's a week ago. It's re-
ccption was TO decide whether we should
see it. As the critics praised and audience
applauded. Mr.. Frohman has decided upon
II as the successor 10 The Wilderness at
the Empire. 1t will give Margaret Anglin
a particularly good part. Last spring
Helene Odilon acted In IL at the Irving
Place Theatre In German. as Ludwig Fuida
wrote il. The translation is by Louis y:
4 dI htl . IlO Ilt - NikNbI IL IltklnNl dtlAl
the version Of 'Magda' that Mrs Campbell
uses. An Italian n~oblewoman's husband tires
Of her, and she wins back his low 10y pre-
senting herself as her twin sister. The
Caycty Of the assumed character delights
him, where the seriousness OF tho real one
bored him. This fiction resembles Barrie's
Quality Street" although the environment
of Italy in tho fifteenth century gives a
different appearance 10 il.
Lily Brayton, who had come into con-
snirttCttgnara NJ Is-I- In Daarhghp, Trno'a
revival q Twelfth Night was lkoi as
the heroine. and II. y. Irving. Sir Henrv's
elder scn. had the leading male role. He
had given good performance in many
gan acted here IN THE Princess ard the
Butterfly" hut his ruccess In The Twin
Sister" led 20 predictions ~ his finally
filing his fathers place. Charles Rich
man viii have that part AT the Empire.
We shall be N" gamers In getting the PLAY
after its London production. hecarse some
faults nave been removed. especially mod
ern phrases. Cr';cs objected 10 old
timo Italians saying, That beats me-
IN "~5ccwavs
First nightcrs ~ the Havmarkct greeted
'Fro'k- and Fills" In exactly IN" same
way hat New Workers did al DAILY n few
eNeniug- later, except that when sydney
G-undy answered calls for the author he
wlS greeted by boo n hl-Se- as well
a. much applause When he had sllenc"d
the n.l.e he srid. Tho authors 81 thL play
ore Nm Scribe and Icgouyt and retired
the newspapers devoted a. much ~pdc"
10 the gowns ~ 10 the ully. The best
ruo0o-s lu the acting belonged largely -
tvril Maudo ~ the suffering man, a u
dlI h"rr 20 Jameson lee lUuey NJ
.iluaD T. the only 1ue - lDnlpns leading
s'tor- who has not an AIRED here. W
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AMOR. Marlin Harvey. Forbes Robertson,
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l. rrgafird a. very nearly Il great comedian
Command bclnR recorded A. nn achieve
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