THE D. B. IRVING SEASON.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14294, 4 March 1912, Page 8

THE D. B. IRVING SEASON.

Although a diminished attendance a* "I thc Theatro Royal on Saturday ninht "I might have been expected, iv viev . I the unseasonable weather, a very l arc „ | audience was present when Mr*H \\ W Irving and his company of English ff actors again presented "Hamlet." M r I* Irving's admirable interpretation of the. 1 complex character of the Prince of Donmark held tho close attention of th* audience throughout. To-night "namlet" will bo staged again. Of "Louis X 1.," to be produced at the Theatro Royal on Thursday and Friday, one of tho leading London critics writes:—"Mr H. B. Irving scores - a triumph in the role of Louis XI. Do delights his playgoers with his natural, human, and understandable interpretation. After tho tall, handsomo Hamlet, it is almos{- impossible that tho frail) bent, withered, widened figure which tottered about the stage wns beneath th* masterly make-up, nnd the oxtraordin- , nry simulation, Mr H. B. trying. . Genius controlled tho whole eroatioh. t ' The living ]>ortrait of tho infamous old Al. King was marvellously self-contained. "* It was Louis, and only Louis, who spoko and moved upon tho stage." "Louis XI." will be played for two nights only. On Saturday and Monday, Mc Irving will mako his first- appearance -, jj in "The Lyons Mail." Tho last tno [f nights of the season will bo allotted to ' 'The Bells." Tho plans for the last six nights will bo opened at Milner. and Thompson's to-morrow (Tuesday) morning nt 8 o'clock. A queue will be formed from 7.30 a.m. The date for receiving the essays on "Hamlet" has been extended to " March 9th.