box 34/4
31. Im. Spielder Sonnerinefte
Ausschnitt aus: Sunday Rereree, P#cdon
5. JAn 1930
MIL DIGimMMVIENNA
Nem Play by Dr. Artbur Schnitzler— Soaring
in Jummer Air“
By ERICH GLASS
TOLLOWING close on the heels of the f ereases in violence. Flashes of lightning
world première of Hauptmann’s and crashes of thunder follow oue
another. Trau Josefa thinks of her boy
latest play (already reviewed in the
out in the tempest. But he is not alose.
SUNDAy Rerzazz), Arthur Schnitzler
A niece, staying at their house, a sweet,
again appenred in the limelight with his
temperamental young girl, artist by pro¬
new drama,“ Im Spiel der Sommnerlüfte“
fession and sex-eathusiast by hobby (if
(" Soaring in Summer Air*'), now lend¬
not vice-versd), is with him.
ing the repertory at the Deutsches Volks¬
Schnitzler rarely fails to ignore this de¬
theater in Vienna. Schnitzler, of enurse,
lightfully superficial character—more
has represented for many years the
suited to the test of delight than to that
Vienna Drama at its best, and it, is a
of “ charneter,“ however—in his ever¬ En
pleasure to report that all expectatione
reverting range of portrayals. We feel“
have been excelled by this latest offering
wo Fnow her the minute she enters the
of his.
stage, even before we get to know of her —
Possessing, as it docs, such qualities,
affairs witha young hospital doctor wilom
the plot itself docs not matter. Yet it is
she is eager to “ drop“ in order 1o froc
worth recording in brief, because it some¬
herself for the smart lieutenant she has
how throus new light unon Schnitzler,
just met, and whom, ineidentally, she
now high above the clonds and looking
hopes to know more intimatel ere long.
down upon is charneters and the
But at the moment she also is a vietim
tempest erising in their emotions.
of the thun lerstorm, und—no“ coinei
dence“ cculd be better than the secretly
planned one—we soon realise that the
e
voung student of high school and life,
and son of Fran Josela, is safely sheltered
in the girl’s arms. Alitting reward for his
having conscientiously reir rsed with
2
t0 mabe
lier a röie in which sue 15
her début on thie Innsbruck ge.
Fran Josefa is worried abent her son,
out, as she believes, in the pouring rain.
Also her husband is not with her. He Sx
hos been delayed on an urgent business
matter and has been compelled to spend Se¬
the night in Vienna, as he had often done
before. But to-day she has misgivings
Pconee- bing lim. T# is not jeulousy wieich
she tecls. No; nothing but disappeint¬
ment with a life whlich has refnsed fuliit.
Can E.
ment and satisfaction to her.
this be?“ queries the chaplain.“ Von
have a husband, a suecessful, loving hus¬
band. and a bricht and healthy boy. They
will both return, your husband early in
the morning. your son wlienthe storm has
They will return,“ Frau
passed
*
Josefa replies,“ and still—they will not
T
wile fully possesses
be present.“
her husband, no mother her child.
DOLORES DEL RIO,
who is starring in“ Evangeline“ at 1n
Eight Against Sin.
Piccadilly this weck.
The dialogue in this sceue, wllicht ought
to be quoted in detail to show its over¬
Schnitzler sccs all the dffliculties which
whelmin“ power, leads up to the point
have mang à time led his charneters 10
wiiere the priest loses moral ground as
adlisastrous end. But to-day he siiles
his Holy beliefs are utterly s##aken. IIe
Pat their tragie troubles, whlich are dis¬
fights to rid himself from tlie sin—the
Ccovered to be petty in the xtreme once
sin that one human being has been on
thie storm has passed. And the storm
the verge of fully understanding another?
does pass-the emotional as well as the
=und tears himself away to his duty, to
atmospherie storm which leads un t0
adring patient who desires the last con¬
brightening Mashes towarls the end.
solation Trom the priest. And if he has
The core of thie play is a'scche between
the strengthte console him. Dhie Almighty
Fran Josefa, thie wile of a sculptor, and
will have pardoned his sinful thoughis
Ferdinand Holl, a chaplain who takes
and the stain of thein shall be removed
sheiter in her conntry house on his war
for ever. But the patient died before the
tothe station. He must eatch the night
priest arrived
train for Vienna. Something terrible has
Dramatie coils are all lnid for a cathar¬
happened. Hie brother, a lieutenant in
sis on a large scale. But the following
che Austrian Army, und left a Tarewell
morning wieenthe storm has pussed there
letter, begging absolution for his sine,
is nothing left of the sultry summer air
##ie letter to be read the day following
in which the characters und been soar¬
hin denth.
ing. The girl has hada ##ctime and will
Pcontinne te have it with a growing sue¬
#ife ard Death Duel.
