SCHNITZLER.
There
uffered
s of the
natters Toits already long list of foreign dramatists
Jeverer whose plays have been produced under its
ie furk auspices, the Stage Socisty, yesterday after¬
Pvounl poon, at the Aldwych, added che name
of Arthur Schnitzler. The Viennese play¬
e Turk wright was represented by two one¬
clean, act plays, differing in milieu and in
digni- mood, the first written somewhat in the
is an flippant and ironically humorous vein of the
ia, and Anatole dialogues, the second full of swift
is than drama and fantastic realism. Each effort re¬
ropenn veals the naturalness of conversation and
tmople cconomv of dramatic means, which make
ssessed Schnitzler so notable a dramatist, and each
Roman in its different aspect presents a curious and
e Turk arresting picture of life. The frankly
uce de- immoral atmosphere of Comtesse Mizzi“ is
greater less likely to make as ready an appeal to an
#e that English audience as The Green Cockatoo'
ved by which followed it in yesterday’s programme. 1
tal the Comtesse Mizzi, her father, and the Prince1
ture?';
Ravenstein are too definitely Viennese to be
C
on the
wholly understood by an English audience—
cur social code is so essentially different.
There is not a moral person among those
ssion of
and his
who, in the comedy, reveal by conversation
g.
their mode of life and the number of their
amours. The piece really constitutes a series
appear-
of surprises, but, as played yesterday, the
stands,
greatest surprise of all was the character of
untidy
boration Mizzi, the daughter of Count Pazmandy.
e neces- Miss Katharine Pole’s treatment of the part
ffective. hardlv brepared the audience for revelations i
irs more that followed in quick succession, or for thef
es, ban- disclosure that the fair and serene ladv was „
people not only the mother of the Prince’s illegiti-
to share! mate son, but had had Cher fling, asit
she tells her father’s nnstress, ühe married un¬
zey ## prepossessing Professor, wihro had instructed
n
her im painting, being one of her lovers.
nemiber¬
8
Mizzi is undoubtedly a surprising creation,
irst and
but we think Miss Pole’s sense of character
manovo
S
was not strong enough to present its com¬
ie could
plexities as clearly as the author evidently
defeats.
a
intended. In any case it was difficult to
ed in an
C:
associate anything but motherhood and
up the
9.
domesticity with zo feminine and sensible a
woman as the Mizzi of Miss Pole’s interpre-h
ossessed
8
tation. Mr. Athol Stewart, as the Prince,
e was a
W
Mr. Godffrey Denis as the son, Mr. Robert
e worked
T
Horton as the Count, and Miss Margaret
iding for
0)
Bussé as the actress-mistress were all excel¬
came an
01
lent.
day he
#
end was
The Green Cockatoo,' a grotesque in
SC
imself of
one act.“ reveals Schnitzler in a very dif- 1##
bade the
ferent mood. Here the amours are of Paris
ddressed
in the time of the Revolution, cut short by1T
ing, onl
the sharp hlow of the assassin's knife, in àptc.
ing until
scene of intense excitement and passion.11
Camels,
* The Green Cockatoo?' is an undergroundith
When
ood, and
taverm wihereim the aristocrats and citizens sof
u drink,
find their pleasure in watching the im¬ ge
u on and
promptu efforts of a band of actors, wiho, for
U
I denied
the purposes of entertainment, simulate thef
ast wage.
doings of eriminals. Among these is Heuri, jey
s heavily
married to Léocadie, a minor actress,
di
eness, s0
but beloved of Paris. For his last ap-sth
rgive me,
pearance at the tavern—he is to take bis 1111
ne you?
wife o the country on the morrow—he enacts
er? After
a scene in which he murders his wife’s lover,
nd spoke
th
ver Over¬
choosing for his rüctim a well-known Duke,
60
du under¬
who, unknown to him, is really the lover of###i#
r remein¬
Léocadie. Even the innkeeper is carried
en
give you
away by the intensity of Heni’s acting, and
rst, Allah
8a
forgetting that the whole scene is play
pr.
acting, reveals the truth of the woman’s
ap
stand the
infidelity to ühe actor, wiho turns from
ce:
sfeat and
mummer bo dvenger, and plunges a kmife into
ha
le come
the heart of the aristocrat. The lurid little
cei
s book is
drama is enacted amid the cries of the people
is keen,
heralding the fall of the Bastille, and
30
furnishes a real Grand Guignol thrilier.
really remarkable performance was given by P#
the
Mr. Leon Quartermaine as Henri, while Mr.
da
Claude Rains, as a revolutionary philosopher,
the
offered quite a brilliant piece of portraiture.
fie
ad
ze of pro¬
th:
PRINCE OF WALES.
and while
ar
t ie "A
ing
eep-walk¬
70 PAT A VISIT TO GERMANY
aft
hich she
WC.
