II, Theaterstücke 5, Liebelei. Schauspiel in drei Akten, Seite 707

Liebelei
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BRUART 13, 1907.—TWENTT-TWO PAGES.
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NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAT. FE.
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WIIIE IEICHONINC IN TTI EEIENELET ETCEUN THIETTTER.
SCENE FROM TRAGEDY FROM THE GERMAN ACTED LAST NIGHT.
The Reckoning,“ translated from the German, Liebelei,“ was acted for the
first time here in English in the Berkeley Lyceum Theatre. From left to right in
the picturé are Mr. John Dean, Mr. Robert Conness, Miss Phyllis Rankin and Miss
Katherine Grey.
Success for Miss
Grey in Tragedy
——
The Reckoning,“ from the Germanithe reckoning of frivolous love in this play
is the violent death of a man and the re¬
sulting poignant grief of the young woman
Liebelei,“ Makes Deep Impres¬
iwho loves him.
T’ae man has fallen deeply and definltely
sion in Berkeley Lyceum.
in love with this girl. but because of some
previous complication he is challenged to a
duel and killed, leaving the girl to mourn!
in sorrow maddened with Jealousg—for it
The Reckoning,“ a stranslation of Mr.
is fer another woman he has been killed.
Arthur Schnitzler’s three- act play,“Lieb¬
The range of emotion demanded of thei
eler,“ which has been acted here in the
leading character Christine, was fully in¬
dieated br Miss Greg threughout the ear.y
original, was produced in tthe Berkeley
love scenes, which she did with charmilig
Yyceum last night by Mr. Robert Hunter,
ppontaneltr, there get lurked in her man¬
ner and intonation an unconsclons sug¬
with a company headed by Miss Katherine
gestion of danger felt, but not compre¬
Grer.
hended.
The play borders on the problem drama
In tiie second act her playing conveyed
a sense of einotion beld in check; in the
land its author is regarded as one of the
last, except that occasionally she forgot
Ilraders of modern German thought as ex¬
how small a theatre she was acling in and
Ipressed through the medium of the stage.
pitched her voice too high, she was a
woman suddeni swept into the vortex of
In consequence, with the added advantage
aterrible tragedr. a vietlm of fate and at
of an uncommonlg good production, last
its merey. There were several curtain calls
night’s performance was followed with
after this last act. che two final ones being
for Ales Grer
deep interest by an andience of ihe kind
Mr. John Dean as Fritz, che leading
Sthat is attracted by whatever alms to be
man in the story; Mr. Robert Conness, as
more serlous than the average theatrical
his friend; Mr. Albert Bruning as the
attraction. Mr.
instar von Seyfertitz.
wronged husband, whose one brief scene
who had staged Die Liebelei“' when it
was acted with unusual distinction; Mr.
was produced in one of the important:
George Ilenry Trader, as Christine's
Miss Phgllis Ramsin as Mitzl, a
theatres In Germany, had charge of the
father
Tehearsals.
flighig young person, and Miss Sarah
Liebelei“
means frivolons love."The
Me Tiekar, as a meddlesome neighbor of
Reckoning'' mar be accepted as a title
Christine's, dent excellent support to the
that aptiy implles the consequences. For jleading charncter.
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