II, Theaterstücke 4, (Anatol, 8), Anatol, Seite 263

sen beachten
Telephon 12.801.

BSERVE
I. österr. behördl. konz. Unternehmen für
Zeitungsausschnitte
Wien, I., Konkordiaplatz 4.
Vertretungen
in Berlin, Basel, Budapest, Chicago, Cleveland, Christiania,
Genf, Kopenhagen, London, Madrid, Mailand, Minneapolis,
New-York, Paris, Rom, San Francisco, Stockholm, St. Peters¬
burg, Toronto.
(Quellenangabe ohne Gewähr).
Ausschnitt aus: The Morning Post, London
-
vom
Loitus loppe, and in imitate, among others.
Miss Maud Allan.
THE PAL
For some reason, no doubt its popularity, "A Farewell
Supper was not replaced last week, as at first arranged,
by any other of the "Anatol dialogues. Monday
however, did see a change of bill, in favour of A We¬
ding Morning." "An Episode," which was to have been
given last week, will now, one understands, not be given
at all. It is, and it is not, to be regretted. It would not,
perhaps, have played as well as it reads, but it is valuable
to the series as a whole in that it shows the very best side
that Anatols philandering can boast. That is the worst
of these dialogues. They are complementary in so real a
sense that your appréciation of any one of them largely
depends on your knowledge of the others. It might almost
be said, indeed, that your appréciation cannot be complete
unless you have first a knowledge of them all. Each
seems, it is true, to be self-contained enough, but until
you know every side of the heros nature there are many
touches that you are bound to miss. What a pity it seems
that Mr. Granville Barker could not have taken, say,
the Little Theatre, and given the whole seven every
vening. That would have been a delightful enter¬
inment, atoning by its wit and other graces
or whatever it might, as a whole, have lacked
ramatically. Still, one can at least be graeful for
what he has actually done, and for the introduction to
hat, had be done nothing, one would very probably not
ave come across. What, though, of A Wedding
Morning? Well, the wedding is Anatol's own. Strange
but true, the butterfly has at last got caught caught, but
scarcely, in this instance, captivated. And the night
before it suddenly occurred to him that he would never
be a gay bacholor again. So off he went, of course, to
the ball at the Operato have his last fling. The end of
it is that when Max calls to take him to the church he
finds the incorrigible still in his smoking jacket, and
Lona (oh, dear, a different girl again) sleeping off
the effects of the dance on his sota. Lona is an old
acquaintance, delighted to see him so delighted, in fact,
that has had neither the heart or the courage to
tell her that it is his wedding day. Sooner or later, of
jourse, he has to tell her, with the result that she has
mysteries and wrecks his room. That is all, except that
when he finally leaves Max has to stay behind to see that
he does not follow and make a scène. To appreciate this
ramatically, of course, you must have speaking sympathy
or the hero (as if you know him thoroughly, you do),
otherwise all the anxiety that Lona causes him inevitably
caves you rather cold. But there is, in any case, plenty
physical action" in the incident, and it
proved at least as effective as either of its predecessors.
was capitally played better, one think, than either of
the others and, except that the size of the house seems
to lead all concerned to force their points, the perform¬
ince could not easily have been bettered. It caused much
laughter, Mr. Barker himself, Miss Alice Crawford, and
Mr. Niger Playfair sparing the honours. Another ne¬
it is just a Minute, a trife by John
Raphael, which Introduces Madame Louise Balthy. T:
theme is very slight, nothing more, in fact, than an in
view between an actress and an impresario. It allo¬
M. Henri Leon, however, to sing one or two son vi¬
much cultivation and arm, and Madame Balthy not on
to sing but to wear several dresses, to mimic, and
entertain generally even to display a harem ski¬
The dieses imitation of Madame Bernhardt had, in spi¬
of its violently contrasted asides, almost some of
beauty of the original, and the wonderful self-assert
of her humour (of which the quality is delightfu
gamin, secured her many calls and the warmest recepti
Miss Maud Allan and Henry VIII." on the bioscopo
only two of many other outstanding turns, and the ho¬
needless to add, was as crowded as usual.

lu
4.9. Ana¬
-
de 12.

„OBSERVER
1. Betr. behördl. konz. Unternehmen für Zeitungs-Asschatte
Wien, I., Concordiaplatz 4.
Vortretungen
in Berlin, Basel, Budapest, Calcago, Cleveland, Christiania
Genf, Kopenhagen, London, Madrid, Mailand, Minneapolta,
New-York, Paris, Rom, San Francisco, Stockholm, St. Peters¬
burg, Toronto.
de des den
Ausschnitt aus:
S
Observer, London
vom
nas chosen
resident Miss Ellen Terry and
for its honorary secretary her daughter, Miss
Edith Craig. It will start operations some
time in April with a triple bill.
Miss Lillah Marthy will very shortly
enter into management at the Little Theatre,
which house has become available owing to
Miss Kingston's ill-health. Mies McCarthy,
who starts her season next Saturday, has
chosen as he opening programme a series of
five of the cleverly-amusing dialogues of
Arthur Schnitzler, with three of whien, Ask
No questions and You'll Hear No Stories,
The Farewell Supper, and "The Wed¬
ding Morn. Mr. Granville Barker has just
fulfilled a very successful engagement at the
Palace. In the five to be presented at the
Little Theatre Mr. Barker will, as at the
Palace, be seen as Anatol, the gay young
Viennes bacher, whose attachments land him
such delightful predicaments, while Mis¬
Marthy will play in "The Farewell Supper
and others. The "Anatol series will be
given for a fortnight only, the first play pro¬
duction of the season having been fixed for
Saturday, 25th instant.
box 8/7