The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-17
AT THB LONDON THEATRES
WEEK MARKED BY REVEVALS
or Ord PAvORTTE PLAYS.

or ord FAVORTTE PLAYS.
Menry AanAsy Proves salmasss q FIae AeasF
"Treaa~uS 90 the welss'' Dees Net
Impress lts New Aaal~7ce-ReJane
IN . aaasse Hall-A Naris Dance.
LONDON. April s.-Just at present Lon
don 10 having its annual outbreak Of re-
vivals at tho theatres. New plays are
in abeyance and old fav6rites are hav-
ing q fresh chance.
Lswis Waller. whose career this season
has been fun ofNups and downs. mostly
downs. has abandoned his mueic hall
monologue and 10 back again at the Lyric.
which the Sicilians have vacated sitter
an asti~tically Iut not financially success
full six weeks. He 10 giving his admirers
chance % see him piCturesquely astired.
for hs has produced The Rivah' play
ing C6ptatA Absoluss himself. Miaa Lot
tie venne makon Q delightful MTs 4aSa-
prop ana MiEs Kate Cutler a suhaoisntly
ingenious Lp6Sa LanguisA. but Mr.. Waller
himself does not seem quite at ease in
the part Of Capeatn AbsOlwts. Possibly
q aeriss Of modern heroes and several
wecka OF music hall monologuS have
damaged his ability 70 play the part.
Sir Herbert Tree u deep in his shake
speAriAn Festival. and all the sch0ols
within a twenty milo radius Of London
have SAINT their boys and girk en maAse
to Ses the performances. The chief
point Of interest," in the festival 90 far.
AFTER the reappearance Of Miss Ellen
Terry a. AGsfyess Page In the Merry
Wives OF windsor has been the triumph
Of HenFy Ainlsy a. Cassiss In Julius
C@sar."
Most persons' have previously looked
upon him a q handsOms. dinGijuventlo.
Who Inalkaa love admirably and h always
. picturUsqus hero. On Monday night
he proved himseN one % the finest actors
in England to-day. He absolutely dis-
carded his own personality for that %
the keen. quick. irritable. sensitive Cas-
stss. His voice and bearing were trAns-
formed to an extent you would have be-
Hsved impossible and he dominated the
audience and reused u 90 snthusiasm. Sir
Herbsrt a. MGyk ARt0nu took . very
Secondary plaOo.
The FoIliss. well plsased with thsir
own version Of -HAmlst' which has been
making London rock with laughter. have
now decided that they too must have q
shakespearian festival. for Mr.. Pellia~ier
says he would like 60 run through tbs
whole gMnut OF famous Shakespearian
parts.
Charles Frohman revived -TrelaWny OF
the Wslls- at his repertoTy theatre on
Tuesday evening. This oomedistta had
Tremendous success In London twelve
years ago. Agresf sffort was made 20 Get
% many memhsse % the original cast
togsther 90 possible. but only Miss
vAnbrugh and her husband. Dion Bouci-
cault. who created the role Of SIR William
Cover. the crusty vios-chanceilor. were
svailabIe. Mias Fay Davis succeeded
Miss Hilda, spong "a ISso0sa Payvon.
and Miss Hilda Trevslyan. London's
dearly loved Wsndv In Peter Pam
tried 70 play AponSa Bun. You must say
tried because AponSa became In her
hands only wsnSy grown slghtly Older.
A special intefest was taken In her APP
pearance in this part Of the theatrical
BRIDE as the news had leaked out that she
vas married secretly many weekB ago
" sydney Blow. . young English actor
and playwTight.
-TrelawnyA appeared 70 be unnecessarily
ugly and unbScoming. The piece seemed
ovsrdrAwn and unnatural and vas osr-
tainly oveEaceed. Approaching too nearly
n broad bNrlesque TO DO really artistic.
Nile PolAir0 In drawing large audiences
n the Palace Music Hail. partly bScnSso
NJ her wonderful waist, which has besn
sSiifully advsrtissd in Paris and London
a. mo arnallesa in the world. and
partly because OF her remarkable dance
sauyAxe.' which 10 another phase 0f tho
apache dance, only a little more extrsne
All faShlonAble London has nocked 90 eco
ard crieicss4 ekla l=e@ae 1@yrNArhaFaAn
shocksr imported from Paris, and Polaire
vii 60 hack 20 her native city with h9r
= value raised considerably.
Ira very latest conner from France 10
Nine Re Jane. and she h the hrBt 81
ehe great French actresses TO appear In an
English muaic hall She n said 20 roosivo
g. ~ we@k for her season al the Hippo
4 ne Her first production was ALo-.
l"''" IN which she appeared Monday
later she intsnds 90 give scenes from
sans Gene and some 81 hsr other sue
Csssas
Lnlstts' is not quite nSW 10 England
Written BY Msilhac and Halsyy. u was s@sn
here under the name a. "A LaasoQ-- The
ld~f ~ much the same ~ In SIR william
"i.uert's Comedy and TrnGedy.-
L0iS''e "a au'Actrens who vista q Baroness
"a OrdSE N instruct her IN Two scenea Tor
an ar1Ha8ssr performance. She tRisd %
p0int 0ut 10 her how q cavalier entogS
the room. what IN the manner % his walk
anf The tashi1n 81 his aalutMtion. and 20
mat sucrSeds a similar biz Of instruction
N ne behavior Og q peasant girl
Sldd@nly LOiOefs discovers IN thS room
the baroness a proof that her lover
consoles 10 aomethinR morn than an or
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