New-York tribune., 1902-12-21
NEWS OF TWO CAPITALS.
Continued from First Page.

onen winter weather Of exceptional nlildness
The only cause Of apprehension is the falling
health of the Archbishop of Canterbury, whose
condition is apparently hopeless. There are rev
social public incidents on this dullest Of recent
Saturdays. Princess Christian is opening a fe'e
in aid Of the Countess Of Dufferin's fund, ana
the Lord Mayor is unveling the Victorian tablet
on the enbankment and laying the foundation
stone of the new Central Criminal Court In the
old Bailey
The Dean OF Westminster is preaching on the
Incarnation in the Abbey this afternoon and 81
Marsarets is opened for the recital Of the
Christmas oratorio. The Westminster play sus-
pended three years in consequence Of the many
deaths in the royal family. has been resumed
this week. In the quaint old dormitory behind
the Abbey Terence's ''Phormio' was produced
in accordance with accepted traditions or deho-
crate Latin defamation, and the players a1ter
paying an academic tribute TO the comic spirit Oh
the Roman theatre. reappeared in modernized
Latin epilogue sparkling with Quips and cranks'
The American mother who found the rooms at
oxford too untidy for her hopeful Jonathan was
mildly ridiculed, and Mrs. Gallup was not
spared. snd an examination for Rhodes schol-
arship was converted into game Of bridge
inverted by Euclid and the formation OF a mill
ionaire trust for buying UP the university was
piayfully satirized-
Laurence Houseman's Bethlehem" privately
produced at the London University, was less
satisfactory holiday play; while reverential in
treatment OF the sacred story, IT was not an i'm
pressive Nativity play. II was convincing
proof that the medieval miracle play cannot
be initiated effectively for modern stage use
even II "Everyman" has been revived with sat
isfactory results.
The dramatic critics agree that the production
OF "Othello" at the Lyric Theatre is picturesque
but not poetic. interesting but not great They
condemn Wilson Barrett for using a good deal
OF coarse language in THE Christian King"
and for producing a strange medley of religion
and melodrama based on the career OF Alfred
the Great The play does not differ essentially
from The Sign Of the Cross" in technique and
quality. and is obviously designed to attract to
the theatre the same class of patronage
Felix Philippf's "Das Crosse LIGHT" produced
here with Margaret Halstan the heroine, is a
powerful but disagreeable study Of Jealousy run
ming into madness and suicide
The Christmas entertainments are more ar
fistic than in the ordinary holiday seasons
Notably delightful versions OF Charles Kings
ley's Water Babies" at the Garrick. and Mrs
Burnett's THE Little Unfairly Princess" were
produced this afternoon at the Shaftesbury
Theatre
Little Beatrice Terry. niece of Ellen Terry,
played childish part in Sara Crewe with re
rnsrka bic self-possession and grace. and jusu-
fed the expectation that the traditions Of this
remarkable family of actors viii be maintained
by new generation. Her voice was clear and
resonant. and she brought tears to the eyes OF
many spectators by simple touches OF pathos.
Beatrice Ferrar was most amusing in the comic
part of Ermyngarde, and a troop Of school chill
dren acted with zest Mrs. Burnetts play was
thoroughly enjoyed by sympathetic audience.
A new farce was produced in the evening at
the Avenue Theatre. This Fenton Mack
sys Brown at Brighton" conventional
boarding house piece, with the usual round Of
misunderstanding and horse play.
The bells of St Margaret's ringing be-
fore midnight in honor of the birth Of another
son OF the Prince of Wales. l. N F.