The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-23


after years ~ virtue suddenly -,Trenders
hsryeIf hody and soul to an attractive
strange she meets NJ a spa Could such
= ooTnIhets change IN q wUman'S nature
seem probable To AN audience of any land'
q was ~ course impus-ihle here to
conceive such "a situation II was just
- hard FOR that matter "a find any point
20 view which explained the do ngs ~
ne three leading ng'ir''- m the drama
Ih".t interest vas Just a. detached from
am i!'us,'u IT reality ~ Il they had b'eu
Wa naur,- IO~sd for -NhihltIon nr
mrTtpu-j '.- "Np~.rflY moved
10 any hut Gallo mind there WAS a
"Ttaiu huIuor ~ the mental attitude 81
tII. wife. who melted before her lovers
'Ippr"uf ewes continued to hove her hr,S-
t'nd and s.'iuu-lv d..hai 81 tt. cOnpaTa
IT," supremacy of the Two ia her anec-
tons That she fell a. l-.ap on her husbands
/ shpulder and had not been Awak.urG
whom the curtain fell Showed that Re did
not altogether dI~appruve Of | eT under
taintr
The French theatre ClingS 10 ~ con
V"uiIuns 80 closely thai ~ h,,comp~ less
and less available as - source II supply
fur the Americans. When It. playwrIg hts
war" dramatic rather than analytical the
sheer theatre futca 81 their work pr"-
vailed over the nature 81 'h-lr sulIaCi
VIII lI'tl" or no intense dramatic interest
90 their PLAYS TODAY the subject matter
must always -" IN the foreground They
10 still 'pp-s"~l form which - the element
80 pl"ntifUlly lacking N our drama That
has come 80 he almost their only claim
- interest and interest m form for it,
own sake can never ext end over an I'M
portsut mart ~ the pdhlc.
Those owls " no are constantly hpoiing
about th" unique elepue"Ce Of pant omlme
have had an opi ortunty II enjoying thor
faypTi'r form 81 stage ART ~ fairly Nm"
flower during IN" past week Tho" Vas
som" r1'I"r expressive mining ~ the
obi ballet 81 -Gis"lla which was revived
hy tho Russian dance ~ AT the Met rornh-
tan Op'ri Hor~" and Pillar MORN has
again n"en displaying tho parable nf the
prn'Igal sop m the crvTt ~ Carnegie Hall,
NhICh - rarely associated with dramati"
experiments ~ such IN "ptI'rI-tIc nature.
PLAYERS are fatalistIc folk MN" MORN
cNng- 10 this UantomIme With touching
n'"ity ~ IT. powers 10 make after twenty
years an Impression ou the public which
Ms denied Ia u even IN it, days a. a
novelty And certainly American audi
ruCes hav" not grown any fonder of that
form m which IN" play j. oppressed MIN"
Nortn'- own Performance. has ItS per-onal
features IN their same estate with no loss
II charm ar eNpsrtne-s in her exposition
II Michael Cares IDEAS Yet neither
m -Gi-sile winch has today all the
force 81 faded pencil drawing. nor IN
4. Infant prpiI ne does there se~n
mich to appeal To American audiences
II - not ~ tn" least 10 their dIs'redit
moreover that they do not find pleasure
lr ms exotic survival ~ much earlier
period m IN. th"atr" That dear OH tired
business man NAV want 20 b. entertained
and not have To think Vet he has Cer-
tam preJudic" IN favor of knowing Just
vnlt - entertaining him The yagu"n"-z
II udnfomItu" l"aycS him m doubt II -
thr- desire 30 know all that l. happening
or ne sag" that has kept any foreign
actress bu' Sarah Rernh1rd' from aver
making profitable tour ~ the United
state Rat Mine B-rnhard' happened
Ions ago 'o pa-- ont u that number who
are inter sing only 10 lovers ~ the
theatre
From thar period IN H." r"mot" past IA ,
yrr.h ~" allowed tho public 70 learn tho
Iu'.a.-'Irg u"~sonal and lntImat" fact .
that -. vts IN m, rbii 81 slumh"ring m
that unusu'l receipt go" known m ~" trade
- % go sSot down - that Hn,l prophecy .
mad" 'l" r'r.- drV that =ho Wa~ -Ir" her ?
or'horTing our m ihIs country would h."
fn" d"rtu ~ nor and that sh" had pru-
80 mis- I.f' directions ~ 10 ~" manner IN
Winch sh" WIS - n" "Tbrlmed during .
rr.. pr,rarttIuns FOR r"r first ana las tour
in rhis country -h' has always tsk~n ~" .
r-nrau' ,1n- ~ interest m" publi" ~ large.
not a'nr" - numb. - 'rs' m gh' DO con
n.rn"d viii i"- AT
$40 .up..".i"i m M KING h"r."lf -.n-
-atturI and 'n"- 'or" remained IN"
a. t.a-s WITH ''n uniuI" y" W"ruf gathering
sIdI.rr.~ o.. wtf,h h"T Wh"n they had
900 Irt what 80" vas saving Nine
- -nntr,t' ut- not wIfh the advanc" -
...t.- grown any I"s- - a s"nsl'ipn "a the
9una. -, ~" will probably prov" a. IN
'"-,..r.nE a. "r"-
b. 'tS"s something r"nnt" r. m
,NTnrIrnc" 'o interest American
.l, .-rru.rS 30 what thev rannot under
- ~ Th.-r Wa- nothing -enAa tional
trpur Npun"'- >ullv. I"pn" Or Du-n
N,I is ~" al"ut phn'n mime. which Is
boost - gulnt"liRibl". for All practical
PURPOSES 80 plays acted ~ foreign Ian
gui r"s
Va'ue Farmers N"os =.
T.,. ~, ! .~t.'r' to",roi
- brown Ito during fhe summer months
. ru1 moons" has re' ON" armly attached