THE THEATRE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 526, 5 June 1909, Page 9

THE THEATRE.

"Tho world's a theatre, the.earth a stage-."— Hoywood. <1!y Sylyios.) Plays to be Seon. rights of . "Henri, of Navarre," which has recently scored a success at the New Theatre, Louden, havo been acquired by Ji Oi Williamson. . Tho play treats of tho fortunes of Henri of Navarre end Margarite ue Vale-is which hear but the old adage concerning the path j>l true love. The marriage is sanctioned b.T King Charles IX, wb.Oj a*, the. instigation. W the Duo tie Guise and Qat>hen]ie.de Medicij wishes to lure Navarre to.Paris in order W have him slain with ijbp Huguenots: How--ever, after many exciting Situations and inisunderetan4iug9 between Henri, and Marguerite, the play eiida in a eesiutete reconciliatioili and Henri is saved from , being mas-Baoi-ed by ilia wifej whe devises a elevcr l#lo TU-3O to that end. In tiie. Lenfloii productieii Fred Terry and Julia NeiJsoit play, ti>e leadIng rQioB, and Wuded.iii Me cast hre , Mr: Cartoi , Edwarfles, Mi", IlOTaee Ho.dgeSj juid Mr. A. R. Anßori, all well kiwwn lilAustra; lla. Honr! of" Nnvarre id ft dharaeter that shpuM fit Mr. Julius Knfel!.| td.'o hlBeW,. " i:b wafl announced, ill Australia a fbrtnignii tvgq thai on oabled attriee. ffenl tlielj . New ■York :■ representative,, tiie J. G. Williamson mnnagpmeni) purdiaseil '''flie CSlmaxj" Hid lafcwA Broadway tipatrieSl feuseesSi Fienl Hie. tltlo tho itatiiral asourept-ioil Vrstl that a blaj mill ft strong tlvam&to doneuepait l>ea Beeii soottred. A dc-nrell OJ the ■ Atoneart files, howoYst , , lftts" btought to light ft leljkry pdraj erapli 111 «ia Nmv York "JfornJiia 'lyegfepn" Btftting t3iai> Miss Leona Wateeil had bppil eii= gagetl for tho prima deiuia fole of AaaHna ; von Hagcn in a piece of Hie Mtaojvatne. This I bit of evidence points to "Hie Ulimßx" be , - ng a musical production, Biul, kqitkhbll.y, to rather ft h\irr«rons ■ eitHakoti ha ty euioomo of buying "a pig in a pokfl." "An Enslishfflan'a Hcir.o," : Biifepeaii ffMeli feerite the reflßpiign -''Aif ffingUgiifoan'B 3|eme i! In Berlin, ge io sliov. , few w thoed \rlio reDreßeivi the.'iVutell M hanljefijig U bej fct"tli9 Mireafe.ef liie'Umiek helglftearY 'Die jilay Kk pradtieesl in fUraaliy feiids Witk-to livading. feree - ill tf.iumpliant lisesessleH .6f fcown'B Vilk. .thd insafi# 6utrJF bi the V!e= serious voluafeeM 18, ftintei... S'rtin.bM' :o-flnlall'the national and WIHUrY rf ifl flattered'to the top bf-ltj) bent; .Xfe6 IliS Beflill eerresD.oridenfc fit tli« Laadpn "DaUy Mail" \Yifes"(April 14, .1609) M'Aft ;hd Seaeud fees (the Mi 111 Wliiell the m!li= taiy fidinpeteneV of the ilivailsre ■id rji§al fetrerigiy Uisisteu on) pregresseili the iieispa, .pruielpftily from the upper fceefceae." rf tha iheati'e, DBeaine Inudci'j nnd t fit ISst br.efei out ill ft sustained chorus 6f Vi!|S«ns Hoeliig; . , . The invaders' Vlek?Jf, like thd hi= effleleaey of tho Singllfill Bsldsersj.Was grelted , witliifohie kughfer, ,, f lli* iC&iEBf, .. tfM, iike nil geriiUßeS, has Hashes efc Gemfeoll sgnß* now Rnd then, summed Mi,' o '' ™ 9 beneiStof the "fleirccn .Courlel , ," th§ reaSsa why German ttiidlenbeS had, been. Bβ hi.bnlIt, "reputed" V au.Me«ner , Bavamft6fltt)= laws:—''tt ; \rrj3," ho said,•''ul hi) wnj'gno'd far the relations of hation§ iqi' then} td he breushf" into pelitel Gppatrfiert to feacll etlier 6H the , stage. 'An Bnglishman's Heme , was B'i)let9 Written for ft tgrteln Kreui) oi En'glißlimfirt. Oenßeaupiitl.y. It was •itnßeisiWe irt '(iermanv to hdmirfl the pky, and in Berlin it met With & rebuff." A 6urS lino may be wit an, to • the eontitnents ef ft Llrf,Bc-etien : ortiny redern Enropean nittien towerdfl R rival lintiou by the \yny It 1* ■oelVoi (illusions 'disparaging of ■otherwise' to that rival on the Btago.. '(he-Mo* that ever tlio German who visile tho plajfhoiifie (that 'Id" to Bay, tho tnoet-eituberalit Isett otder» man) doesn't ivnnfc to bo glorlfiod at; the es» honso oi tho Kriton.Of to gloat at the Bpeoj :lacle of the KflUnr'iT array dmvnln« that oj Edward Vll.i is ftpewoiluMhdleatiou that the nation nfc lame vlowe nhy idea of' lijvap ina tho United Kingdom and tenrlng ■it td plfeOflfl witli'abhorronoa, not to • any contempt. list First Appaarance, 'fliia ifl hew Maggie Meere deseiibos her tot fttteinirt to -go. oil the fetegs i=r=''.'i'bpy.e wad- nil advertisement, 'Wantedi li Bijiguig .i'ail'yi l Of eourse, :evßry- rnethei , tbliiks tbai-W own daughter!) lire slnglhg iaines, and as I had an elder' Bietef oil tlie &t&ge> my mother Bent me dowa td the theatre'ld | ailswef the advertisement. '■- ')Yhat tell you aing? 1 the inanaiof afllsed. 'Just ? De» {are the Uattlo, Mother,' 1 answered. 'Sing it, , he said. Bo 1 sailg it itt one key while a violin played the nGpompattlmeiiß in another, and it tlid hot appoa* te lin--pro3S him greatly. 