The sun., 1910-05-29

her drawing rOOm asked what might hS
ths name " the man who waa talking 40
loudly. only 20 bring Out tho answer from
-lt !. q man who does not drag a erea,
naiiin through the dirt. but knows how 70
keSp me name which he bears In honor
me author got q haaflnR a. the anawar
10 his reply and when no challenged ths
noneman, was thrown into tho Bastille
noltaire was devoted % Mile. IacOuvFeur
tnrOurhOut her whole life although her
noughts were wholly ncoupied with
maurice De SaNe and after tho break
between them in iT2o shs survived only
year. the faithful voltairc was at her
hrmete Novelli. who has abandoned
all Idea Of founding a serious theatre
10 Rome because UG his failure there
IeW years ago 10 interest the public
IN his attempt - build up an insu-
tuition analogous 20 the IhAAtra
hrancais. occasionally returns to play
70 Rome In the Argentina or the valle.
or one oI the other private playhou.es
theatrical conditions in Italy are - dis
oouraging that the actOra ol reputation
spend ~ little time a. possible in their
own land, DreIerTing 70 travel In South
America. Spain. Russia or any other
country In which their language Is under
stood.
Ermets Novelli still ucoura the stage Of
every land for hia novelties. which he
produces with little expenss-even the
necessary conditions for their correct
production are rarely At hand-and he
introduces one after the other 20 the
Italian public which remains mors or lsss
cold 10 ell Of them. His latest sdort was
an adaptation from the German called
UTOPIA which seSms 70 have possessed
few rights 10 arch title.
More notable was a recent production
Of 'Jultus Cesar ~ the Argentina IN
which for the first time an interesting
experiment. vas made with colorpd lights
- means Of regulating the voices Of
the supemumerAFiss Who took mart IN
the scenes. They wers put into a space
osneath the stARs and there we're three
ighta. green. red and white, which could
be turned on from above.
when the stage manager wanted the ap-
proAoh OF the crowd. after the aaaasaina-
uon 10 sound distant the white nKht was
uaed ana that was q signal for the men
sitting IN the dark room beneath the
stage 70 begin talking 70 one another in
conversational tones about whatever
occurred 70 them. The rcd light Was the
signal Tor general talk in a louder tone
ot Conversation which represented ehec-
lvey the nearer approach Of the mob
The green light called for a tone little
louder than a whisper and a. the repre-
sentaton OF retreating number IL was
altogether successful.
This experiment. however. waa not an
interesting as Andre Antoine'a treatment
OF the scene ~ the burial Of CGadr He
represented the body and the leading
characters Of the play as being on the
very topmOst stage Of the forum with
the crowd ranging down below. This
required the characters TO enter from
below through the trap doorn. but IL made
q WOnderfully effective scene With
sense Of remoteness and space that even
the largest stage crowded with men and
women could not squal
Germany is proud Of the fact that
Schiller and Shakespeare stand first in
the list Of classic dramatists whose PLAYS
were acted last season The English
dramatist was represented by t.Iti per-
formanOes. while Schiller had i.R7
lbsen had SO performances in Germany.
Blumsnthal. with his various oolIabora-
tors. i.iSp; S,idermann. i.Os7. and Haunt
mann. en-
Vet there 10 = curious pendant 90 this
high grade % taste on the part ~ the pub |
lic In a story that came from the south |
Of Germany. A company had been enEaEed |
70 act there during the spring and sum
meV months. The hiTtsen members ar
rived In the town. sought lodKinEu in
vain At one hotel apeF another only %
be refused everywhere. with the eKplana-
tioh that the society Of actors was not
desired
Late In the evening the actors reported
70 the buTEpmasteF that they Were unable !
20 find shelter and were warned that
they had better move on A. there was
little probability Of their finding shelter
In the town. Now the manager 10 suing
for the price Of their servioes on the around
that they were on hand 10 perform their
olntract
theatre has long been the subject of phil /.
anthrOpio and legal attention made I
auats pay and the expense of Costumes
have made their lot more dilicult than il
ever vas before Now the advanced
no the CAUSE of the actresses and made
their Improvement an issue IN their
social campaign.