II, Theaterstücke 5, Liebelei. Schauspiel in drei Akten, Seite 701

5. Liebelei
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KATHERINE GREY AND PHYLLIS RANKIN
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BEEREEEY ETCEVM. mehin
dences now and then that the playerssin
Odd German Drama Is Viv¬
were not in kull svripathy wi
the
characters. Escept for Miss Gres who
a1
idly Acted—Strong from
Impersonated Christine Wehring, the de¬
Eweg girl, the best work in the play's

behalf was performed by the stage Al¬
Un-American Standpoint.
rector, Gustar Von Seyfferlitz, for the
effect produced was most lifelike and
natural.
Miss Grey touched a deeper note of
As Is often the case, a play qufte un¬
sinserity, exhibited a more intense and
sustained emotional force and acted
usual in the acting, as well as in the¬
with more polished technique as Chris¬
writing, was produced last night and
tine Wehring than most observers of her
past work have thonght that she pos¬
few people were on hand to witness it,
sessed. All her lighter moeds were ad¬
although many eiher less interesting
mirahle. She indieated elcarly not only
events were patronized by huge hol day
the pirl’s lack of knowledge of men,
but the intensity of her üirst affection
crowds. An audience that only half
with its shadows ot douht and distrust.
fills the Berkeier Lyeeum Theatre
4
ie hysteria of the awakening from
must be callei only a handful, and that
her deirsion was bullt un by degrees to
is all that saw ihe English produst.o
a powerful etotional ellmax. The de¬
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of Arthur Schnitzler s German drana,
Tect througbout was the actress’s inabil¬
The Reckoning.“ with Mies Katherine
lty to imbal warmth tothe character.
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Grey in the leading role.
As her volltile and indifferent com¬
dec
The small gathenng, however, wils
Sion. Mitz. Miss Phyllis Rankin
STATF ZAUR
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seted with much less positiveness and
deepiv moved by the play, although it
CeNDeToR r He PIPT3BUReI
anc
would not be correet to say that it de¬
naturalness. The masculine # les were
ORCEESTRA
rived much real piensure from the pro¬
all finely played. John Dean. as the
eredlings, which ger# t#0 close 10 lite 15
leffending vonth. Sommer, was happy in
be comfortable and t00 ugly in their
emphasizin#the Juveniie weakness of!
the character.
outcome to Ze agresable. The Story
inereasing to something more substan¬
George Henry Trader, as Ohrtetien“
was one of the m.
tragedles of ihe,
tial, but it has been greatly magnitied,
father, an old musteian, plaged the role
ess impressive because it dean¬
Dv tn #
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with the small
1 SallaI: ped“
with touches of pathetie paternal ten¬
iguren Nusband und killed. Then, Whe¬.
pie.
derness. There was fine dignitg and re¬
tle girl learns the secondarv place sh,
Its burden was the force with which
pressed feeling in Albert Bruning’s por¬
chas beid in his heart, and how other:
trifling with the inffections falls upon
traval of the offended husband. Robert
regard her relationshiv. she gives war
the woman. Fritz Sommers, the
Conness as Theodore Kaiser, the com¬
Telent despair and kills herseif.
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Vienese student, is not intended by the
It Would scem thmt a Storr so slighiten
panion of the offending youth, acted a
—.
anthor to be g cad, although he ap¬
essential details would need less than
role cast in the same mould and acted it
prars to be such in thie translation cf
tree acts in the portrayal. Indeed, the!
well.
che play.
From the German viewpoint
essential events are restriefed to #
he gives way
gouthful wenkness,
ürst half of the first act and the last
Twrentz Below iu the Adiron¬
racher than to base motives and pays
half of che last. But so clever is tho
dacks.
the pertälty—but reparation which he
German dramatist in sketching minar
(Special t0 The World.)
makes at the cost lof his life is #he
ineidents and so ant is bis dialogun
lesser part of his debt.
SARANAAC LAKE, N. V., Fen
that interest endures even when the ac.
This Fouth has involvevd himself in
tion does not progress.
A rather lose! Tiie mereury has been 20
an äffair with a married woman and
analvsis of the feelings and emotions of
meanwhile has amused himself by play¬
throughout the Adiror
the heroine is the result.
ing with a zirl’s affections. Ths nass¬
Erertehiee
last twenty-four
#eerdegeli, che play wa¬
#ug attachment 0
bis part 's grschallv###emg amm #ng#eh #unno wann anf. 1 st to-night
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