'You go home, and wait,' ho Said, 'and if wo Want you we , ! Send for you. 1 went homo, and waited for a yoarj but thoy didn't eeom to Vrairt me, Shortly afterwards, I appeared at a bonolit given to-my'sister, who was■ about to marry, arid leavo the Btngo. l-sang-two songe, 'Xos/r-Wottld tho War \Vore Ovor,' and 'Llmonok Rnoos. 1 'Both took and tho Management aeltod, 'Would You liko to Ro on tho Btago f' I was practical, ovon in tho hour ol triumph, and oaid, 'What wages will I gotf" 'Six dollars ft ■wools,' thoy said, rooklcssly., Bo I Wont on, and vory Boon after was playing httlo Mary Morgan, ia "I'on Nights in a Batroom. 1 was thon 11 years of ago. Notes. '.- . . Miss Maggie Mooro, and Mr. Harry Boborts. aro apponring in "Btruck Oil, -J*i tho ilolbourne I'hcatro ltoyal, undor the Meynell-Uunn-Olarko manngoment, It 18 'about timo thia down-at-tlto-liool old play was "struck off," and Miss Muo;o has long passed tho timo when eho can hopo to simulate the daughter of Harry Itoborts, no matter what the character may _ . On tho conclusion of their season in Mel' bourne, Maggio Moore, H. K. ■ Roberts, and company, go to Sydney to prouueo rho Fatal .Wedding," at the' Critenon, r under :tho management of. Rupert Clarke, Moynell, ,;and Gunn. ■; . ' : ■'_, ' Miss Alma, Barber, who will be rememborod in "The Oingaleo" and "Tho Orchid,' is 'about to leavo Australia for London. '■ William Collier, who paid a flying visit to Australia under the J. C. 'Williamson management two years ago, has gone to London to play "The Patriot," a New York success, under engagement to Charles Frohman. That ■ manager cabled him recently to send tho script of .the play on ahead, to which Collier cabled back, "Never was a script. This is said to be largely a fact, as most of the 'lines- were talked over,, and the actors wrote them down as they were decided upon, so that tho original of the play practically ceased to, exist.. ; .' ' The J. C. Williamson management has received advice- of the success of an Australian actress, named. Katherine Kaelred, in the New York production of "A Fool ihero Was." The New York "Evening Mail" critic writes of her performance that it was "the surprise, tho triumph of the evening, and I can think of no other aetress-?and that includes 'Nazimova, Marlowe, Nethersole, and Anglin—who could play the woman as , well. Sho makes her impersonation as insidious as absinthe, as thrilling as electricity. _ Tall, lithe, with a voice that cajoles even while the manner menaces, Miss.Kaelred made a vivid ' impression, and we see no reason why" she should not enter the lists of our prominent stars." Tho actress is none other than Miss Elbert Orton, recently with tho Julius Knight Company, nnd originally from America. Surely'not! . Thoro is a very realistic effect in "AnEng- . lishman's Home" Which probably reminds members of the audience who have seen nc- \ tivo service of the days nnd nights spent > among tho missiles of death which fly about I during the period of campaign, and which . makes tho uninitiated in the horrors of war instinctively slmnk back in dread. It is the sound which denotes the passage of a shell through tho air, bound on its deadly mission of destruction. At first the dull boom of the 1 cannon and then tho shriok, and lastly tho 1 (lash of fire and the mass of debris and smoking ruin. '■'"'■ Wo learn.that-there is a likelihood of Mr. Potor Dawson joining tho company that will • support' Miss "Amy-Castles during hor forthcoming tour through Australia and New I Zealand. This well-known basso ranks with i Watkin'Mills'on Bri'ish concert platforms, i and even in Australasia his voice is not un- . known, a rc3nlt duo to tho dema-nds made , on him by gnussphone igcuit*-

The China, \vhicii was'timed to arrive in Melbourne on Monday last, will have on

board Miss Dorothy L'ourt, Miss Lottie Sargent, and Mr, Frank Gieene, ell under engagement lo J, 0. Williamson for the leading roles in "The King of Cadonfa," MJse Court has been east for prima donna. Miss Sargent for tho comodicimo, and Mr. breeno will fill tho rolo of La3hki, at present being played by Mr. Reginald Kenneth in tho London production of tho musical comedy. A now musical director will also arrivo in tho person of Mr. Fitzhart.

Next year's pantomime under tho J. C, Williamson direction will bo "Aladdin," for which Mr. J. Hickory Wood has been commissioned to write a epccial book—and has, indeed, so far completed his task that the M.S. will, so Mr. Malono cables, ho on tho water in a week or two. Tho author of ."Mother Goose." "Humpty-Dumpty," and "Jack and Jill may certainly bo trusted to turn out something far abovo tho ordinary in comedy and story. me itoyal Oomic Upera tympany will continue its record-demolishing tour .by appearing in "The Merry Widow" at Nc<v Plymouth on Monday evening, Stratford on Tuesday, - and Hawera on Wednesday. On Thursday the company will pass through Wellington en route to Christchtirch.