New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-16
FOREIGN NOTES
Theatrical Doings In London and
on the Continent.

all going at the top notch OF their season.
In addition, there are the two houses OF
grand opera.
Among the dramatic productions now
playing in London only three have gone
there from America. These are Ben Hur."
"The Pink Lady" and THE Easiest Way"
Gypsy Love" is playing at Days. where
| Il has been received with enthusiasm. but
| that did not come originally from here
| Many plays now running to crowded
houses in the British metropolis are 10
| come to New York next season, notably
1.-THE Sunshine Girl" Bella Donna"
"Fannys First Play" "Mestones," The
Mlnd-th Paint Girl" THE Five Frank.
| furters" and THE New Sim"
| Sir Herbert Tree has introduced into his
shakespearian festival at His Majesty's
Theatre a performance of Euripides's
| "Iphigenia in Tauris," in which Miss Lllah
McCarthys Iphigenia received fresh praise
for its singular beauty. She Is said to have
emphasized more than formerly the emo
| tiona and tender side OF the character and
| in the supreme moment Of the play-the
recognition scene between Orestes and
Iphicenia-the naturalness and sincerity Of
her acting made the antique tragedy liy.
| ing thing of to-day.
I The Irish Players are now giving their
annual repertory season at the Court
Theatre. London Their opening programme
offered w B. Yeats's Kathleen Nj Hou-
han" and T. NJ. Synge's "Playboy Of the
| Western World" To those who got their
| chief delight in the season now past from
the work Of the Irish Players it may be
some pleasure to read the greeting given by
the critic Of THE Globe" London, to the
| Abbey Players after the first performance
OF their present season.
ITO those who bring to their theatre
going" he wrote, "a love Of the simple, the
sincere and the beautiful alike in the
drama and In acting, the yearly visits to
London of the Irish players from the Abbey
Theatre Dublin, are delightful experience
Last night this remarkable little company
OF actors, fresh from the prosecutions and
triumphs Of an American tour, inaugurated
a short season at the Court Theatre with
Mr.. w. B. Yeats's Kathleen NJ Houlihan
and the late Mr. J. NJ Synge's grimly sar-
donic The Playboy of the Western World
two Of the best known, and II one may use
the term, the most popular plays in their
repertoire The 'Playboy' is regarded by
many as an almost faultless work, Mr.
George Moore has even called 1t the most
significant piece of the last two hundred
years, and a deep interest is attached to IL.
because II certainly is the play in which
synge most fully found himself Seeing II
again last night, the extraordinary fascina-
ton of its beauty. of its language and Of its
humor was intensified. Its stagecraft Is
perfect. and the music Of its speech is often
full OF the richest harmonies. No wonder
that even in Ireland this play Of the great
est of Irish dramatists, originally regarded
as calumny gone raving mad is coming
to be understood. The American-lrish found
no favor in H. and to those OF us who ad-.
mire the work there was something pathetic
in their violent denunciation. o..
Last night no discordant note marred
the presentation or the delicious comedy OF
Christy Mahon, who, by his bOastful stories
Of patrcide, wins such attention from the
simple peasants of Mayo. The plays keen
satire and poetry were greeted with de-
lighted accIamations by an enthusiastic au-
dience No less successful was Mr.. Yedts's
equally familiar Kathleen Nj HoulAan
it's charm was never more appreciated. The
players themselves were welcomed old
friends, and once more they revealed a per-
lection OF ensemble and a complete mastery
OF a style OF histrionic art all their own.
Their acting was never informed with more
admirable spirit or their individual charm
and personality more apparent than on this
occasion. The regretted absence from the
company of Miss Marie ONeill brought
new Pegeen TO the cast, Miss Eithne Maeee.
who gave a very consistent and natural
reading. Frederick O'Donovan, as Chrsty,
played. as usual, with singular effect, and
Arthur Sinclair's Michael Flaherty and Miss
Sara Algoods Widow Quin were again de-
lightful and humorous studies. Miss MI
good also made an excellent impression as
Kathleen Nj Houlihan in Mr. Yeatss play
The Third Degree" by Charles Klein.
under the name OF Find the Woman" will
be produced by Arthur Bourchier at the
! Garrick Theatre, London. tomorrow night,
the nth. Mr. Kleins The Lion and the
Mouse" was done in London, and his
Maggie Pepper" Miss Rose Stahl will take
| to London next year.
The Dancing Viennese" is the title Of
Oscar Strauss new Operetta composed ex-
pressly for the Coliseum, London, where II
is now being successfully presented. IT
has a slight thread of story" says The
Pail Mall Gazette" sufficient, though, to
hold together the musical numbers Mile.
Ilzzi Flora. the Viennese Waltz Queen, re-
fusng TO sup with an admirer is made the
subject of a wager that she will change her
mind D!sliking this, in revenge she &C
! cepts but makes her maid take her place
| disguised under a mask. The discontinue
of the gallant admirer is complete when
Lizzi herself arrives upon the scene but
the whole thing is brought TO a happy end
by his declaring a sincere love for her and
an offer of marriage. which is accepted
! with general reclamation. Too slight a
scheme for the composer 10 do very much
with he has, all the same, succeeded In
turning out number of waltz melodies,
The theatrical season in Paris has BEEN
according to all its observers, dead ana
a live one In the last six months OF
activity only five plays have made any
sort OF satisfactory impression. These are
La Flambee," at the Porte st. Martin
Primrose" at the Coincide Francaise
lie Ceur Dispose" at the Athenee, ana
the amusing lie Petit Cafe" at the Palais
Royal. All of these are to be seen next
season in New York
There is no particular need to explain
the popularity of LIE Petit cafe, says
Charles Dawbarn. In his happtest VEN
OF humor. OF mischievous satire tristan
| Bernard is irresistible, and here his types
are 80 perfect and his observation so acute
that every one is conscious OF looking d.
life even II amusingly distorted. Ihere WI"
be a certain difficulty in transferring the
scene 10 London. There is no Peut 0aie
in the capital Of King George ana '"o