The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
VIEWS AND REVIEWS

and Robert ManteIl enter upon their
second week on Monday.
The attractions that continue are. .sTbe
Lion and the Mouse" at the Lyceum:
THE Hypocrites." at the Hudson: s.rbe
Girl Of the Golden West" at the Belasco.
The Chorus Lady" at Hackett's Thea
ter; Eleanor Robson, IN Nurse Marjorie
az the Liberty. Forbes Robertson and
Gertrude Elliott, IN Caesar and Cleopa-
ira at the Amsterdam; John Drew. In
His House in Order" at the Empire:
Grace George, in Clothes" at the Man
hattan; William Gillette, in "CIarice." ." at
the Garrick; CarIotta Nillson, in THE
Ihree Of U.s." at the Madison Square:
Margaret Anglin and Henry Miller. IN
Ihe Great Divide" at the Princess, and
Guy Standing ana Odette Tyler. in ''The
Love Route at the Lincoln Square
MIS- f1ske comes 10 the Lyric IA
ne New York Idea this week. Blanche
Bates closes her run at the BeIasco next
saturday IN The Girl OF the Golden
west and viii be succeeded by The
hose OF tnc Rancho" which had its pre-
HheTe IN Boston last Tuesday night.
Wine. Ala Nazimov created a ripple OF
excitement Tuesday afternoon bv her
performance Of Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler''
she IS the interesting Russian actress
who was eXiled from the land Of the Gar
for appearing in a play that offended the
government. She and her feIlow-exi1sz
came here a little more than a wear ago
and gave some performances in Russian
which attracted favorable notice II her
She began 10 study English with a view
to conquering place on the American
stage. Henry Miller became interested in
her. and under Margaret Anglin's coach
ing, her first English-speaking effort was
witnessed at a special matinee at the
Princess, where a large audience Of her
admirers gathered to encourage her.
Her Hedda created enthusiasm. and. OF
course, she was called before the curtain.
All she said was, Let me feel, not speak,
"a splendid suggestion 10 a host Of her
fellows who are more apt at speaking
than feeling. Her Hedda is artistic, but
unique. almost baroque.
Mrs. Fiske has pretty well stamped her
Hedda upon the minds Of theatergoers,
and anything radically nevis naturally
disturbing TO the imagination. L is Hedda
from a different angle Of view. and moth
ing more: somewhat more emotional, less
brittle. less hard, and altogether more
snUOus and plastic. Her whole method
differs from the standard we know. But
IL was an Interpretation that could not
pass Unnoticed, because It was truly inter
esting and graphic.
The critics differed about her merits.
and diagnosed her case with as much
variance as a lot OF doctors Most OF
them went into raptUres; few denied her
ability 10 play Ibsen's heroine convincing
ly. The line Of cleavage IS indicated by
NH q KIM g1fI - Ta4. Itch
tain facts are beyond question. Nine
NaZimUv has not mastered the art Of
English speech. and except by courtesy
cannot be said TO have learned It." The
Times said: Nine. Nazimov has done
something more than learn 10 speak the
tongue, as the phrase is ordinarily under
stood. She speaks it to-day better than
nine-tenths Of the recognized leading ac-
tresSes in America" The real truth is
she speaks English very well for a Rus
sian actress who has had so little time 20
get acquainted with II.
And now Edwin Arden has fallen into
the ways OF other excellent actors. and
has engaged himself 10 a vaudeville man
ager. The announcement is made that he
viii debut in a piece called Behind Closed
Doors at a Fifth avenue vaudeville
house on Monday. With ample room for
good actors like Arden and ". H Thomp-
sou on the regular stage, one after an
other falls a prey 10 the temptation OF a
large salary per week which these man
ayers can afford TO pay as long as the
novelty lasts Then il is over; for the
vaudeville stage, say what you viii, does
not yearn for-legitimate work, and a good
actor can give no other, and his career
must therefore be short.
Paul Wilstach is said 10 have written Z
powerful melodrama Of contemporaneous
city life which was seized with avidity
by Charles Cartwright. the English actor.
who is well liked in New York. where he
made a hit as Kleschna in Leah
klescNna' with Mrs Fiske. and also in
other roles. The play is called "Keegan's
Pal and deals with a remarkable con
trast OF characters, and is said to con-
tain a really tremendous situation Cart
wright is 80 be starred IN the play. and
viii make his first appearance In the
leading character NJ Cleveland Noven-
Der IS. FRED F. sCBRADER
First of the Marine Band Concerts
The Mtrine Bands second annual series
Of popular winter concerts will be inau-