The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-29
WINTERS TALE" OLD STYLE
>IEIkING DRAMATIC Success
~ THE Nan THEATRE.
~hsNrspeare Presented ~ IN tire EiiNa.
urihaR DaSs - faP as POaslble--
,hanEr> Of Sc-oery Coanned 20 an
NIco'r Delightful Nerk 81 staIers.

,hanEr, oG Se-neVy Confnea 70 an
NlcO'r DelIghiTuI Nerk 81 Players.
.a "a production last evening 81 The
".a."r. Tale the New Theatre psr-
.aE"d one Of the real services OF lite
r.' vcar From mora than one point
VOW 70 NHs Altogst h-rths moas satia-
'rry ach evement Of the season az tho
l -" too bigI play-opera house In
I''l Fd-k Vest
IT, lire, ton 10 the theatre made an
." ~ duplicate IN =" Tar az conditions
we'd the stage of Shakesp~ar~s own
tg- Whether this duplication vas fur
r.sGaG exactly there ia some reason IN
d'.bt Certainly there 10 some room for
Egmcnt for the evidence OF the scholars
- not invariably agree a. u all the
l.ra,Is Of the Elizabethaa stage How
st.. that the conditions obtaining last
evening IN the New Theatres stage were
rghv suggestive of rhose which r~iRned
D.. tho DAYS uf Elizabeth and shake.
~ care there 10 no doubt
o. suggest the huge apron % the elrIier
:, - the New Theatres stage wis built
Cd. uver the space usually reserved Ter
80 orchestra. Tapestries boxed in tka
rot e the stage and az the relr was an
sieve IN which APPEARED from time To
mo the only real scenery changes 81 the
,cnlny
In this alcove were disclosed from tune
I time throne. a crude selooast cave.
. Shepherds cottage. and so on The
.Lccv~ furnished the index 20 the locality,
mile most " the action went on in front
II upnn wider sGlge. which became
tor tie time being whatever the Above
scenery ann punced 10 To he
lae changes IN this tiny alcove were tha
nElv sc@nerv chAnRes ~ the evening. tho
rls>a-e from one s~ene To- Snothor being
-'h"rS lee rndicat~d nv clearing tho stage
~ al N" charac 'era and ALA a few bars OF
n ..c from a hidden orrh ge4tra. an tho
sgUle the company found no dlfIcultv in
eating tho neS'cSaa-y illl.Siou oven with
'."~' slight aids tn rho IrnR gination. IL 10
'rI' however tina; the play choa@n n al
rIa'iy adnpt'-f ~ thia stm5'ls scanlc on
Tow mont. since ltS movement ~ smooth,
- story simple and its vein largely thar
= comedy. MI the aauns 10 waa ailrpTisinR
mar INC ahaence ~ hoAvv, richly ap-
ro.n'"d settings was - lirtle noticed
T. = true that u WAS hard TO accept q
rny alcovo filled with q painted cave and
dark'd on either side nv heavy tapestries
a. stormstrIcken stretch Of bleak and
,rh0>pltabl. sclshorc. hut tho scenos in
'as pllaca' AMI the court room wore
10" tlreSome waits for change Of scenery
which 50 often mar tho average Shake
si"arLln production wcrc entirely donc
arav with. and although the play was
GtaN~G with only tn. most inconsiderablc
cuts the final csrta n fell before a quarter
1ist II o'clock. On the Whole tho experi-
.n~nt whether strictly Eigzabethan or
ur' Wa a notable Shows
IN the s,de Of acting too there was .
20 % ~ sphi achievement That excel.
i@ut sctress Miss Edith Mynne Ma tthison
appe Iret a. the unIustly suspected and
cc0demnvi Qaesa heTmlOHs In her
r0yal roipes Rhe FURNISHED a picture sur
Pasa ngly lovely an1 her voice and bear
* IN the hour 81 her dlstress were noble
n the extreme. while shc gave 90 the
r~gtlng 81 the versa an intelligence and
dignity which NO actress nov before
his puhiic could s'Irpass To the part
( pouppa Miss RoaN Coghlln. trainS in
nc 81 Ter school. brought her full and
go authority with splendid effect Her
'anunCiation ~ the eTrIng king vas a
'h.ng q high spirit anu cony incinz force.
h.l@ her dictl"n was thing 70 admire
.rl ~ r~-nswber The lCous',,s ~ the
N-N Th~1tre have no terror for her Or
Tor Miss Matthison
King LsCHfrs NJ COIirse - for This R~nsr-
atom an utterly inCr~i,bi" monarch HIS
Irterly cAus@less -. lousIy makes him
o the earlier scenes httle better thin -
7radrnan. hut for u 49, Henri kolker
Who made his first spTs -'rc@ with the
New Theatre ,omp, , I'D his first m
This CITY sftar n long sertes of ~ nds rings
n antipod@si regions. c0ntr. ven - " wee;
the che - ter With 70 Ily rpys ! prceen' +"
ami IN the peer scenes with sincere . "a
tender repentsnce It's diffculf chg To-
acter q invest with ~" and ~ - h-Tt t.
think ~ sny Pctnr Who could have. een
more successful.
Another difficult tark foil - IN" In ~
Albert Br1ning. who ImIars"na'ed
'uolVcHs. Mr.. BruninE. lk" Miss Cogh-
an. has b~en long trained IN tho hest
additions ~ the elders and the s"ed they
wed han fallen on good soil He has
trno one o. two really inn things az the
SaW Thea'r~ and h. did not fail in this
0art which has proved tho undoinG ~
moro than Nno god a~tor His low
.1usdy and thar of Ferdinand Colt
-rbA'k Whp unprecedented ths clown.
uare among rhs best things Of the eve
mig MFR. cot schalk. indeed. Furnished
". Holland apr"a-ed 20 advantage a.
'l' shepherd fosier-fath"T 81 PEI 'WT.
Who. a. ,rlD"rs"nHt"d by Miss Leah
Pl'"man- Hunter. Appeared the quint"-
."nr" ~ virginia. innooenC-.
u Vas a quantity delightful evening
Tho NhclP performance proceeded upon
, lane of eNCellen' taste without a ia--
note 81 Fny kind Loria Calvert staged
'H" rlsv. and n" may cor graduate ht naef
.. an ga beinF quite ~" most satisfactory
-.."" IT work he hlV dpU" n the New Z
I.'s'-e The pro1r' G'n -h pIld Ftt-act
'.' no'lrs. pf sN,s-" Tt.'-z,T Nho - in
'.-'t;.-d m the hest Intelligence 1T our