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ACTOR
Lenbon.
was, I believe, no more than
a coincidence that
zlax came to Unglund tor
##äliday at a time which en¬
fabled him to direct the production
pf his father, Arthur Schnitzler’s
lay, Professor Bernhardi,“ at the
Embassy Theatre. Certainly the
Jcoineidence was fortunate, for he
found in rehearsal the actor, Abra¬
ham Sofaer, who could play the
part of the Jewish doctor better
than any one else in England.
Mr. Sofaer’s position in the thea¬
tre is of unusual interest. He has
all the qualities of an actor—imagi¬
Ination, vitality, bodily grace, an
expressive face, an intuitive controi
of gesture, a volce of the greatest
beauty and power. He speaks verze
as no other English actor—not ex¬
cepting Gielgud—can speak it, so
using its music to clarify its mean¬
ing that, under his control, even
the language of Biron in Love's
Labour’s Lost“ comes to the audi¬
ence with unfading lucidity.
*
Tet Ithink I do him no injustice
in saying that, in the publio eye,
he has never held the place he de¬
serves among the leaders of his pro¬
fession. The reason is his appear¬
ance, which, though handsome, is
so pronouncedly Oriental as to limit
the range of his parts. Six years
ago he appeared in New York as
Isaac Cohen in The Matriarch“';
I am not aware that he is otherwise
known in the United States. Here,
though he has played with success
in pieces of all kinds, he is chiefly
known, as far as leading röles are
concerned, as a Shakespearean
actor. The reason is the simple one
that, while Shakespeare created
Shylock and Othello and even Jago,
who may be cast as an Oriental, if
you please, modern playwrights, un¬
less they want an Oriental villain
Ifor a thriller, generally write for
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BadenSalzburgSemmering
Roulette — Baccara — Chemin de fer
Osterreichische Casino A. G.
Wien III, Schwarzenbergplatz 5a
„OBSERVER“
I. österr. behördlich konzessioniertes
Unternehmen für Zeitungs-Ausschnitte
Wien I, Wollzeile 11, Telephon R-23-0-43
Ausschhift
ewew VorkTimes NewVork
J00 1936
vom:
SALUTE
10 AN
6
ACTOR
Lenbon.
was, I believe, no more than
a coincidence that
zlax came to Unglund tor
##äliday at a time which en¬
fabled him to direct the production
pf his father, Arthur Schnitzler’s
lay, Professor Bernhardi,“ at the
Embassy Theatre. Certainly the
Jcoineidence was fortunate, for he
found in rehearsal the actor, Abra¬
ham Sofaer, who could play the
part of the Jewish doctor better
than any one else in England.
Mr. Sofaer’s position in the thea¬
tre is of unusual interest. He has
all the qualities of an actor—imagi¬
Ination, vitality, bodily grace, an
expressive face, an intuitive controi
of gesture, a volce of the greatest
beauty and power. He speaks verze
as no other English actor—not ex¬
cepting Gielgud—can speak it, so
using its music to clarify its mean¬
ing that, under his control, even
the language of Biron in Love's
Labour’s Lost“ comes to the audi¬
ence with unfading lucidity.
*
Tet Ithink I do him no injustice
in saying that, in the publio eye,
he has never held the place he de¬
serves among the leaders of his pro¬
fession. The reason is his appear¬
ance, which, though handsome, is
so pronouncedly Oriental as to limit
the range of his parts. Six years
ago he appeared in New York as
Isaac Cohen in The Matriarch“';
I am not aware that he is otherwise
known in the United States. Here,
though he has played with success
in pieces of all kinds, he is chiefly
known, as far as leading röles are
concerned, as a Shakespearean
actor. The reason is the simple one
that, while Shakespeare created
Shylock and Othello and even Jago,
who may be cast as an Oriental, if
you please, modern playwrights, un¬
less they want an Oriental villain
Ifor a thriller, generally write for