The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-07
THE GERMAN PLAY
Takes Place To-Night at the Hyperian
 Theater.

Theater.
 The performance of Schiller's "Ka-l bale and Liebe," given by MT. Con- feid's company at the Hyperion last March, was somewhat of a commence ration event, May g, 1905, being the one hundredth anniversary of schiller's death. It was distinctly felt at the time that very difficult task had been undertaken in attempting to make one of Schiller's earliest productions &C., ceptabIs to a modern audience. "Ka- bale und Liebe' has merits, but it is antiquated, deals with problems ev- pressed in forms which are rather res mote from modern life, and was the product of a period when stagecraft was different from what it is to-day.
 This fact was considered when the Germanic department of Yale, in con ference with MT. Conreid, chose Dis -Maskerade," by Ludwig Fulda, for this years performance. Die Maskerade" deals with modern life with all it's ner- vous intensity, its manifold interests, it's glaring evils. In this play Fulda throws searching light upon the jealousy, hypocrisy and hollow com vention which still prevail in many circles of society the world over. Full da attacks these evils, but he attacks them with robust, healthy candor that has a genuine ring. The atmos- phere of Die Maskerade" Is not that stifling hopelessness and morbid gloom which too ofter pervade the drama of the modern French and German natu- ralists. Fulda does not turn his eyes from the hideous diseases of the social body, but his attitude is not the atti- tude of the sentimental hypochondriac for whom sombre breeding has become a darling passion. The inevitable pro- blem of the relation of the sexes is present in Die Maskerade,' but the problem is relegated to it's proper place; it is only part of the complica- ted life-problem, and 1t is in the treat ment of Just this most difficult pro- blem that the wholesomeness and san ity of Fulda's philosophy and the fine discrimination and tact of his art are most strikingly displayed. A taste which craves for the unpermitted will find little that Is delectable in Die Maskerade,
 The ending of Die Maskerade" is not tragic in the ordinary sense. At the critical moment, will and character prevail and tragic catastrophe is averted This is accomplished without violating in the least the demands of psychologist truth. By the most natu- ral means Fulda gives us readjustment as the finest outcome; dramatic equili- brium is effected without any heart rending finale of death and destruction. For this life presents many parallels,
 But this is the philosophy unerlying the piece Of far greater importance Is its artistic and practical success. As an acting piece" Die Masterade" has been tremendously successful The in- itial performance at the Irving Place theatre last Saturday night was most enthusiastically received.
 Ludwig Fulda Is one of the most gifted of living German dramatists. His arrival in this country one week ago was celebrated gy a splendid re-
 
 the auspices of the Germanic Society of America. It is expected that New Ha- ven will have the pleasure of hearing the distinguished author, as he has planned lecture tour embracing some ten or twelve of the principal cities and universities of the country. It is owing to MT. Conreid's devotion to art that New Haven Is afforded the opportunity of seeing one of the latest and best ex- amples of modern German dramatic literature, and it Is hoped that the op- portunity will ibe very generally em- braced.
 The cast for the production of Full da's Die Maskerade" tonight is as fol- lows:
 Max Freiherr von Wittinghof. f....,...
 ............,......... Franz Kirschner Schellhorn, Geh Oberregierunrath g ............. .l.... Hermann Rudolf Johanna, seine Frau. Elizabeth Arlaans Edmund, ihr Sohn, Regierungsassessor ........ ,."...........,Ha Harry Waldne Ellen v Tonnig. ... Marie Reisenhofer Frau Schwalb.. ..,... Marie Kirschner Kietthe ...,...,..,.....H Hermann Gerola Mlnna a...,................A Anna Sanders Friedrich ....,....... Willy Wertheim
 This is the original cast of the piece as played five times last week in New York. Marie Reisenhofer Is from the Deutsches theatre, Berlin and is ap- bearing in special roles in the Irving : Place theatre of New York. Her work as Ellen vnn Tnnning is nrononnced a