ruene Kakadu
Der
9. 3
mnusic such as she has never heard
shows her a dazzling golden path,
box 15/3
between two long lines of singing
angels, and with her hand in his
Hannele starts the ascent toward
Heaven and her mother.
For a moment darkness and then
again the dirty room in the alms¬
house. From above there is the noise
of brawling beggars and drunken
women. Sister Martha and Gottwald,
the schoolmaster, lean over the bedai
on which Hannele lies. The filthr
coverlid moves no more over the fit¬
ful breast, but on the white face
there is the joy of her dreams.
It is no easy task to send over the
footlights in tangible form a poem
play as dreamlike and mystical as
sthis of Hauptmann’s, No one could
have done it better thar Mr. Fiske,
and we are to be congratalated that,
with“ Hannele“ in his possession, it
was made possible for us to see Mrs.
Fiske in the role of the dreaming
child. In voice and mannerism she
was successful in conveying the child¬
ish misery and poetic exaggerated
imagination of Hauptmann’s child
heroiné.
Hannele“ is fated to be buffetea
about by thé many, but the few-who
like it will wax enthusiastic over #t.
The former are the unthinking—
those who could not quite understand
·THE GREEN COCKATOO.# are the students and those who have
the welfare and advancement of our
Emile, Duc de Cadigan. Edward Mackay
Francois, Vicomte de Nogeant.
stage at heart; of the latter group
Cyrll Chadwick, Mrs. Fiske is idol—the actress to
Francols, Vicomte de la Tremouille,
whom à famous English eritic, leay¬
Gregonv Kelly
Marquis de Lansac Fuller Mellishing for England after the dedication
Severine Miss Marle Maddern
exereises at the New theatre, re¬
RollinR. W. Tucker
ferred as #that wonderful, wonderful
Prospere Henry Stephenson
woman of yours, Minnte Maddern
Henrl. Holbrook Blinn
Fiske.“
Guillaume R. Owen Meech
To Holbrook Blinn fell some of thef
Scaevola Paul Scardon
Jules Harold Mathewsmost exquisite passages in“ Hannele“
Michetter. Miss Helena Van Brugh
and he read them beautifully. Alice
Flipote Miss Veda. McEvers
John was an admirable Sister Martha,
Leocadie Miss Aliee John
Grasset. „. Sheldon Lewis
Hannele' was preceded by a one¬
LebretRobert Owen
act play by Arthur Schnitzler, Thei
Grain Wilfred Buckland
Green Cockatoo. An amusing enough
The Commissaire T. N. Heffron
story of Paris in 1789 is told in rather
, At the Lyceum theatre last night long-winded fashion, but on the
Mrs. Fiske presented Gerhart Haupt-whole the piece is amusing, It fur¬
brook
mann’s poem-play,“Hannele.“ Near- Inished Edward Mackay, H
ly fifteen years ago this same Haupt- Blinn, Alfred Bückland, Alice John.
mann play had an inadequate produe- Henry Stephenson and Fuller Mellish:
tion here in New York, one year-aften, some excellent äcting opportunities,
its premiere on the continent. Since, of whichtthey availed theinselves well.
that Broadway production, however,
facilities formounting an entertain¬
ment made of suchmdelicate fiber have
improved vastly, and it is needless to
say that Harrison Grey Fiske has
taken ädvantage of every excelieut
facility in admirable fashion.
Into a squalid room in the little
almshouse of a Silesian village, in
the heart of. a terrific storm, aschild
is brought, her body covered with
scars. She is Hannele, the little;
daughter of Mattern, the village bully
and drunkard. Beaten and starved
since her mother’s death a few weeks
before, the girl, after being sent out
into the storm by Mattern, throws
Ih Sermire Mait
S-ange igler
Der
9. 3
mnusic such as she has never heard
shows her a dazzling golden path,
box 15/3
between two long lines of singing
angels, and with her hand in his
Hannele starts the ascent toward
Heaven and her mother.
For a moment darkness and then
again the dirty room in the alms¬
house. From above there is the noise
of brawling beggars and drunken
women. Sister Martha and Gottwald,
the schoolmaster, lean over the bedai
on which Hannele lies. The filthr
coverlid moves no more over the fit¬
ful breast, but on the white face
there is the joy of her dreams.
It is no easy task to send over the
footlights in tangible form a poem
play as dreamlike and mystical as
sthis of Hauptmann’s, No one could
have done it better thar Mr. Fiske,
and we are to be congratalated that,
with“ Hannele“ in his possession, it
was made possible for us to see Mrs.
Fiske in the role of the dreaming
child. In voice and mannerism she
was successful in conveying the child¬
ish misery and poetic exaggerated
imagination of Hauptmann’s child
heroiné.
Hannele“ is fated to be buffetea
about by thé many, but the few-who
like it will wax enthusiastic over #t.
The former are the unthinking—
those who could not quite understand
·THE GREEN COCKATOO.# are the students and those who have
the welfare and advancement of our
Emile, Duc de Cadigan. Edward Mackay
Francois, Vicomte de Nogeant.
stage at heart; of the latter group
Cyrll Chadwick, Mrs. Fiske is idol—the actress to
Francols, Vicomte de la Tremouille,
whom à famous English eritic, leay¬
Gregonv Kelly
Marquis de Lansac Fuller Mellishing for England after the dedication
Severine Miss Marle Maddern
exereises at the New theatre, re¬
RollinR. W. Tucker
ferred as #that wonderful, wonderful
Prospere Henry Stephenson
woman of yours, Minnte Maddern
Henrl. Holbrook Blinn
Fiske.“
Guillaume R. Owen Meech
To Holbrook Blinn fell some of thef
Scaevola Paul Scardon
Jules Harold Mathewsmost exquisite passages in“ Hannele“
Michetter. Miss Helena Van Brugh
and he read them beautifully. Alice
Flipote Miss Veda. McEvers
John was an admirable Sister Martha,
Leocadie Miss Aliee John
Grasset. „. Sheldon Lewis
Hannele' was preceded by a one¬
LebretRobert Owen
act play by Arthur Schnitzler, Thei
Grain Wilfred Buckland
Green Cockatoo. An amusing enough
The Commissaire T. N. Heffron
story of Paris in 1789 is told in rather
, At the Lyceum theatre last night long-winded fashion, but on the
Mrs. Fiske presented Gerhart Haupt-whole the piece is amusing, It fur¬
brook
mann’s poem-play,“Hannele.“ Near- Inished Edward Mackay, H
ly fifteen years ago this same Haupt- Blinn, Alfred Bückland, Alice John.
mann play had an inadequate produe- Henry Stephenson and Fuller Mellish:
tion here in New York, one year-aften, some excellent äcting opportunities,
its premiere on the continent. Since, of whichtthey availed theinselves well.
that Broadway production, however,
facilities formounting an entertain¬
ment made of suchmdelicate fiber have
improved vastly, and it is needless to
say that Harrison Grey Fiske has
taken ädvantage of every excelieut
facility in admirable fashion.
Into a squalid room in the little
almshouse of a Silesian village, in
the heart of. a terrific storm, aschild
is brought, her body covered with
scars. She is Hannele, the little;
daughter of Mattern, the village bully
and drunkard. Beaten and starved
since her mother’s death a few weeks
before, the girl, after being sent out
into the storm by Mattern, throws
Ih Sermire Mait
S-ange igler