Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21

me to read more than a certain number o.
these. l have always preferred 10 Civ,
myself to the Interpretation Of great anu
well known dramas, especially those where
the larger passions and problems of life
have adequate expression. Outside of the
playwriters of Italy, 1 have a Partially for
Dumas, lbsen, Maeterlinck and others that
are universally esteemed by the world.
Sardou's play, dealing with la Montespin,
interests me. But my plans are at pres
ent too little formulated 70 permit me 10
make any positive statements as to the
roles small take up in the future"
Duse comes by her histrion.c talent
NATURALLY ner father and grandfather botn
hGvins Deen actors we'll known TO the Ital-
i'm stage. her parents were Venet.ans,
nut nei.ner Venice nor any other can prop
cay e.aim to be buses na,al city, Tor her
bin ia TOOK place on the railway, wnere her
fathers theatrical troupe was at the time
jJurneyins from F'errara 10 Turin. having
lew advantages OF education as a enid,
Duse mas acquired her culture, which she
mas to a marAtd uegree, b. self effort in
Iater days when fame and fortune ave
mr. tie requisite leisure for study.
In 1889 she married an actor of the COM
! DanN Oh WHICH sic was az ~ lliilG Il
member, a signor Checci. from whom she
separated some years later, in South Amer
lea, when her husband abandoned the stage
t. accept an appointment as consul general
in the republic of Argentina. The actress
7, sumed her mai1en name by which she is
now ~kIoWn-that OF Duse.
One OF Buses fi.s, great triumphs out
side OF Italy was in 1885, when she went
TO Par.s at the invitation of Sarah Bern
L.ardt. who had offered Ler her own theater
n which to give her repertory of L Dame
aux Camelas. 'Frou Frou' and other
we'll known plays o. a highly emotiona,
order. A misunderstanding between the two
tctr,ssts, however, arose, and has since
somewhat divided the rival stars, though
each has always freely acknowle, ged tbs
senius Of the other. 1t was generally sa
that Bernhardt's attitude in the misunder
standing was that Of the wounded and TN
appreciated patron. Following her Par
success cane buses debut in the United
states, where her popularity gained at tina.
period has a little suffered through heI
sec md tour, when she exclusively pre-
sented the plays Of her friend, Gabriel,
GArnunzio, the characters Of which wer,
lar from calculated to win the actress IN,
favor of the crowd. II was through heI
close association with d'Annunzlo that tn.
actress became interested in the project o.
thu 'Theater Albano," a proposed play.
house to be erected on the banks of tn,
lake OF Albano. situated near R5me. wher,
drama OF a high poetic and srecial typ
was alone to be given. Capital was offere'
fer this By one wealthy Macaenas. whilt
anctEer. Count Franks nstein, donated III
necessary ground. The scheme, however
fen through, much to the regret OF a some
what limited number of people who halle
the project as a new era of the drama
AS a remembrance perhaps Of her flrs
successes in Florence, Duse when she ap
p airs there seldom fails to present tn
'Locandera' Of Goldoni. In which sh
scored such an enormous triumph IN 1885,
and il is one Of the five or six pieces tina
she has always Included in her repertoir
in acting in her native land. In this famou
comedy she has never been excelled b
anybody. Indeed. 1t is in comedy that Dus
Is most valued in Italy,