New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-03

arrest Zoraya but, as he lays hands on her. Don
Enrique springs at him and strangles him.
Gardenas lies dead in the hallway. Gay songs
OF revelry resound from the street The lovers
seek safety in flight. II is too late. The alarm
has been given. The guilty couple are arrested
The fourth act contains Sardou's 'dominat-
ing human situation" II is the High Court OF
the Holy Inouisition. Cardinal Ximenes capt.
tally impersonated by De Max, enters and be-
slows blessings upon the associate judges in
full canonical robes, embroidered with the SAN
culinary crimson cross of Calatrava. He pro-
nounces the prayer Of the Inqusitior. Domino.
auxilium in reperienda yeritate.' The ferocious
Cardinal presides as chief justice, and with
harsh voice examines and cross-examines wit
nesses and prisoners. The Cardinal hints TO the
judges that Zoraya should be found guilty, but
that Don Enrique, being the Of a noble
Castllian Catholic. should, II possible. be
quilted. Zoraya, browbeaten by the terrible
judges Of the Inquisition, stoutly persists in
her denial of the absurd trumped up charges
OF witchcraft. The High Court wishes 10 prove
that Zoraya present at the nocturnal
sembly Of wizards and witches called the Sab
bat" and produces for this purpose two female
witnesses. one OF whom is a mad woman, eighty
years old. who hates all OF her own sex who
young and beautiful. The vraRo-strongIy
impeTsonated by Mile. MorenO-does not hest
tate 10 swear falsely against Zoraya. 4 young
mother Of an legitimate child gives evidence
under the threat OF never again being allowed
to see her offspring. When asked II she saw
Zoraya at Devils Sabbat" the woman at first
hesitates to pronounce the expected Yes"
Call the torturer." shouts the Grand Inquis-
itor. The frightened girl. at the approach
of the human butcher, answers: Yes! Yes!
Don't harm me: I recognize her. Dis
cussions theology. nerve suggestion and
hypnotism ensue between Zoraya and the Grand
Inquisitor- more contemporaneous
with Dr. Charcot than with Columbus Zoraya
says she Will become Christian when she finds
Christians more human than Saracens Zoraya
points TO the image of Christ nailed 10 the
cross. and exclaims: He was crucihed by the
Inquisitors Of His day" Ximenes convinced
that not torture Will wiring confession from
the proud Moorish woman. resorts 20 strate-
gem. With diabolical cunning the inquisitor
informs Zoraya that by pleading guilty to the
charge OF sorcery she will save the life OF her
lover. Don Enrique who would thus be regarded
by the High Court a victim of wltchcraft,
and consequently a passive. involuntary agent
Of Satan and Zoraya. when he killed the In
Quisition's ecclesiastical representative, Gar
denas. The straw of salvation Is grasped by
Zoraya. She replies with exultant Yes" 10
all the questions put TO her Are you
witch?' Yes" Are you In league with Satan
and the Devils OF HELP" '~Yesr DO you night
ly sully your soul and body IN orgies with
hends and filthy beasts?" 'Yes," The thu
man situation" here invented by Sardou is ter
rible; and Sarah Bernhard makes the most Of
It. as, shuddering with horror. she trembles,
wringing her hands. and falls before the throne
Of the Grand InquisitGr. exclaiming: Yes!
Yes-true! It is all truer'
The last act passes IN the famous street Of
Lyons, before the Toledo Cathedral Bright.
MONDAY sunshine gives dazzling briIliancy and
luminosity 10 the scene. Opposite the cathedral
porch is huge pile OF wood. and a black stake,
bearing the inscription. "Zoraya. sorceress.
All is ready for the auto-da-fe Zoraya is led
to the stake Don Enrique learns TO his hor-
ror. that Zoraya is sacrificing her life for him.
Don Lopez Governor OF Toledo rushss from
the cathedral and accuses Zoraya Of having put
his daughter Juana into cataleptic sleep from
which nothing awaken her. Juana Is
brought 10 the cathedral steps in an almost
ifeless condition. Her distracted father i'm
plores Zoraya TO exert her occult science on her
Another scene Of hypnotism ensues. Juana
opens her eyes under the spell OF Zoraya's mys-
tic hand passes and whisperings. The Christian
girl is cured. The grateful father, in his capac-
ity OF representative Of King Ferdinand or
CASTLE and Aragon. grants Zoraya full pardon
and withdraws with his daughter. This docs
not satisfy the bloodthirsty mon!s who, in
cited by the Inquisition agents, burst forth into
fury and override the Governors authority.
The lnquisition is supreme fanatic mob or
peasants. priests. women and soldiers surrounds
Zoraya. Don Enrique rushes to her side and
draws his sword Overwhelmed by numbers.
the couple seek refuge the steps of the
cathedral just the huge bronze doors swing
to and bar entrance 10 the heretics do you care
TO live?" asks Don Enrique. NO" replies 70
raya. mot in such world as this" Let us
die together Them exclaims Don Enrique as
he draws from his doublet a phial of poison
which he places In his mouth. He embraces
Zoraya, as the Infatuated mob, yelling and
shouting. push them against the bronze cathe-
dral doors. reentessly closed to them With the
philter between his lips Don Enrique kisses
Zoraya, so that both lovers imbibe the poison,
the effect Of which is instantaneous for they
fall lifeless on the cathedral steps and Sarah
Bernhard achieves still another marvellous
and triumphant death scene. CT B.
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