The evening world., 1911-10-23
~ CHARLES DARNTON.

~ Auah can be praised for THE Garden Of Allah" n, Nh. cor,,-v r,.,,.
George {. Tyler can and certainly shout be- Tor here is a reduction Of
been seen in his country.
Those who passed from the cold. gray drnue o, Saturday afternoon ,o tn.
ht yellow sands spreading inurminaby before hi eye nd watched the cameis
ost nnd donHeys toung over he dunes. while he devout Arabs saluted tho
rising SUI. u have caught in that first breath he atmosphere, no to men,
ton the odors, Of the gorseous n mysterous East Mr. Tyler, with Hugh
Ford, who staged the play opened the golden window of Africa to amazed eyes
and revealed a panorama OF unprecedented picuresquenss, sphndor and variety
The Garden Of Allah" Is unsurpassed In its appeal to The ~ n the ear
and through them to the Imagination. but its success is atmospheric rather than
~ana'n Lee your MIN rest II you raj forget the Intellectual problems of
modern drama and accept a story OF romantic remuneration for he sake OF sheer
beauty, glowing charm INT phsins life that are drama in themselves o will
hd In The Garden OF Allah" more perhaps that u have bargained for. The
'sntesa are drussed by b"rbarc color and sounds that make one quite willing to
the play itself
Ju, as Robert Irchenss descriptions are the best, part of hi, novel,, the
scenic side of he dramasaanOn is the best part OF the play If Mr. Tyler has
pin piy, "s son C of .Ss sesn.. W sas . Ans'v rSony awe Sn'a rsrs dom sso ns s %sea on ' Statute ,ae
day afternoon. Hd even the long watts that, kept the audience in the century
Theatre for nearly -four hours were patiently endured in the confident hope Of
splendid stage pictures y. to come. But cuts will have to be made to help
While the pictures passed slowly enough, the play DRAGGED even more 1t
v 'as, not an .s IL, v gT1 ND p ,or w Sss. rS%I's ssan 1t, t 5S FRS, ,HH r 1ranna &c, n Psrk co w,
Antonl Here in the esauishe loneliness of the shado"iny palms with parins
waller as the fugitive monk. Boris Androysay, swept overythng before him
Even the spell OF beauty was broken in the passionate declaration Of nOr!ss
,sv. for Dsm1"l Whether Ts sor, be r "'5 an. II ss TO he i or IN " !. 'ss~ s tho . Hss ,snos %s'GT rs
the desert TINS long soo~h is enough 10 floor m acorn u wnfn EN-, Mr., Waller
on HI. " accoun,. us infinite varay of exaess'on had saved him 1t was
Of nature an. the IRE of passion Nothing that cam later had the same human
Neither in ,osaraoc @or in voice S. aS Mr. Waller Waller T. ga re the lss, s S' the he
-. imasinaa,n' ana Nmasnaton turned irosslOy to roreesRooernon, who
vsuA have ssea lss,' n tG s% role: Blu, MI Mi. waller ", am Dr re, a h, ,sst to b Mss . 's MasS
Mann.r.ns could hardy have n"m, been al ,o ns%T at cs 5o n% i% ns rs"e Tis r T@s
'ru. even before the long Confession Sn Isl n II. the he G donm., ~Se ,hs he M sa,' M fmw ps ~ va
VA grew " uN NNiFH '' -
beautiful to see in the garden.
Eben plymrtom. as Count Anteon. was hest, after the sandstormt that brought
49,. -at,or ,resonc old dreamer to his pr, rucal everyday Senses. The meho-
STranatc throat. of te pistol. however. might well have been spared here for a
,ds,tty boris More thar once the authors of the play missed their chances
IN. sand Dyi,ers prophecy went for nothing an the stabbinEa ARRAY between
90 Arab. In the dane house 1873 lot nearly so savagely intense as tn attack
AN ,ri,usd dancing l upon Had IN the book. But this scene as wei rs the
en- ss,n :" the s,r s"s'' a S" st :. TSs ~" they Sf f SsS T css@ ,oS Ts tn rss,r sH" ,n '%s" s'
,,.y Ts' by v', ArsSt 1s SFa'' v Hs'i so@ %S'' e 'ssi';''a The ': ss E ns.o%ss as s'' s;%,
90. nv lose Ruben, though he lacked rhe gram air of the poet. Mrs Alex
~ s,Ni,i gave Dominrs French maid n musical comedy air..
=, ,s whole however, tn actng Was quite as good rs M story of tho
..sr.,rv rro,ri,t monk who loves Ind married and then Is forced back to his
~ ~ ~. conscience AM hts conscientious wife, No one who is fulgrown
n.ntaIv car be Impressed by suh romantic nonsense But there car be only one
- AZ, no nctoral side of thu play. 1t is nt scenery for It's wn IKE hat
-. ses n is scenery tina, creates OF illusion, that establishes a mood. that
- '|a ,r,vin nation to fouov n highly cooredr romance Of Domlni and Boris
,.n ,s magic garden in he desert to the white walls Of the monastery near
49, .rhe GARDEN OF Allah" is vivid, fascinating spectacle.