The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-19
NAZIMOVA'S LITTLE BYOLF"
IBSEN PEAY TLLEMINED m
HER DELIGHTFUL ART.
familiar setting and. DeSelapmena &C
TriViantIes % ihe ah,sr0 Drama Pug-
Iraysd- TUE Situations Not Realistic
-NAsamaSa AhllaaS VIVA @e=-.


enor '' me az si"@ VII mo Iurtner oPpor-
t'h'g 70 No,N %, u''s oos"Iun.y now
tnA' ne~ PIAy,aou - n-S oeen IloeI y, 70
tE' Guy SoAuy sene'oN supply ihe
Na@',h"NS '"o@e' "--" nl "onoI OF
~" hlss'@h actISs-. VINO p'Ayed There
last hlRh'' ~ o" i"n'y-nintn s.ree. near
~ INC 'A.s"oItn'
VINO a"eA'y Vo",,o' su1n A'se neatrl-
car "t"rTss W 'ns "eIsho"rn"oo' u
s"a" no- '"1 ~hcn tne puohc
shouf' "c sl~Ue'ul. ~ noa ony y inc
p''Asur" " w" sps0'~oors ce6taln 70 DC
greater uhuer suon coauIs'ons ont the
An'"r arr ~ nsich IlOIe hN@'y 70 nourish
~he" US ac.,IeVe'i,ents are 80 readily
u'-'"'h',"' .nrh ",e uIAihs on ,ne Jay
A. RUE |" "no3 neeter su'sed 20 the
n'iiha'" atmosphere u small audi
nr'um' 49,.
Ala Nanmov@, VINO - the most s'ic-
c--sini OF the rec~nt candidates Tor ma
n'nahZat'on on or stage. selected 'IAt-
Gle hyoh as the hrst arama OF the new
piayhoISe' IoSeh play u All nut unknown
here. fragments ot u were played IN the
middle ~S ny some students OF acting
81 the berks'ey Lyceuin' ana IN" original
Danish h1d the drama was acted first
10 '"penhag"n IN 1850 lev wee&s after
hs Introduction To beriAn and Christi
ANA played the role IN English a the
Carnegie Lyceum once In she spring OF
1877 since thAt ume mere has been no
Snort 10 brush the aust from the work.
when mas practlcahy dropped from the
repertoire OF al Dat me scandinavian
countries
The most interesting result Of MI1e.
NaAmoNae eSper'ifsss.s lass night vas
not found IN the enJoyment OF the last
out w" "t losens pays. ms per
VormAn'e A.'e Eyoh. on the
o'h"r mana serVeu 70 snow plainly how
the en're tneatre OF we Norwegian
dramat'st Is rap'oV ceasang 70 possess
any cut historic interest. Never Was the
narrow view that conceived such q story.
or the incorrigible parochialiem that
Goupd surh trivial ch.ra~,.r. ,w,-,h
s-.-'...t.,. -, -. ,'s,
- f~y
eAp"~en IMAM IN sAttie tyoh. The
rote ~ sheer tragedy enn obles -Ghosss.-
and a Dolls House. responded acc,i-
ra,sly 70 a new vjsr NJ wo,u.nk;ns, sh.,
=. - ,hs -. -. -. -" ."s'
VS. VI wv All N"sh 'nr pay Name into
TIE world. IN hey remain wOrsS while
Bat what can the admirers Of lbsen say
Of Little EyOlf' and the droll crew that
fWfaN q - al
-. = - - ,.s' "
wv WHICH "a Vne'l "ouiu Ve the hAst W.
~reSuhg N me. surrey the duil prie OF
husband who abandoned his great work
On Human Responsibility and left on
~ ,u.Ad,o -, A., ,.,,.,,,,,.i =, -.
= 49, ~ pcaNr
Alu ne Nreat "ten spaces 10 dsNote him.
s@tto mat affection Tor his child with the
l.ssrtent note Of abnormality surely tbis
.,pd .iIho,,c,,a aBI,.,rs !. ~, -, r..
- 80 NV Wv
W inspiring 'AAh IVA
"hofn nc married Tor her money and does
tot hesitate to tell her 20. She n an I'M
o,m monty SatisfvinR specimen Of the
-, 1...-'..-,.--- ,ss 9 ~ 'Do
lu'y c'- s,r,nn'-~ tnAt hgurcs so Arse'y
W w" maNeup ot the ib~en hero'nes
Sne was jealous OF hcr son until he fell
,A the water and was drowned because he
VA crtpplea through her early neRh-
gance; sne was jealous OF her whom she
tgosaghs her sistsr-iS-law and nobody
seemed to po@sess her affections hut the
NNewarm husband who responded Ia
ITEM 80 lameiy. She tried 80 hard I O
make him understand what was - p~cted
al MN, he so stubbornly refused TO realize
H. OF at all events to respond TO her wishes
tsat the audience almost Hympathizeu
with her.
And she did make her wishes 80 plain
Pa u the ibsen women ars such facile
subjects for diagnosis ~ Rita AHmsrs
d,icat" husband who refuses to take any
interest ia other incidents 81 his ma rTied
lie than the memory Of his crippled son
Then she who was supposed TO he his
-rsr ia. the girl who seemed less
object lonable from a social point % view
than any other character In the drama.
disappointed by showing that her love
had not bNen sisterly and justified her
iaalIngS by the discovery that her mother
h1d been a faitbless wife. 1llegitimacy y
a. inc, itable IN an Ihsen play as the taste
u kerosene some time during "A country
pp~r. II may be there az the beginning
or 10 postponed until the layer cake cOtnAs |
On. bat Il arrives with the certainty 81
fate
MIAei up with Asta's ilIegitimacy 10 |
sIch varied Eymbolism AZ the RAJ Wife, |
" no leads the rodents aft .ri her like the |
PIPER II Hamelin and lures F'-OIf into |
the ford. the lilies from the water into 1
. inch the child fell: the flag with the |
banner AZ half mast and then NJ the top
the most childish exp~dient tO emphasize i
q fnOnd that the Whole play contains
a 4 the iteration Of the cry about the
ating crutch thfn might be Master
hBokian were IL touched with the gilt
OF %" Begians poetic spirit A. IL ia.
ON" recalls the commonplace retter alton