13.
box 44/6
Miscellaneous
SE
Wien, I., Wollzeile Nr.
Telefon 230.
encore leur et
28.
Jan Fabricius, who are also known
abroad. These are regularly played and
Dutch Claim High Degree
deservedly popular.
Leading Figures.
The through renovation of stage
Of Dramatic, Musical Culture
management which has taken place dur¬
ing the last 30 years is due to the late
Dr. Willem Royaards, who has a follow¬
er in Euard Verkade. As actors of great
THE HAGUE, June 27—The repertory the past, Shakespeare's entire work, with
of the Dutch stage relies chiefly for its the exception of his king plays, has merit may be mentioned the late Louis
supplies on the literary products of other been reproduced. Molières popularity is Boumeester, and Royaards; it is not
almost as old as his plays, excellent to hold to assume that they and others
countries, no preference for any parti¬
translations of his comedies being fre¬
as Louis de Vries, Jan Musch and the
cular country being noticeable.
acresses The Mann Boumeester
Owing to a generally intelligent selec- quently given. The public is familia
with all Ibsen's plays and the same thing Boer van Rijk, Else Maus and
tion by the theatrical managers, the
public is conversant with everything of applies to the classic modern like Maeter
Tilly Lus would have achieved inter¬
national reputation if they had been
interest dramatic art produces, either linck and Rostand
It should not be presumed, however
born in a country whose tongue is more
classical or modern. The best plays, in
some cases almost the whole work of that the abundant representation of for¬
widely known than Dutch
modern playrights like Shaw, Piranin literature on the stage excludes
Notwithstanding the considerable
dello, Schnitzler and Guitry, Monar Dutch works like those of Herman progress from an artistic point of view
and we are given. As regards Heyermans, Frederic van Eeden and which the theatre has made in the last
quarter of the century, its material con¬
ditions leave much to be desired, partly
owing to the competition of the cinema
and wirtes, partly on account of the
disproportion between the number of
actors and that of the population an im¬
portant section of which keeps aloof
from the theatre on religious grounds.
Amsterdam alone counts five theatrical
companies for the season, The Hague
one, Rotterdam one, whereas several
traveling companies visit all the
provincial towns, including the smallest.
Efforts to bring about cooperation, also
with a view to improving the unsatisfac¬
lory economic conditions of the artists,
have not ben crowned with success. The
Dutch authorities have only within the
last few years subsidized the theatre
the Amsterdam municipality has granted
a not inconsiderable subsidy and The
Hague has followed suit, conditional to
a minimum number of performances
being given at reduced prices, these per¬
formances genrally drawing crowded
houses. It would seem that in the last
few years the stage has become the ob¬
ject of an increasing public interest.
box 44/6
Miscellaneous
SE
Wien, I., Wollzeile Nr.
Telefon 230.
encore leur et
28.
Jan Fabricius, who are also known
abroad. These are regularly played and
Dutch Claim High Degree
deservedly popular.
Leading Figures.
The through renovation of stage
Of Dramatic, Musical Culture
management which has taken place dur¬
ing the last 30 years is due to the late
Dr. Willem Royaards, who has a follow¬
er in Euard Verkade. As actors of great
THE HAGUE, June 27—The repertory the past, Shakespeare's entire work, with
of the Dutch stage relies chiefly for its the exception of his king plays, has merit may be mentioned the late Louis
supplies on the literary products of other been reproduced. Molières popularity is Boumeester, and Royaards; it is not
almost as old as his plays, excellent to hold to assume that they and others
countries, no preference for any parti¬
translations of his comedies being fre¬
as Louis de Vries, Jan Musch and the
cular country being noticeable.
acresses The Mann Boumeester
Owing to a generally intelligent selec- quently given. The public is familia
with all Ibsen's plays and the same thing Boer van Rijk, Else Maus and
tion by the theatrical managers, the
public is conversant with everything of applies to the classic modern like Maeter
Tilly Lus would have achieved inter¬
national reputation if they had been
interest dramatic art produces, either linck and Rostand
It should not be presumed, however
born in a country whose tongue is more
classical or modern. The best plays, in
some cases almost the whole work of that the abundant representation of for¬
widely known than Dutch
modern playrights like Shaw, Piranin literature on the stage excludes
Notwithstanding the considerable
dello, Schnitzler and Guitry, Monar Dutch works like those of Herman progress from an artistic point of view
and we are given. As regards Heyermans, Frederic van Eeden and which the theatre has made in the last
quarter of the century, its material con¬
ditions leave much to be desired, partly
owing to the competition of the cinema
and wirtes, partly on account of the
disproportion between the number of
actors and that of the population an im¬
portant section of which keeps aloof
from the theatre on religious grounds.
Amsterdam alone counts five theatrical
companies for the season, The Hague
one, Rotterdam one, whereas several
traveling companies visit all the
provincial towns, including the smallest.
Efforts to bring about cooperation, also
with a view to improving the unsatisfac¬
lory economic conditions of the artists,
have not ben crowned with success. The
Dutch authorities have only within the
last few years subsidized the theatre
the Amsterdam municipality has granted
a not inconsiderable subsidy and The
Hague has followed suit, conditional to
a minimum number of performances
being given at reduced prices, these per¬
formances genrally drawing crowded
houses. It would seem that in the last
few years the stage has become the ob¬
ject of an increasing public interest.