New-York tribune., 1913-12-23

n CLOWN Sirio Capitano dele Guardic.
Tiselliro C"cc'ui
In 'arpado. .aro........ .......F. u lpee,l
In kubidUo. ........-.N- Nlnl
Primo Soldato. .................o Sci4-uon
SeCIudo Soliato .............. Bnn-ln
u paCE.o di Erodisdc.. ................ I. s'"rEu'
luo aro................. .'.'.f ',eEoiln
kadmau .........6. PERRIN
Primo EbTcu NrlStt
So,ondr Ehrpo j.. Agugla
Tn \azgarebo. ~. Migilsrl
Mimi Asuglia. the Siciliau actress. vho
played he~c several years ago. rcappcl'ed
last evening AZ tho Comedy Theatre iu au
Italian version o. oscar Niic's "S9-
lone" The piece was put on a. curtain
raiscr 10 tho Genial American farce. "Tn'
Marriage Gamc." and as such 10 is for the
prceeu, To Ea played From the blGe light
and decadcnt gloom OF the one the dizzy
spectator was hurried TO the sunshiu" of
Mrs. FloNn-r's yacHt and the placid love
lncss Of Miss Alexandra Carlislc-a
transition which the amateur Of srusa-
tions. whatever he may think OF Miss
Aguglia's "Salome." must on" would
think ind il hard to resist
when Miss kcurlia appeared hcre rc-
fore II was in ndturalistc pieces suited 10
Sh, belonged 10 the class Of simple. uu-
premeditated things. like the art OF TIE
Irish llayors or Mr. organs di7iumlcy.
am a. such she showed a good C,dl of
,nugh force She comes now 10y WY -
South Americans regular .r1wn-up
actress. we are told To play IN Italian the
rccIiatp On serious parts. and b. meas
Jrcd r.,tr In, rest OF them.
Her Salonc then. will naturally .ns-
eest other Salomcs seen here. The splendid
productions Of the opera and the perform
anccs of Mary Garden. The comparison
does not leave very much with the quaint
little Performance Of last night
ON one side of the little stage were q
faw Nubiau supers. OF the familiar ital-
ian operate chorus kind. on the other a
d-viggcd King and queen. suggesting
provincial Hamlet" Little Miss AGugla.
iu her beads and haug.ee was between.
with IN, canvas well iu the full glare
or the footlight- 60 talk iuto-aud later
the waxou head. Crowded ~ all this WAS
in front OF IN, spectators noses, without
any Of the opera stage spaciousucss ana
mystery witrou, music To induce and
have taken acting OF q very commsndug
sort to achieve anything Ike Impressive
ness even OF Salomc's dccadent sort. or
any Of the originals poisonous beauty.
And Tor acting oi this character iittle
Miss hgugla was quite Inadequate. She
gurglod and vhincd Ike a child CRYING for
candy. danced before Hcrod in a fashion
that would have been considered spirited
even on the old Chicago midway, and
rolled about the stage fondlins the dead
head with aI the earnest abandon of
cat rolling in catnlp. But she seemed a
rather "cuie" little girl all through the
earlier lines. iu spite of the awkwardiy
thick sandals she wore IN the apparent
endeayor 10 increase her height. and In
the latter part. while 'uatura!istic enough
FOR the most cNactiuG, u was the natu-
raIism OF an ordinary little live tigrrss
rather than the hdeOus cr"epin"ss oi
Wilac.s dcaHacnt nightmare.
The Italian prompter. only partially
concealed behind one Of the canvas pill
lars at the rear of the stage and now
and then. in one Of has more violent
paroxysms. waving hls manuscript I'm
plain view. outside H. while his whisper
INK could be- heard continually through
the lines ~ NE PLAYERS, did not add to
the general effect although it is perhaps
scarcely fair 10 blame q company just
Of Rio steamer for wanting promptcr
on their nrst night. IL Is To be hoped
that he may be eliminated later on.
la Viergc Follc." \ play 10y Henry
Bataiile The Harris Theatre.
THE CAST
rr.,e IL. Clearance Nine. Grorgotie passedoi'
<ait, .............. Nine Marie Dr Ia Motto
Marcel Afmaury ................... tinrsi I','lh
CASTOR DO CLEARANCE .............. Jose lHI'h
r,n, "a, ,b,u,rca. ............. Henri Ncrncuu
,b5G EouN .................... Rene Nild'ns''in
FabIsn .................. Adrien Grc,iu
-, ,rr,st,r,. .............. Nine Yor.kt
The French Drama Society. whose "ob-
icct is TO create larger interest in the
French drama and give members an op-
portunity TO appreciate French plays OF
artistic merit I'm their original form pre-
sented La Nicrge Folle OF Henry
Bataille Yesterday afternoon at the mar
rls Theatre before an audience moderate
in size but interesting for it's quallty.
The piece was played with great sue
cess i'm Paris several years ago and pre-
sented later here by Mrs. Patrick Camp
hell iu A clumsy adaptation which gave
little idea Of it's original favor. Briefly
il is the story uf a young girls infatua-
ton Tor a middle-agei married man. MS
SUBSEQUENT breaking up Of his nome and
her final suicide. The end comes -
theatrically effective scene, IN which the
husband, the wife, the girl and her broth
er come together in the same room. For
the first time the younger woman l"els
the tragedy she has brought about hcGs
the husband 40 tell hcr which ne love-
most and on receiving his assurance that
il is she, seizes the pistol with which her
brother was about Ia Kill the older NAN
and shoots herself
The play Is chsractcristicallN FIench III
the intense seriousness with which IL
treats sexual infatuation. the verbal I'm
ish and sentimental charm which II
throws over situations that might easily
become erotesque il less finely done-as
they did i'm Mrs. Campbelrs version-in IFS
continuous apparent logic aud the fair
ness' of the author 10 all concerned.
The playing. on the whole, was excellent.
Mime Yorska. as tho wife, heightened the
favorable impression she made few
weeks ago in the Alliance trarraise's
rroduction of Papa" She has that SEN
a., tonYnn and the mira sing