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Hannele, a play br Mr. Ger¬
hart Hauptmann.
Emile, Duc de Cadignan,
Mr. Edward Mackay
Francois, Vicomte de Nogeant,
Mr. Cyril Chadwick
François, Vicomte de la Tremouille,
Mr. Gregory Kelly
Marquis de Lansac Mr. Fuller Mellish
Severine. Miss Merle Maddern
Rollin. Mr. R. WV. Tücker
Prospere Mr. Heury Stephenson
Henri Mr. Holbrook Blinn
Guillaume. Mr. R. Owen Meech
Scaevola Mr. Paul Scarden
Jules Mr. Harold Matthews
Michette Miss Helena Van Brugh
Flipote. Miss Veda MeEvers
Leocadie. Miss Allee John
Grasset. Mr. Sheldon Lewis
Lebret. Mr. Robert Owen
Grain Mr. Wilfred Buckland
The Commissaire.. Mr. T. N. Heffron
HANNELE.
Hannele Mrs. Fiske
Gottwald Mr. Holbrook Blinn
Sister Martha. Miss Allee John
Tulpe. Miss Florine Arnold
Hedwig. Miss Mabel Reed
Pleschke Mr. Sheldon Lewis
Hanke. Mr. R. W. Tucker
Seidel Mr. Edward Mäckay
Berger. Mr. Paul Scardon
Schmidt Mr. T. N. Heffron
Dr. Wachler. Mr. Henry Stephenson
Mattern Mr. Fuller Mellis
A Woman’s Figure Miss Virginla Kline
A Tall. Dark Angel. Mr. Wilfred Bückland
First Angel. Miss Merle Mäddern
Seçond Angel. Miss Veda Memfers
Third Angel. Miss Helena Van Brügli
Sister Martha. Mi John
The Village Tailor Mr. R. Owen Maech
Gottwald. M B
Pleschke Mr. Lewis
Hanke Mr. Tucker
Seidel Mr. Macksy.
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A Stranger. Mr. Bln
To the Theatrical Profession:—The
HERALD’S accounts of #first nights' are
invariably cabled to Paris for publication
onthe folloicing das in ihe European
jedition.
No stranger dramatic combination can
well be imagined than the two plays that
were grouped in one bill at the Lyceum
Theatre last night. It was thé beginning
of the third week of Mrs. Fiske’s en¬
gagement, and the plays offered were Mr.
Arthur Schnftzler’s “grotesquerle' called
The Green G###atoo,“ translated by
Messrs. Phillp L.,ttell and George Rublee,
followed by Mr. Gerhaft Hauptmann’s
"dream poem“ Hannele,“ adapted into
English by Miss Mary J. Safford and Mr.
Percy MacKaye.
Both plays have been sgen here before,
and both are well worth seeing, though in
this combination they scarcely add to each
other’s effectiveness. But both were ex;
cellently acted, and credit is due Mrs:
Fiske for seeking unusual stage works and.
giving them adequate performance.
In The Green Cockatoo“ Mrs. Fisken
does not appear at all. It is a one acth
play, full of stirring action and presenting
fine opportunity for individual episodes
and for an effective final mob scene. Mr.
Holbrook Blinn was capital as a mummer
who is stirred to kill the betrayer of his
wife and Miss Allce John was charmingly
picturesque as the wife.
Mr. Edward Mackay was good in thel
Tröle of the betrayer, and Mr. Henry
Stephenson was a smug keeper of an odd
Paris cabaret. The smaller parts, of which
there are many, were most adequately
filled, and the one thing needed was a bit
more speed in the action, which will doubt¬
less come with further performances.
In" Hannele“ Mrs. Fiske played the title
röle with the sincerlty that marks all her
work. She refrained from over acting, and
by volce effectively simulated a child’s
plaints, fears and delirium. She found
excellent support in Mr. Blinn’s portrayal
of the simple schoolmaster and in Miss
Alice John’s acting of the deaconess.
Mr. Fuller Melish, as the stepfather, was
dramatie, and the many other röles were
all acted wäth spirit. The various dream
visions were convincingly set forth and the
play seemed to impress the audience, par¬

Iticularly at the close. This was scarcely
so at the beginning, as the overture was
Vinterrupted by the applause of impatient
ones who wished the curtain to rise and
seemed to have had enough of music. The
latter was specially composed for this
play by Mr. Max Marshalk.