25. Professer Bernhandi
Tmcs L.anGar
0
□
*7 OUN 1836
AT THE EMBASSY.—Mr. Ronald Adam and Mr.
Abraham Sofaer in the play Professor Bernhardi at
the Embassy Theatre.
EXTRACT FRom
1 Kane
GRATIS
U 0
Date
62
AT THE EMBASSY.—Mr. Ronald Adam and Mr.
Abraham Sofaer in the play Projessor Bernhardi at
the Embassy Theatre.
box 31/5
S
HXTRACT FROM
GLASGOW HERALD
65 Buchanan Street, Glasgow
17 JUNE 1036
YUNE 17, 1936.
LONDON THEATRES
• PROFESSOR BERNHARDI“
AT THE EMBASSY
FROM OUR OWN CORRES PONDENT.
LONDON, Tuesday.
There was a particularly fine play at
the Embassy Theatre last night, Arthur
Schnitzler’s“ Professor Bernhardi?
getting a good performance allied to a
sound translation.
Ronald Adam and Louis Borell had put
together a most satisfactory English version
of the work, and not one of the more subtle
points was lost in the playing, although the
piece presented real difficulties to a British
company having a political basis. Here the
Jewish problem is recurrent, but remote,
nevertheless.
A briiliant Jewish doctor kept a Catholic
priest from giving absolution to a dying
woman, on the grounds that she was
ignorant of her state and reasonably happy.
The intentions of the hospital director were
humane to a degree if somewhat tainted by
his naturally stubborn disposition, but the
Catholic element was not in sympathy with
this scientific softness. Two sets of more
or less sincere people and a number of
others swayed by thé custom of ages were
Hung into conflict.
4 FAIR BALANCE
Watching the swing of the pendulum was
fascinating, especially as Schnitzler kept a
fair balance. He showed his own feelings,
get not so freely that they distorted the
picture, and some dozen character studies
made every moment live. As the theme
developed so did the characters—which was
as it should have been, but rare in the
modern theatre.
Abraham Sofaer held the best part of his
career to date as Professor Bernhardi, who
tried to be rational in the face of great
odds, and he had strong competition from
Alan Wheatley, Bernard Merefield, Ronald
Adam, John Garside, Graveley Edwards, and
five or six others who succeeded in giving
a real impression of modern urban Austria.
* Professor Bernhardi? was by no menns
so heavy as its subject hinted, having a
bright, clear sarcasm that never failed to
entertain.
W
Tmcs L.anGar
0
□
*7 OUN 1836
AT THE EMBASSY.—Mr. Ronald Adam and Mr.
Abraham Sofaer in the play Professor Bernhardi at
the Embassy Theatre.
EXTRACT FRom
1 Kane
GRATIS
U 0
Date
62
AT THE EMBASSY.—Mr. Ronald Adam and Mr.
Abraham Sofaer in the play Projessor Bernhardi at
the Embassy Theatre.
box 31/5
S
HXTRACT FROM
GLASGOW HERALD
65 Buchanan Street, Glasgow
17 JUNE 1036
YUNE 17, 1936.
LONDON THEATRES
• PROFESSOR BERNHARDI“
AT THE EMBASSY
FROM OUR OWN CORRES PONDENT.
LONDON, Tuesday.
There was a particularly fine play at
the Embassy Theatre last night, Arthur
Schnitzler’s“ Professor Bernhardi?
getting a good performance allied to a
sound translation.
Ronald Adam and Louis Borell had put
together a most satisfactory English version
of the work, and not one of the more subtle
points was lost in the playing, although the
piece presented real difficulties to a British
company having a political basis. Here the
Jewish problem is recurrent, but remote,
nevertheless.
A briiliant Jewish doctor kept a Catholic
priest from giving absolution to a dying
woman, on the grounds that she was
ignorant of her state and reasonably happy.
The intentions of the hospital director were
humane to a degree if somewhat tainted by
his naturally stubborn disposition, but the
Catholic element was not in sympathy with
this scientific softness. Two sets of more
or less sincere people and a number of
others swayed by thé custom of ages were
Hung into conflict.
4 FAIR BALANCE
Watching the swing of the pendulum was
fascinating, especially as Schnitzler kept a
fair balance. He showed his own feelings,
get not so freely that they distorted the
picture, and some dozen character studies
made every moment live. As the theme
developed so did the characters—which was
as it should have been, but rare in the
modern theatre.
Abraham Sofaer held the best part of his
career to date as Professor Bernhardi, who
tried to be rational in the face of great
odds, and he had strong competition from
Alan Wheatley, Bernard Merefield, Ronald
Adam, John Garside, Graveley Edwards, and
five or six others who succeeded in giving
a real impression of modern urban Austria.
* Professor Bernhardi? was by no menns
so heavy as its subject hinted, having a
bright, clear sarcasm that never failed to
entertain.
W