The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-25
TOPICS OF THE THEATRE.
MAETERLINCK AND HIS ACTRESS
- WIFE COMING HERE.

NJ Marie Corelii at the Murray HiIi.
) 1t IL good news to learn that Maurice
sAiaeterlinck is to visit America next season
In company with his bride, Georgette Le-
blanc, the gifted actress. singer. diseusc.
Perhaps the presence Of this Belgian gen.
ius will dissipate current and crude notions
about the man and his art. He 10 a virile
unaffected poet OF mystic temperament,
and like all mystics-if we but knew it
practical. sane. simple. His strain OF
Flemish blood, good. honest. ruddy and
real, gives to his character a sound bust
ness-like foundation. He adores Emerson
and knows as much about bee-life and the
management OF apiaries as Sir John Lub-
book does OF ants and their ways.
The evolution Of Maeterlinck from the
misty shadows OF the puppet plays to the
creation Of iesh-and blood men and women
has been watched with surprise. 1t is
but another testimony to his race and its
capacity for concrete vision. Despite the
vapors OF his poetic youth, despite almost
fatal mannerisms Maeterlnck has grown
away from cults and the presentation OF
word. he Is wearing the norm OF the master
dramatists. -Monna Wanna" has great
moments. With Georgette Leblanc it may
achieve a sensation here.
One experiences a sense Of relief on
reading that Hamlet has been adjudged
insane by the University Of Iowa Junior
law court. The knotty question which has
puzzled psychologists the world over Is
at last solved. We need no longer read
Maudsley or Brandes; the supersubtilizing
of Ferri and Lombroso may now go hang.
Hamlet Ia not mad north-northwest. but Is
a poor, plain cease" Of melancholia The
ghost was q delusion. the killing OF Cldu-
dius a sign Of dementia-the Iowa junior
CALLED critic vince, the withers OF the alien
{sts are unwrung. But one thinks OF the
ironic soul OF Jules Laforgue shivering
on the thither bank OF the Styx when the
news reached there'
The Philadelphia Inquirer believes
rightly enough, that II any one deserves
q benefit In these piping times OF pros
perity il in that veteran actress, Nine.
Janauschek who finds herself stranded
after a half century OF labor. We are
% 10 have Clara Morris and Palmer benefits;
Why not one for that remarkable artist
Janauschek, whose emotional powers once
shook our nerves 80 powerfully?
Once in a while Mr.. Donnellys stock
company at the Murray Hill does penance
for It's artistic sins. SO THE Sorrows Of
Satan is seasonable in the pleasant East
Side playhouse this week. The programme
calls it decentralization OF NJ arie Corellis
mysterious novel" Setting aside the
decentralization part Of it-you can't
dramatic book that begins at Gods throne
and sweeps down to the nethermost hell
the piece Is certainly mysterious. What
Il IL all about? What sort of hellish kiss
was it that Prince Lucio planted upon the
II I1I,, ihtI
squash? Is that the cause OF her mad
passion? IL so she must be a rather coarse
young person. And Satan himself-what
. blending of the Bible. Milton Goethe and
Bulwer-Lytton's Strange story! Sweet
Corelil What an imagination What men
tai hatulency that could conceive such an
indigestible mess
The devil plays the organ in one scene,
but not half so well as the good Bishop.
w. H. Thompson in the Craigie play. He
moves about solemnly. benignly, and as
impersonated by Edwin Holt yesterday he
looked like Augustus Pawtuoket Thomas
just after gently reproving an entire edito-
rial depart meut Not a bit devilish claw
hammer coat. bullying white waistcost and
the outward bearing OF man who has
dned well and feared no longer the stock
ticker He utters epgrams as most men
do piatitudes. He remarks. among other
things, that the man who thinks he UNDER
stands Woman with capital w is on the
high road to the Ha-Ha palace. That Is
Corelli at her best-for who shall dare pre-
tend 10 understand this extraordinary
literary survival Of Monk Lewis and Mrs.
Radcline' What wonderful things are
her people in good society-idiots or rogues.
and Away. cour'esahs' ~ Is To IIeehe the
" loo Ahu i,dam 1n 4. The Wors
80. ~ lie NAV Anot her character IL
,an,..d mel Think OF the gentle. Poetic
asnosi IL Of Geneva and wonder WHY Sweet |
Erie ,sed the name with such ineptit ude. |
- 4, nnssible that memories OF ZdnisL |
On, old diabolic friend OF der Freiohuiz a.
a., "a ,brnugh the busy chambers of the |
s.aIi.,'s brsin when l.t,ing forth mi.
no,ei nnon a wicked worldi
Po.,ess OF passion. philosopher. dreamer |
~ ,,h anoiosirs, collaboration wsth shakes |
p.srs and the res, Of the dramatic crew |
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