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erystal and silver, reconnt the manz
good qualities of the child.
Then Gottwald, the Christ of Han¬
nele's dream, raises the child and.to
music such as she has never heard
showst her a dazzling golden path,
between two long lines of singing
angels, and with her hand in his
Hannele starts the ascent toward
Heaven and her mother.
For à monat darkness and then
agaln the dirty room in the alms¬
house. From above there is the noise
of brawling beggars and drunken
pwomen. Sister Martha and Gettwald.
ithe schoolmaster, lean over the bedf
on which Hannele lies. The filthy
coyerlid more####e,wore over (an.
rul breast, but onsthe whlte ae
there is the Joy ore- dreams
„ MI THEATRE. —“ Hannele,“
It is no ensy tastt toseovertne
play by Gerhart Hauptmann, pre¬
footlights in tangible form a poem
ceded by Arthur Schnitzler’s one-act
play, The Green Cockatoo.“
play as dreamlike and mystical as
·HANNELE.“
this of Hauptmann's. No one could
Hannele S Mrs. Fiske
have done it better than Mr. Fiske,
Gottwald Holbrook Blinn
and we are to be congratulated that,
Sister Martha Miss Allce John
with“ Hannele“ in his possession, it
Tulpé Miss Florine Arnold
was made possible for us to see Mrs.
Hedtrig. Miss Mabel Reed
Pleschke Sheldon Lewis
Fiske in the role of the dreaming
Hanke. AR. W. Tucker
child. In voice and mannerism she¬
Seidel Edward Mackay
was suceessful in conveying thechild¬
Berger Paul Scardon
Schmidt P. N. Heffron
ish misery and poetic exaggerated
Dr. Wachler Heury Stephenson
imagination of Hauptmann’s child
Mattern Fuller Mellish
heroine.
Awoman's figure Miss Virginia Kline
Hannele“, is fated to be buffetea
Atall, dark angel. Wilfred Buckland
First angel. Miss Merle Maddern
about by the many, but thé few who
Second angel... Miss Veda MeEvers
like it will wax enthusiastie over 1r.
Third angel Miss Helena Van Brugh
The former are the unthinking
Sister Martha. Miss John
those who could not quite understand
The village tallor.R. Owen Meech
Mr. Barrie's“Peter (Pan.“ The few
·THE GREEN COCKATOO.“
are the students and those whohaye
Emlle. Duc de Cadigan. Edward Mackaythe welfare and advancement ôt our
Francols, Vicomte de Nogeant.
stage at heart; of the latter group
Cyrfl Chadwick
Mrs. Fiske is idol—the actress to
Francols, Vicomte de la Tremoullle,
Gregory KellyWhom a famous English critic, leav¬
ing for England after the dedication
Marquis de Lansac Fuller Mellish
Severine Miss Marle Maddern exereises at the New theatre, re¬
RollihR. W. Tucker lferred as “that wonderful, wonderful
Prospere. Heury Stephenson!woman, of yours, Minnie Mäddery
Henrl. Holbrook Blinn
Fiske.“
Gulllaume R. Owen Meech
Scaevola Paul Scardon
To Holbrook Blinn fell some ofsthe
Jules Harold Mathewsmost exquisite passages in Hannele“
Michette. Miss Helena Van Brugh
and he read them beautifully. Alice
Flipote. Miss Veda MeEvers
John was an admirable Sister Martha.
Leocadie Miss Allee John
Grasset Sheldon Lewis
Hannele'’ was preceded by a one¬
Lebret Robert Owen
act play by Arthur Schnitzler,The
Grain Wilfred Buckland
The Commissaire. T. N. HertronGreen Cockatco An amusing enpüghi
story 5r Paris in 1789 is told imrather
At the Lyceum theatre last night long-winded fashion,—but on the
Mrs. Fiske presented Gerhart Haupt- whole the piece is amtsing. It für¬
mann’s poem-play,Hannele.“ Near- nished Edward Mackay, Holbrook:
Iy fifteen years ago this same Haupt- Blinn, Alfred Buckland, Allce John.
mann play had an inadequate produc- Henry Stephenson and Fuller Mellish
tion here in New Vork, one year after some excellent acting opportunities,
its premiere on the continent. Sine,, of which they availed themselves well.
that Broadway production, howerer,
facilities for mounting an entertain¬
ment made of such delicate fiber have
improved vastly, and it is needless te
say that Harrison Grey Fiske has
taken advantage of every excellent
facility in admirable fashion.
Into a squalid room in the little
almshouse of a Silesian' village, in
the heart of arterrific storm, a child
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