Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-26
BY Shirley Olympus


praise misunderstanding During
present ween fact the Wednesday matinee the Mason
shall have opportunity of seeing Minnie Maddern F
of Ibens friends far his literary efforts CO.
of his best dramas "Pa of Society Judgment of that
ticuar play will be reserved until later.
In the great army of Ibsens there few who hold exactly
the his dramas There who believe pac
cay everything he is symbolic These the who
keys with which unlock the chamber understanding
Other Ibentes take the drama literally and defend him the
ground that he has pictured life with all its horror and ugne
dramatic dialogue in order wake the moral of the people,
teach VITAL telling Again
are others believe read acted
opposite say Ibsen
and was their friend in all his writings Just many Ibsentes are
ings is that women treated merciessy and unfairly
On the other hand the critics of Iben united They declare
!bsen dramas unfit for purpose reading acting deb
ing While that be rather view to take it is unan
which than be said of the views of the Ibsenes
The writer is neither Ibenite nom bsente. willing
be convinced by either side this because am not deep stu
be other phases the drama worth study
As general proposition however would say bsens
be read rather than acted First because the dramas
is open for all Young and Old If the young see on the stage plays
which wholly clear of socaled forbidden sub
life that moral lesson which the dramatist seeks
teach a @ M em T1 to an 4an r e
copies of such publications True but seeking out such
the of devng prefer to the beauties
Of life the e. stage m There + really no necessity
It's much easier to quote than to originate For this reason
actress and deep student only sup
po but also of his abest exponents also shall quote ex
published in recent number of Harpers Weekly Mr. Win
ter perhaps critic of the Norwegn dramas and at
the same time we'll qualified to speak matters theatrical
Mrs husband Harrison Grey Fiske largely
with Mrs. Fske appearance in "A many years ago
The perfectly sensible OF the play caused an
of Ibsen today that of Shakespeare In of the
fact that Nazmova recently triumph Little Eyolf
and Mrs Fiske triumph pillars Of Society would
that another Iben about to sweep over the United
get back the quotations Mrs Fiske has the following
bsen makes an appeal the actors maginaono his brain
his soul He constant mental stimulus to the player ne
author of what call sorbook play makes no such demand on
the and affords stimulus.
whole world People realize this because they little of
bsen great of the Iben deusion Ibsen mastery in
a G m will wi to Better understanding Of his
may bring forth oerabe limitations and mol
will be creative work of much merit inspired BY his @
ample may time of course but these things will come
about There are already strong indications OF this
simply amazing how rapidly this dramatist has in
favor At the time "A Dolls House, there
in this country; it had to be created
81 find interesting the similarity between the growth
Iben and the rise of Wagner in this country Cannot we all re-
when the of Wagner regarded as joke by most
'Vhen the German masters music United
States was 1t regarded
l. without melody suggestion that would be pre-
the old Italian and French duled Today in
New nearly every other city where there annual
seasons M gino M n works ot h will eobsb mot % BECOME nopu
literature for they read fully and
MOST people who read bsen for the first time wonder how he
be acted ALL but the truth that he is essentially dramat not
81 you that feel after having acted in Ibsen play as
little the effort of
among the works created today This extreme of but
fancy that much the those who have been successful
Shakespearean representation They satisfied with the
MODERN and especially the trivial modern, of which the
drama largely composed do claim Shakespeare
intimately These great works have appealed strongly
for The modern appeals to much strongly
the medieval There be nothing
people and the thought of the day the the
tragedies and the beauties the life about although the form
expression restrained the convenonait of the times
belief that the epertore of the players of the
will be the plays of Shakespeare and of ben Surely there
will be the bsen repertoire just there the Shakesperean
repertoire Actors will be able from the spell bsen
characters They acnate they study they bring
life wish had great theater for Ibsen shouldn't
what called long could have it. Think where
would place the United States in the world Of art"
Mrs Fiske believes Ibsn the apostle of absolute truth and
his dramas mean something that human Her opinion
expressed for effect She great artist need
poy such methods However must be said that much Of