New-York tribune., 1912-02-11

Sir Herbert Tree, Arthur Bourchier, Violet
vanbrugh and Herbert Waring are among
the legitimate" actors now appearing Ia
sketches on the music hall stage.
One or another Of Gilbert Murray's trans
latIons from the ancient dramatsfs seems
always to be in performance In LONDON
this season. Just now The Medea OF
Euripldes" occupies the stage Of the Kings
way Theatre.
William Archer has revised his transla-
ton OF The Pillars OF Society,"" and the
Liverpool Repertory Theatre has produced
the version. Special scenic designs nave
been obtained from Herr Jens wang, OF
the National Theatre, Christiania, ana
many novel lighting effects directly bor-
rowed from Professor Reinhardt
Deutsc es Theatre have been introduced.
An Australian writer, Arthur II. Adams,
has discovered what becomes OF good
Pierrots when they die. They do not go
to Paris, as might be supposed, but 10
Australia. In a little play, performed al
The Little Theatre in London and entitied
"Plerrot in Australia" Mr. Adams, ac-
cording to an English chronicler. brings
the painted artificial wanderer Of Europe
into contact with the raw nature OF a
Young country-and finds that after all
there is some similarity between the t"o'
Laura Nelson Han, who disappeared from
the cast Of "Everywoman," has gone 10
London to take the part of Elie Sinclair In
eugene Walters THE Easiest Way,
7 prpdncfiOn YES
terday at the Globe Theatre.
The night Of January % was an impor'
iitant night in the annals OF the English
stage. Sir Herbert Tree making at the
Palace what, in a short speech ON the iai
OF the curtain. ne called his DEBUT si!I'
omltting to add lin vaudeville he eX-
plaIned that his conduct had been quite con-
sistent. as indeed IL has; that as long as
rhe law condemned the giving OF plays lr
variety houses he had regarded the Ia"
and now that IL had been relaxed he was
glad to be the first to take advantage OF the
change.
or The Man Who Was" it is not neces-
| sary 20 say much. The piece is well known
Mr.. KipIing wrote a fine story-hner In
| nothing than that it was story OF men
| only-and Mr. Kinsey Pcile has drama
| tlzed" IT By weaving into II commonplace
| and quite alien love interest Of the Bow
Bells" type All that Mr. Kinsey Peiie mas
done is rather irritating to many VINO ap-
preciate the story keenly, but fortunately
much of Mr. Kipling is preserved, and al
though Il Is rather distressing for variety
audience, II enables Sir Herbert Tree to
give a most admirable rendering not Sc
much Of Il character as of n state. Never
has he acted the part more ably ana ms
uerformance drew forth the hearttest APP
plause and a widespread demand Tor a
speech. 10 which demand, as has been said,
he acceded Mr. A. l.. George was SIN
cere and sympathetic Colonel Durgan, and
Mr. Basil GIN q manly and attractive Lit
tie Mildred" though lacking some or tht
tenderness which Mr.. Dawson Milward Sc
beautifully expressed Mr.. Philip MerivaIc
was n most unpleasant Colonel Dirkoyitch
without reaching Mr.. Edmund Maurice
pitch OF brutality. The harmful unneces-
sary females MllIcent Durgan and sybi
Mason We're well played By Miss Frances
Dillon and Miss Laura Cowie, but Their
mid-Victorlan dresses were more interest
ing than their paEts. Inc piece VIII NC
given for two weeks only. on the eNpira-
ton OF which Sir Herbert may be seen In
another part A prediction made by him
at the close has ones hearty concurrence.
The change is bound to raise the standard
of entertainment in all classes Of theatres
People will not go to see bad long plays
when they can see good short ones.-The
Morning Post, London.
Nine. Sarah Bernhardt has bought the