New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
Famous Plays Of Days Gone BY
Condensed into Short Stories

. "Adrienne Lecouvreur" was rendered into
English by Henry Herman. and has tested
the abilities of many English speaking
actresses, among them Nine. Mod1eska,
who revived 1t thirty years ago. with Forbes
Robertson playing Maurice de Sake. After
ward it was frequently in Modjeska's rep
ertory while touring the United States.
This is the story of the play:
Through the device OF supper to the
actors of the French Theatre. the Prince
of Bouillon planned to trap his mistress.
Mile Duclos.
Let me catch her en- tete-a-tete with
that Saxon god Of war-Count Maurice de
Saxe-and I'll raise a fearful row. smash
everything But no." reflected the prince.
| all Paris would laugh at me "a royal
scion and a married MANI for such an
exhibition. Bon dieu, III turn the laugh
on SAKE and Duclos by inviting the entire
Theatre Francais company TO her villa to-
night and there exhibiting to them this
| foreign Mars in the arms of my tickle
Venus"
At II o'clock that night lady drummed
and fidgeted impatfently in a closet of the
Villa Bateliere. opening by a sliding panel
into the elegant main salon. Eleven
o'clock calculated the lady, and Maui
rice not here. Formerly he was always
first to arrive. now he is more than an
hour late I can make him or ruin him
he is worse than ungrateful. he Is fool
ish"
The handsome Iight-footed soldier en-
tered the salon at this moment and espied
the lady. There were greetings. re-
proaches. avowals Of affection. disclainn-
ers; the lady seemed torn 'twixt love and
hate, and 1t is doubtful whether she would
have preferred to embrace Maurice de SAKE
or to kill him
Came the grating sound Of wheels in
the garden. Hush admonished Sake.
we are interrupted. Fly"
Heavens said the lady, suddenly pal
ing It's the Prince of Bouillon-I am
iost-my reputation will be ruined-ah,
that door" and she retrested TO an inner
boudoir connected with the closet while
Count de SAKE hastily closed the sliding
panel and awaited the incomers.
"Har remarked the prince, suavely, Il
have caught you. count, with my little
coquette DucIos kindness, 1 assure
you. TO take the baggage OF my hands
Her fellow players OF the Coincide Fran
caise will join us presently-to ratify the
treaty of peace and celebrate your little
pleasantly Of carrying Oh my Du-
clos-as an act of friendship! Now hero
comes Mile. Adrienne Lecouvreur, who
played opposite Ducios at the theatre to-
night Mademoiseile. allow me TO present
to you the Count de SAKE"
Among the many things the Prince OF
Bouillon didn't know-with all his knowl-
edge OF the sciences and the chemistry OF
poisons-was the fact that this beautiful
young woman and Maurice de SAKE were
already lovers. AS soon as they had
minute apart the soldier said gravely:
"A political negotiation. on which my
whole future depends. has brought me
here tonight. The woman on the other
side Of the panel is not Mile Duclos! It
is important" he continued, that she
should make her escape unperceived. The
prince has locked ali exits You have the
key OF the garden gate. Go to her. Adri-
enne. in the darkness tfor she must not
be SEEM. hand her the key and set her
free"
While the prince was assembling his
guests for his coup de theatre of the dis
covery Of the supposed Duclos. Mile. Lee
couvreur. FIRST blowing out the candles,