New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-10-26
THEATRICAL INCIDENTS AND NEWS NOTES.
THE COMING OF DUSE, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF HER RE-
CEPTION BY THE FRENCH DOLMETSCH AND WILLIAM
MORRIS-A REORGANIZATION or PARTRIDGE.

with a performance Of Annunzio's La Clio
conda," and next week comes TO New-York. so
that this reprint has more than a passing inter
est. Reading through its fifty-six pages. that
are filed with excerpts from the French criti-
cisms showing nothing else can the intense
interest Buses appearance aroused in Paris.
and the passionate fondness of Frenchmen for
ART. especially the art of acting. one cannot
help rejecting on the at best moderate interest
Buses American appearance has awakened.
Jules Huret. writing in the Morning Figaro"
Of Buses farewell performance. said;
am afraid. as I take up my pen. yes afraid
OF my Incompetence to describe. In a few rapid
moments. the powerful the profound emotion
Of those three hours. where an entire audience
composed OF the flower Of French comedians, or
well known writer's. great painters and cele-
brated sculptOrs. honored a foreign artist with
the most vibrating. the most enthusiastic the
most poignant manifestation that IL is possible
TO witness | do not know II the annals Of
dramatic art disclose a similar case. but the
occasion was an important one for the history
OF the French theatre which must be noted
simply and sincerely as a document Of human
emotion. The great theatre of La Porte ST. Mar
tin was crowded from top 20 bottom. overflow
ing. The curtain fell. after numDerless
Interruptions the second act OF La Femme
de Claude" which ended the performance
whereupOn the whole audience rose TO its feet.
bravas and WHAT'S Numbered through the house
handkerchiefs and hats were waving, flowers
flew from boxes-"Au Tevoiri Au revoir! Au
raised before the smiling actress. who did not
attempt 10 conceal her JOY. Then the stage was
Immediately invaded by the crowd Some
wished only to see her once again. some must
embrace her; others asked for flower from the
bunch she held In her hand. During one whole
hour the procession did not cease
Well this is not Duse's first American appear
ance to be sure. nor is she coming to compete
with any American idol. And II we had a Bern
hardt We would not think of denying TO Duse the
all accounts, the fremont Theatre was not seri-
ously In danger of collapse from the crowds
Of artistic hero worshippers last week. nor is
there any indication that the audience at the
Victoria will CULVER with a great a universal
emotion or, moist eyed, storm the stage. But
with the coming of Duse, as would be the
coming OF any other actor. is, after all, mere
episode in a theatrical season made up or Leder-
, or light operas. The Eternal City, the Rogers
Brothers and the productions OF our many
sound, native actors Sir Richard Burton said
the American expressed his attitude toward the
universe in this formula. There's nothing new.
nothing true, and IT don't signify" Probably
he would add on reading Mr.. Mapess paper
that we convert the salutations and farewells,
the "bravas'' and WHAT'S of French into "ah.
there. Duse'' and "Goodby.'
Nine Duse will give only ten performances in
New York. beginning Tuesday evening. No
vember I. Dnring the first week La Gioconda''
viii be played each evening except Friday when
a performance Of La Cltta Morta" will be
given. Francesca da Rimini" has been chosen
for presentation the entire second week. All
these plays are the work of Annunzio. AL
doubtless. Illustrate what certain Harvard
professor once called the admirably subtle
psychology of Mr.. d'Annunzio." but which others
call by a different term. La Giaconda' tells
the story of a sculptor his wife and his model.
The sculptor finally deserts the wife for the
model, who represents "a thousand statues yet
to come" The wife in defending from deStruc-
ton of his statues, loses both her hands,
and in the final act holds out to her now father
less little girl two MANNED arms. The theme
of La Citta MOrta' CThe Dead City is still
more unpleasant. The thirteenth chapter OF
III Samuel will in part suggest IL to the curious.