The sun., 1902-11-08

moment. Then arising with a shudder
she shouts. ioyfuly'
"N.do Nedo!" CI see! see,-, Her
physical sight is restored and her own
mold on life becomes al once intensified,
her un>eltishne-s IL shed. And il is at
this hopeless moment that the drama, is
lnsesls her vision and closes his play,
leaving tu" wretched woman to face the
loss Oi Bdrcu and POSSIBLY the lunacy Of
her husband and his friend. If they do
not 70 mad it j. because their nerves have
becrIne steeled against the hidcousness
OF ltfe. They are ahnormal every one in
the play, excepting the girl Blanca. il ab-
normal Even the nurse doesn't escape
III" taint. She i figure out Of Maeter-
linck and doubtless knows the madness
tha turks in moon-haunted corridors!
That Du'e triumplIrd last night was
TO have bacu expected. She nwcd ra, hor
than e~toni.hpd Ms. her skill taking on
new meanings. new colors. Altogether,
closely bcrGered on the cairvoyant Her
helpless silence were actually terrifying.
her poses most pathetic. Ridncd Maria
wa~ admir- ably played hy Signo-ina Cvani,
IA" Sircp't1 of la Gioconda She noted
most iueutiy the loving. healthy nature of
tho girl who falls a victim to the shafts of
Eros II IL with Sophocles's Ant gone"
that the action irgln-: II is with a motto
from "Antigpnc. Eros. unconQuered in
strife that the play j. overshadowed
Eros normal and abnormal rules the
de,tinin- Of these four creatures. Carlo
Ru-aepina as the husband, iiessdndro
gave a convincing display ofhis versatility.
lu the seen" Wh,re he disclosed his loNe for
C1Cn ho touched the summit of his art
nor did lac fall below il when Leonardo
t"li- in fren2l"d phrases of his guilty love
for Blanca The brother was Danta Capelli,
most excellent mime. He j. ardent
linagiuatiV" aud carries on his shoulders
the DCSitiyc aG ION Of the play Very
striking i III, cescrip ion of the discovery.
horribly real i Lis confession TO iiessdndro.
Rather than perpetrate "A crime he kills
lis ~i-ter-h" H. Jealous also of her love
for his friend.
The rrIen,les, logic Of the Greek drama
fists would have dictated the death Of all
the Chara aCt"rS, "a n'caI ON crowned bv
LeOudrdO's s,lClde. But as in la Clio
c"nda, d'AunuHzlo delights to trine with
raretied rSaggerdtion. He lets live all
but the innocent one leaving To our imagi-
uul ion the picture of the others future
an unr"-olvcd diScord instead of etribu-
tive, misery consumed Justice.
The nurse was adequately enacted by
Signora GalIiani The audience. not quite
a. large aS on Tuesday night. listened re-
-pectfullv - the long speerhe-. bul was
painfully horcd AT tines. There was red-
son for il with the slow tempo. the funcreal
atmosphere and the mGubriolls ending
there j. little To cn-lave the attention. The
players were applauded, not the play. The
settings were very effective especially the
fountain scene. with IT, wild, craggy sur
rOuniings and air of unearthliness. In the
second act there We're the Hellenic relics
ravi-hed from the tombs of Mycene. The
Dead city"
This display was impressive D'Annun-
hlo evidently spared himself no pain- to
give 10 the production absolute verifcation
t., matters archaeological and Sculp,ural.
And the capital memory of this psychologist
chaos i buses crazy. jubilant cry. Il see,
| -oo!" In il her soul seemed 20 escape
from it, fteshly tenement, as does Brlnn-
hides when the sun sm'es her newly
opened evhalls R,lt in what horrors
do the glances of Anna fall' D'Annun2io
j. he master of the ehuddcr.