The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-02

LoSDoN. Sept 2I.-For many 'n.I
when Nine Sarah BernhArdt made =.
annual visit tn London she mdi with -
poor success from financial poin' q
view. and therefore for the last ave sss,-.rE
she has stayeh away. Now she has
turned as a music hall artist. and az Poe
Coliseum is winning fresh laurels l'.I
crowded houses every afternoon. Nri
evening
Her arrival was a triumph IN ~
Sir SQUIRE Bancroft went 20 Folkes'"0
20 meet her and escorted by the veteran
tor she stepped down the Ehngp!InN
with the agility Of 10. her arms hlled win
ro-e. and her face beaming withpleasIr,
"A she bowed TO the cheering rrovd-
When .h., reached her hotel IN Lond'1
she WINS besieged by interviewsrs ami
10 one and all she described how shoch"i
-he had been at first at tho idea Il mus'I
hall engagement and how she had finally
decided 90 accept il. so that she cout
appeal To the masses Of English penpI"
! or course never a word was mentioned
about the s., OOO she is said to receive Ter
4 her services.
The second act Of -L'Aiglon' is tho
yehicIe which tho divine Sarah has
chosen to- display her talents at the Coli
scum. and she has proved that her ART IS
still young and her tones still golden
Perhaps her figure IL a tribe rotund Tor
the princeling. more suggestive 81 thu
great Napoleon himself at IS. but shs
acted with all her old genius and charm
| IL il doubtful whether moro than fi'v
people in the vast audience understood
the ROstand play. hut they knew thev
were seeing Bernhaidt anyhow. AMI
I - aa|na hal
where the most expensive SEATS are hu'
81 rs. 50 they applaudsd and shout"d
till Nine. Bernhardt had bowed soms
fifteen times and retired with haskets.
Wreaths and bouquets Of flowers.
The Earl Of Yarmouth has ventured o.
bring his musical comedy Nom Oh"
provinces To London and tho Liberal
papers have decided that 10 would he an
excellent thing IL every seal in the theatre
were filled during the proposed two weeks
run OF The Pigeon House. because ~
would he pretty certain that every specsa-
tor would go away confirmed oesiever
i'm a drastic treatment OF the HoGss ot
Lords Indeed q title does cover multi
! tude Of sins in Great Britain;
! n Yarmouth had heen plain Eric Hope.
as he calls himself on the programme.
The Pigeon HOUSE would never nave
seen the light
A good company. pretty girls and clever
dancing help II out somewhat. Fro
| Hone, who wrote the songs and horetto.
I alao takes the leading part. tffs acting
hns not improved since the days "heh
he toured in America.
When smith was produced Robert
Lorraine showed how delightfully."- he could
play a fresh, breezy. out Of door type OF
man with a touch OF the savage in him,
! and perhaps this influenced Nc. Locke
( when he wrote The Man From the So,
for the part fits Mr.. Lorraine like a glove
! and - lus' such character as ne playea
, in Smith only mOdernized little. and
| made more poetical and more appealing
I OF course Mr.. I oraine. who unites the role
OF actor with that Of airnan had rousinE
reception before the piece beg1n. which
was due largely to his recent exploits m
the clouds. BEFORE The Man From the
Sea- ended he had another triumph due
TO his delightful acting.
MIR. Nedrenne. who produceSi the new
| play. has given uD his idea OF acting as
agent and manager for plays frun the
! French and will confins himself TO home
made dramas. He will do well ~ he gets
many successes like The Man From the
to keen Mr. Lorraine from breaking any
! records for some time 20 come.
The scene % Mr.. Docke's play - laid
in a cathedral town 81 England. doctor
and his wife are on friendly terms with
the Dean and Marion Lee one Of the
social leaders. Through an old book
worm who happens 90 hear an indlscreet
conversation Marion learns that Duphns
/ AreriH is not the doctor : wife at alp that
she has really "a husband who il a convict
! in Africa and that. unable to marry, al"
and the doctor have simply called them
selves man and wife.
/ Marion has no mercy. She decides
that unless ia phnc leaves the doctor at
once the Dean must know all and DdphHs
must be dsgraced. Into this disturbed
state 81 affairs enters The Man From the
Sea ." Jan Redo ndsr. the Deans brother
in-law the =capegTace 81 the family
who has returned after twelve years Of
wandering TO marry Marion no - the
reconciliation of the wide outlook. IN"
cha rity that comes of first hand knovledr"
81 life. He has befriended Ddphns ~
the past and ne IL determined to save her
at all costs, oven at tho risk ot losing
! Morton.
40 he invents a story Of having a mad
wife. and in a really beautiful love scen"
wringS from MdrioH the avowal tha'
she will 90 with him his unmarried
wife 90 distant island he owns. Then h"
explains his Deception and she relentE
As the letter to the Dean has bcen written
and has reached its addresses thoy all ~
TO the Dean in really farcical scena
quite out of keeping with the test 81 VI"
piece Here Mr.. Locke conforms To the
Censor and public opinion for a telegram
arrives in answer TO one from Jan bearing
the news that Dophn''s husband IL dead.
The piece was beautifully acted, for
hssides Mr.. Lorraine there was Miss Nin1
Boucicault. NJ rarely seen in London
nowadays. as a doll ghtful " somewhat
exasperatIng Marion. and Miss Berv
Faber Mrs. Cosmo Hamilton as Dnphu'
while Nane Tempest played the book
worm who makes all the trouble and Jules
Shaw. a weird Calibanlike servant "
the Man From the Sea
George Graves. one ~ the most popular
I'm glish comedians. made his debut AZ tho
Palace Monday, tempted to the music hall
like 80 many other actors by n tTemendoU7
otter. For years Mr.. Graves has alter
mated hetween tho Gaiety and DAILY
where he has been chief funmaker ir
musical comedie~ In one act n rr,'
Kofo Of Bond ST. = which provides him
with a part suited tn his talents he has
added to his Successes at the Palace
MIsICAl.