WEXT WERK,
an v 41.—
There
uffered
s of the
natters Toits already long list of foreign dramatists
Jeverer whose plays have been produced under its
ie furk auspices, the Stage Socisty, yesterday after¬
Pvounl poon, at the Aldwych, added che name
of Arthur Schnitzler. The Viennese play¬
e Turk wright was represented by two one¬
clean, act plays, differing in milieu and in
digni- mood, the first written somewhat in the
is an flippant and ironically humorous vein of the
ia, and Anatole dialogues, the second full of swift
is than drama and fantastic realism. Each effort re¬
ropenn veals the naturalness of conversation and
tmople cconomv of dramatic means, which make
ssessed Schnitzler so notable a dramatist, and each
Roman in its different aspect presents a curious and
e Turk arresting picture of life. The frankly
uce de- immoral atmosphere of Comtesse Mizzi“ is
greater less likely to make as ready an appeal to an
#e that English audience as The Green Cockatoo'
ved by which followed it in yesterday’s programme. 1
tal the Comtesse Mizzi, her father, and the Prince1
ture?';
Ravenstein are too definitely Viennese to be
C
on the
wholly understood by an English audience—
cur social code is so essentially different.
There is not a moral person among those
ssion of
and his
who, in the comedy, reveal by conversation
g.
their mode of life and the number of their
amours. The piece really constitutes a series
appear-
of surprises, but, as played yesterday, the
stands,
greatest surprise of all was the character of
untidy
boration Mizzi, the daughter of Count Pazmandy.
e neces- Miss Katharine Pole’s treatment of the part
ffective. hardlv brepared the audience for revelations i
irs more that followed in quick succession, or for thef
es, ban- disclosure that the fair and serene ladv was „
people not only the mother of the Prince’s illegiti-
to share! mate son, but had had Cher fling, asit
she tells her father’s nnstress, ühe married un¬
zey ## prepossessing Professor, wihro had instructed
n
her im painting, being one of her lovers.
nemiber¬
8
Mizzi is undoubtedly a surprising creation,
irst and
but we think Miss Pole’s sense of character
manovo
S
was not strong enough to present its com¬
ie could
plexities as clearly as the author evidently
defeats.
a
intended. In any case it was difficult to
ed in an
C:
associate anything but motherhood and
up the
9.
domesticity with zo feminine and sensible a
woman as the Mizzi of Miss Pole’s interpre-h
ossessed
8
tation. Mr. Athol Stewart, as the Prince,
e was a
W
Mr. Godffrey Denis as the son, Mr. Robert
e worked
T
Horton as the Count, and Miss Margaret
iding for
0)
Bussé as the actress-mistress were all excel¬
came an
01
lent.
day he
#
end was
The Green Cockatoo,' a grotesque in
SC
imself of
one act.“ reveals Schnitzler in a very dif- 1##
bade the
ferent mood. Here the amours are of Paris
ddressed
in the time of the Revolution, cut short by1T
ing, onl
the sharp hlow of the assassin's knife, in àptc.
ing until
scene of intense excitement and passion.11
Camels,
* The Green Cockatoo?' is an undergroundith
When
ood, and
taverm wihereim the aristocrats and citizens sof
u drink,
find their pleasure in watching the im¬ ge
u on and
promptu efforts of a band of actors, wiho, for
U
I denied
the purposes of entertainment, simulate thef
ast wage.
doings of eriminals. Among these is Heuri, jey
s heavily
married to Léocadie, a minor actress,
di
eness, s0
but beloved of Paris. For his last ap-sth
rgive me,
pearance at the tavern—he is to take bis 1111
ne you?
wife o the country on the morrow—he enacts
er? After
a scene in which he murders his wife’s lover,
nd spoke
th
ver Over¬
choosing for his rüctim a well-known Duke,
60
du under¬
who, unknown to him, is really the lover of###i#
r remein¬
Léocadie. Even the innkeeper is carried
en
give you
away by the intensity of Heni’s acting, and
rst, Allah
8a
forgetting that the whole scene is play
pr.
acting, reveals the truth of the woman’s
ap
stand the
infidelity to ühe actor, wiho turns from
ce:
sfeat and
mummer bo dvenger, and plunges a kmife into
ha
le come
the heart of the aristocrat. The lurid little
cei
s book is
drama is enacted amid the cries of the people
is keen,
heralding the fall of the Bastille, and
30
furnishes a real Grand Guignol thrilier.
really remarkable performance was given by P#
the
Mr. Leon Quartermaine as Henri, while Mr.
da
Claude Rains, as a revolutionary philosopher,
the
offered quite a brilliant piece of portraiture.
fie
ad
ze of pro¬
th:
PRINCE OF WALES.
and while
ar
t ie "A
ing
eep-walk¬
70 PAT A VISIT TO GERMANY
aft
hich she
WC.
WEXT WERK,
an v 41.—