25. ProfessenBernhand1
—
EXTRACT EROM
Wrauerge
16 JUl. 1936
PSchnitzlor Play at the Phoenig.
I. HONALD ADAM, whose energies have!
Meguring the past two Feurs put ihe littie
Einbassg Theatre at Swiss Cottage on ihe
theatrical map, has now taken over the
Phoenix Theatre. He opened it last niglit
with Schnitzler’s well-known play “ Professor
Bernhardi,“ which was given a trial run al
the Embassy a short whiile ago. Audiences
there took 1o it, and it will be interesting 10
watch ils fate in the West End, because it
belongs to a type of play—the realistic type,
which sets out 10 argue over a problei!—
which has been out of vogue for a very con¬
Psiderable time.
Somewhat dated though it is, it is stimu¬
lating throughout, and it would not surprise
ie if it enloys a good measure of süccess.
The playing since the first night at ihe
Embassy has mpened. Mr. Abraham Sofner
is admirably cast as the Jewish doctor, and
Mr. Bernard Merefield gives a most under¬
standing study of the Catholic priest with
whose beliefs the rational Jow is brought
into conflict.
N
Attached is a Cutting From
The Evening Standard
LONDON'S FIRST EVENING NEWSPAPER.
(Sub. rates—13s. gtr.—incl. postage.)
47, SHOE LANE, LONDON,
E.C.4.
and is forwarded to you by:
15 U0L 1900
DTE
ANOTHIER EMRASST PL4T Morrs
Mr. Ronald Adam has taken a chance
with Schnitzler’s play.“ Professor Bern¬
hardi,“ and, after a fortnight at the
Embassy Theatre, the play began a West
End career at the Phcenix last night.
Cast and production have benefited con¬
siderably by the run at the Embassy.
Mr. Abraham Sofaer brings a passionate
intensity to the part of the Jewish doctor
whose principles clash with public opinion.
and Mr. Adam himself gives a highly subtle
study of a Cabinet Minister.
box 31/5
D
EXTRAOT FROM
VORKSHIRE POST
55 Albion Street, Leeds
1936
AN AUSTRIAN PLAY
IN LONDON
Arthur Schnitzler’s
Professor Bernhardi'
by Arthur
* Professor Bernhurdi.
Schnitzler (English version by Louis
Borell und Ronald Adum), at ihe Phonig
Theatre, Tuesday, July 14.
Here is a play for theatregoers whiose
brains do not slumber after dinner. Its
action is complex; it is full of closely
reasoned argument; it sends the ming oif
Von new adventures.
The piece centres or. and springs fromi
one Incident: Doctor Bernhardi prevents a
priest from giving Absolution to à dying
girl. He does so because she imagines that
she will live; the priest would not bring
The Doctor's
her happiness but grief.
action is thie pretext for a conflict betweon
Austrian clericalism and Jewish medical
ethics. Bernhardi, himself a Jew, loses his
post, and che affair becomes a polltical
issue. In his account of the struggle,
Schnitzler shows himself pro-Jewish and
anti-clerical, but he allows the opposition
to state their case with reason and vigour.
Mr. Abraham Sofaer gives a persunsivo
and moving performance as Bernhardi while
Mr. Ronald Adam. Mr. Earle Grey and Mr.
John Garside all distingulsh themselves.
P. A. S.
—
EXTRACT EROM
Wrauerge
16 JUl. 1936
PSchnitzlor Play at the Phoenig.
I. HONALD ADAM, whose energies have!
Meguring the past two Feurs put ihe littie
Einbassg Theatre at Swiss Cottage on ihe
theatrical map, has now taken over the
Phoenix Theatre. He opened it last niglit
with Schnitzler’s well-known play “ Professor
Bernhardi,“ which was given a trial run al
the Embassy a short whiile ago. Audiences
there took 1o it, and it will be interesting 10
watch ils fate in the West End, because it
belongs to a type of play—the realistic type,
which sets out 10 argue over a problei!—
which has been out of vogue for a very con¬
Psiderable time.
Somewhat dated though it is, it is stimu¬
lating throughout, and it would not surprise
ie if it enloys a good measure of süccess.
The playing since the first night at ihe
Embassy has mpened. Mr. Abraham Sofner
is admirably cast as the Jewish doctor, and
Mr. Bernard Merefield gives a most under¬
standing study of the Catholic priest with
whose beliefs the rational Jow is brought
into conflict.
N
Attached is a Cutting From
The Evening Standard
LONDON'S FIRST EVENING NEWSPAPER.
(Sub. rates—13s. gtr.—incl. postage.)
47, SHOE LANE, LONDON,
E.C.4.
and is forwarded to you by:
15 U0L 1900
DTE
ANOTHIER EMRASST PL4T Morrs
Mr. Ronald Adam has taken a chance
with Schnitzler’s play.“ Professor Bern¬
hardi,“ and, after a fortnight at the
Embassy Theatre, the play began a West
End career at the Phcenix last night.
Cast and production have benefited con¬
siderably by the run at the Embassy.
Mr. Abraham Sofaer brings a passionate
intensity to the part of the Jewish doctor
whose principles clash with public opinion.
and Mr. Adam himself gives a highly subtle
study of a Cabinet Minister.
box 31/5
D
EXTRAOT FROM
VORKSHIRE POST
55 Albion Street, Leeds
1936
AN AUSTRIAN PLAY
IN LONDON
Arthur Schnitzler’s
Professor Bernhardi'
by Arthur
* Professor Bernhurdi.
Schnitzler (English version by Louis
Borell und Ronald Adum), at ihe Phonig
Theatre, Tuesday, July 14.
Here is a play for theatregoers whiose
brains do not slumber after dinner. Its
action is complex; it is full of closely
reasoned argument; it sends the ming oif
Von new adventures.
The piece centres or. and springs fromi
one Incident: Doctor Bernhardi prevents a
priest from giving Absolution to à dying
girl. He does so because she imagines that
she will live; the priest would not bring
The Doctor's
her happiness but grief.
action is thie pretext for a conflict betweon
Austrian clericalism and Jewish medical
ethics. Bernhardi, himself a Jew, loses his
post, and che affair becomes a polltical
issue. In his account of the struggle,
Schnitzler shows himself pro-Jewish and
anti-clerical, but he allows the opposition
to state their case with reason and vigour.
Mr. Abraham Sofaer gives a persunsivo
and moving performance as Bernhardi while
Mr. Ronald Adam. Mr. Earle Grey and Mr.
John Garside all distingulsh themselves.
P. A. S.