The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-11
A WELCOME STRANGER.
Success of Mile. Dorsiat at the
shubert Theatre Last week.

II WAS a stroke OF genius on the part
Of either William Faversham or his
clever wife, once Julie opp, to engage
Gabrielle Dorziat for the leading role Of
Mr. Faversharns new play. She does
not in the least interfere with the sue
cess of that actor. who has really made
q triumph az the gambling hut loving
Hungarian husband. and he indeed ben
efits from her association with him, as
any artist gains by the association OF
others worthy Of his powers.
What influence is the success Of Mile.
porziat with her audicnce-she won II
completely on Monday night-,going to
have on the managers who think that
the public Is interested only in blue
Dyes and yellow hair? Competency is
of course secondary. The average
American manager believes that there
lies in baby lisp. blond hair-down
over the eyes preferred-and blue
eyes hypnotism which can conquer
any public In the world. Skill In the
art Of acting--is II an art ?--1the power
Of interpreting a role and the capacity
10 be what the author had intended are
old fashioned foolishness that any wise
man Immediately dscards in favor OF
yetlow-reddish tinge preferred, blue
eyes. &C.
Mile Dorziat happens 10 have. as
matter OF fact. yellow hair and her eyes
are blue But she Is not in the least
beautiful. Her figure is exauisitely
graceful and slender. She is no longer
eighteen, but certainly not thirty either
She wears her clothes smartly. which
may be due in a measure TO the tact
that she began life as child OF 10
apprenticed in a milliner's shop. she
was born in Epernay, and eleven years
aRo made her first appearance as an
actress in Brussels. Immediately after
ward she was engaged for five years at
the Gymnase in Paris.
During that period her greatest sue
cess was in Maurice Donnays The Re-
turn OF Jerusalem" In July, 1904, she
went 20 London and appeared IN one
act NAV by CASTOR Collonais in an en-
tewainment under the patronage OF
King Edward and Queen Alexandra.
After the termination ~ her contract
With the Gymnase she appeared in vari-
o,e productions at the Vaudeville, the
Athenee, the Porte St. Martin and the
No,vel-Ambigu. Much OF the time she
played with VI. Gultry in plays by
Capus Bernstein and Paul Rourget.
OF her Bourget, the eminent Acade-
rnician. once wrote: 1T IS impossible to
have more grace. more fitness in emo
tional acting than that artist. She is
the exquisite type Of the refined French
woman who never goes beyond the
bounds Of good taste.
Mile. Dorziat has played IN London
with Huegenet and lie Bargy. she
played in English there in Baron Henri
Do Rothschilds Inflated play "Crpsus
In Paris she appeared In Belle Madame
Herbert" "Chaine Angiaise,' La Pms
Amoreuse" and "L'Escalade' Her Ia
yorite roles were in "The kreutzer so
nata" Samson" and Les Eclaireuses
Four years ago she made a tour o.
South America with repertoire OF
twenty-five plays She visited Bueno'
Ayres, Montevideo. San Pablo and Rit
Janeiro
She often visits Mlllicent Duchess OF
Sutherland. Lady Paget and Lady Ken
mare. She Is fond OF fox hunting ant
Of golf and always spends her summers
In England