—
31. Im. Spielder Sonnerinefte
Ausschnitt aus: Sunday Rereree, P#cdon
5. JAn 1930
MIL DIGimMMVIENNA
Nem Play by Dr. Artbur Schnitzler— Soaring
in Jummer Air“
By ERICH GLASS
TOLLOWING close on the heels of the f ereases in violence. Flashes of lightning
world première of Hauptmann’s and crashes of thunder follow oue
another. Trau Josefa thinks of her boy
latest play (already reviewed in the
out in the tempest. But he is not alose.
SUNDAy Rerzazz), Arthur Schnitzler
A niece, staying at their house, a sweet,
again appenred in the limelight with his
temperamental young girl, artist by pro¬
new drama,“ Im Spiel der Sommnerlüfte“
fession and sex-eathusiast by hobby (if
(" Soaring in Summer Air*'), now lend¬
not vice-versd), is with him.
ing the repertory at the Deutsches Volks¬
Schnitzler rarely fails to ignore this de¬
theater in Vienna. Schnitzler, of enurse,
lightfully superficial character—more
has represented for many years the
suited to the test of delight than to that
Vienna Drama at its best, and it, is a
of “ charneter,“ however—in his ever¬ En
pleasure to report that all expectatione
reverting range of portrayals. We feel“
have been excelled by this latest offering
wo Fnow her the minute she enters the
of his.
stage, even before we get to know of her —
Possessing, as it docs, such qualities,
affairs witha young hospital doctor wilom
the plot itself docs not matter. Yet it is
she is eager to “ drop“ in order 1o froc
worth recording in brief, because it some¬
herself for the smart lieutenant she has
how throus new light unon Schnitzler,
just met, and whom, ineidentally, she
now high above the clonds and looking
hopes to know more intimatel ere long.
down upon is charneters and the
But at the moment she also is a vietim
tempest erising in their emotions.
of the thun lerstorm, und—no“ coinei
dence“ cculd be better than the secretly
planned one—we soon realise that the
e
voung student of high school and life,
and son of Fran Josela, is safely sheltered
in the girl’s arms. Alitting reward for his
having conscientiously reir rsed with
2
t0 mabe
lier a röie in which sue 15
her début on thie Innsbruck ge.
Fran Josefa is worried abent her son,
out, as she believes, in the pouring rain.
Also her husband is not with her. He Sx
hos been delayed on an urgent business
matter and has been compelled to spend Se¬
the night in Vienna, as he had often done
before. But to-day she has misgivings
Pconee- bing lim. T# is not jeulousy wieich
she tecls. No; nothing but disappeint¬
ment with a life whlich has refnsed fuliit.
Can E.
ment and satisfaction to her.
this be?“ queries the chaplain.“ Von
have a husband, a suecessful, loving hus¬
band. and a bricht and healthy boy. They
will both return, your husband early in
the morning. your son wlienthe storm has
They will return,“ Frau
passed
*
Josefa replies,“ and still—they will not
T
wile fully possesses
be present.“
her husband, no mother her child.
DOLORES DEL RIO,
who is starring in“ Evangeline“ at 1n
Eight Against Sin.
Piccadilly this weck.
The dialogue in this sceue, wllicht ought
to be quoted in detail to show its over¬
Schnitzler sccs all the dffliculties which
whelmin“ power, leads up to the point
have mang à time led his charneters 10
wiiere the priest loses moral ground as
adlisastrous end. But to-day he siiles
his Holy beliefs are utterly s##aken. IIe
Pat their tragie troubles, whlich are dis¬
fights to rid himself from tlie sin—the
Ccovered to be petty in the xtreme once
sin that one human being has been on
thie storm has passed. And the storm
the verge of fully understanding another?
does pass-the emotional as well as the
=und tears himself away to his duty, to
atmospherie storm which leads un t0
adring patient who desires the last con¬
brightening Mashes towarls the end.
solation Trom the priest. And if he has
The core of thie play is a'scche between
the strengthte console him. Dhie Almighty
Fran Josefa, thie wile of a sculptor, and
will have pardoned his sinful thoughis
Ferdinand Holl, a chaplain who takes
and the stain of thein shall be removed
sheiter in her conntry house on his war
for ever. But the patient died before the
tothe station. He must eatch the night
priest arrived
train for Vienna. Something terrible has
Dramatie coils are all lnid for a cathar¬
happened. Hie brother, a lieutenant in
sis on a large scale. But the following
che Austrian Army, und left a Tarewell
morning wieenthe storm has pussed there
letter, begging absolution for his sine,
is nothing left of the sultry summer air
##ie letter to be read the day following
in which the characters und been soar¬
hin denth.
ing. The girl has hada ##ctime and will
Pcontinne te have it with a growing sue¬
#ife ard Death Duel.
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