The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
The NationaI-olga NethersoIe.

The NatiOnaI-OIRa NethersOie.
Olga Nethersole will be the attraction
at the New National Theater the present
week. commencing tomorrow night. She
viii be supported by her own company.
including Frank Mills. which is almost
identically the same organization that
appeared with her during her engage
ment at the Theatre Sarah Bernhardt, in
Paris, last June.
For the first three performances OF her
ngagement-Monday and Tuesday even
ings and Wednesday matinee--Miss Meth
ersole will present The Awakening" a
new play by NJ. Paul Hervieu. Briefly
told, the story OF The Awakening" is
as follows: GregoIre. prince of a Balkan
stste. is soJourning with his son Jean in
Paris. They are in temporary exile The
father and son are intimately acquainted
with q Paris family, the de Megees-
Raoul and Therese. his wife. The former
holds high Office in the French ministry.
but his interests are centered in his po-
Htical work. while mis- wife remains at
home neglected. An almost imperceptible
estrangement has grown up between the
pair and their beautiful daughter. Rose.
Is practically the only force that holds
them together. Prince Jean has fallen in
love with Therese She. while not recip-
roeating his implied admiration. weakly
permits it. and when Prince Gregoire
calls upon his son to set about his effort
at restoration to the throne Of Sylvanie
matters are brought TO a crisis by the
young prince declaring his love for
Therese. and Offering to renounce his
ny hA
her Prince GregOire, VINO has already
OWNED the trend of his sons intentions
sets about an elaborate scheme TO pre-
vent such a catastrophe, and thereby
save Therese and his son from ruin. With
the aid OF Simeon Keff, royalist patriot
from Sylvanie, Prince Gregoire success
fully carries out the plot which culmi
mates In the separation OF the pair. The
outcome OF this parental conspiracy leads
directly TO the awakening OF the soul of
Therese-to the realizat tion of her love for
her daughter, and her duty by her and
above all. to a full knowledge that her
sole happiness lies in the arms OF her
husband
For Wednesday and Thursday evenings
double bill has been selected compris-
ing two new plsys-"The Enigma and
I Pagliacci" The first half of the pro-
gramme viii be occupied by The
Enigma" by Paul Hervieu. author OF
The Awakening" Il Is said TO be writ
ten In this authors best style. The story
concerns the entanglements Of two sis
ters-in-law, Leonore and Giselle, who are
accused of Inconsistency.
The second half Of Wednesday and
Thursday nights bills will b.. occupied
by new play. entitled 7 Paguacei" 4
year ago Miss Nethersole employed
Charles H. z. Brookfeld. the English
author, 20 make a play for her from
''Punchinello: Or. The Faithless Wife"
an italian play OF the sixteenth century,
and he has written an intensely dramatic
little work. This is the same source from
which LeoncavallO got his material for
the book Of his opera OF Il Pagliacci."
The whole OF the first act, and until the
tragic finale OF the second act. is devoted
TO comedy I PagIiacci- is a play within
a play, and the dminutive drama that a
band or strolling mummers are supposed
10 perform. is given on the village green
In the prologue Miss Nethersole appears
in a costume Of a Pierrot, which IS the
first time she has ever donned mans at
tire. The Italian master. LeoncavaIIo,
was induced By Miss NethersOle to write
a paraphrase of the score Of his opera 10
fit the situations Of the drama. just as It
does those Of the opera.
The play OF "SaphO." which was writ
ten especially for Miss Nethersole by
Clyde Fitch, twelve years ago, Will be
presented on Friday evening and Satur-
day matinee
For Saturday evening Henry HamHtons
version of the old Spanish story OF Car
men VIII be presented,