New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-26
A POLITICAL SATIRE
SEN4TOR PART 4CTHOh.
"Le Roi~ One of Three Ne7o Fre"cn
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f,rrtsbt 1905 bv The Tribune Association
paris Anri1 35-Three successful plays ZIG"
been brought out this week LIE rloi -
d., ~ foI,r acts nv three authors, NJ CaiiiaVei'
NJ de E,ers and Emmanuel Arene at the Inc"
ire DIES Varieties is a mastery satire Oh 'ii'
utica1 and parliamentary life Of France DIT .io
nresent time The action passes in PARIS ine
hero named Bourdier. is a SOCIALIST uep!
representing the proletariat out nc -
the owner of factories that bring MN "i'
of q couple of hundred thousand dollars bo"i
dier's ambition is to become a nliiiiS'ei-
thwarted by the Marquis de chamaraue, =" -
dictionary deputy who entertains the MING "
Sordinia during his majesty's visit to PARIS
1o,,rdiar takes revenge on the marquis by
rohb;po him of his mistress, the fascinating anu
clever Therese Marnix, of the Thea're
who also includes among her ADMIRERS '''e
visitor Bourdier indiscreetly interrupts 'e
tete between the King and Ihereae'
smoothes matters over by arranging 'ii''
King shall accept an invitation to shooths
party at Bourdier's country place ms -.
meets with a splendid reception and loses hi'
heart TO Bourdier's second wife. TINS hi'
&c also indiscraetIv discovered by Bourdfer VINO
is about to insult the King and make scaiiua'
but this is averted by another guest the mn
Minister, who stills the tempest by o"ei'e
Rourdier a portfolio in the Cabinet
This ironical satire is admirably acted by Mile
Marcelle Lender and the exceIleht BUN
many of the Theatre des Varieties Inc play
one of the authors of which is Sehdtoi -
manuel Arene) is brmful Of risky but hlsh'y
humorous illusions TO NJ. CIemenceau. the Prime
Minister. to NJ BRAND. to NJ. Rochefort ana 10
Camille PeIIetan and other political notaOlllteS'
and does not spare good natured sklts on Il
sovereign of a most friendly nation America"
visitors are likely to enjoy the witty uIdio5uo
and drorl situations of lie Roi,' which lmparts
| the true aroma of Partisan political me-
THE AIibi" play in three acts by oTaoriei
| Trarieux produced tonight at the odeon' also
proves that il is a mistake to suppose that PoI'-
It,. cav, no longer be treated successfully on the
s,aga as was the case in the days of the Marriage
| do Figaro" or of ''Rabagas." which Sardou
himself considers his masterpiece Inc AHpl
| is a military drama The scene passes dt 'ei
sailles in the barracks of regiment OF aruliefy-
| A captain is killed by revolver shot "ii'Ie Iic-
| ing In the forest. The officer who CONDUCTS 'i1
| Investigation is Republican and a Protestant
| He suspects the murderer to be heu'ehdi''
who is a noble and a Catholic. A sergeant VINO
has deserted and is arrested confesses 10 haVlhs
| committed the crime. but the investigating
| officer persists in discovering the whereabouts
| of the lieutenant at the moment or the nurusr'
The result of his investigation shows that at the
fatal moment the lieutenant, who Is unmarried
| was at a hotel in company with the investsat-
/ ing officers wife, who confesseS her nlluell'$-
| The investigating officer pardons his wife and Is
| about TO quit the army. but his colonel per-
| suades him that 1t is his duty to remain in the
service OF his country. The part Of the sulI'S
| wife Is we'll acted by Nine. Jane Hading.
| The third new play is lie Scandale de Monte
| Carlo" comedy in three acts by Sacha Qultry'
| brought out at the Gymnase. The first act Is
| pure vaudeville the second broad comedy and
| the third Ibsenian tragedy The action is laid
! at Monte Carlo and Paris, and turns upon the
| mistaken identity of diplomat falsely accused
| OF cheating at cards
| Sarah Bernhardt's production at the Trocadero
| this afternoon OF La Samaritaine." with Nine
| Bernhard as the Virgin and De Max imperson-
! ating the part of the Saviour. was received with
| great enthusiasm
| Plon Nourrt brings out the fourth and last
| volume OF Les Memories de la COmtesse de
| Boigne nee desmond published from the
| original manuscript by Charles de Nicoullaud
| The adventures Of the Duchesse de Berri. heI
arrest. her death. the relations of Chateaubriand
| with Nine. do Recamier, the death OF Talley-
| rand and a hundred picturesque incidents and
;ntripues of the early part of the nineteenth
| fury in France are set forth in an entirely new
| light The fourth volume is fully as interesting
as the preceding ones. and closes with descrip-
ton of the fall of Louis Philippe and the Revo-
| luton OF 1S4S.
| Plon Nourrit also issues 1.-The Campaign oil
| 1915 in Netherlands" taken from official re-
ports never before published. by F. de Bias
colonel of Huzzars and director OF the historical
| section of the Dutch general staff, and by Count
| Woomerson. of the Belgian staff corps.
| From Ollendorf comes La Lumere Perdue,
| a novel by Jean Saint-Ives. c. 1. b.