"A LIFE'S REVENGE".

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 665, 16 November 1909, Page 6

"A LIFE'S REVENGE".

■;■;'.' .-TjaE.ANDEESON DRiMATIC, CO.' ■'■' -' ■J& J'*to P^ 6 -"- in !i;onr acts, by,-Walter.Howard; ;Casti—•.',':,- -■■■.. ;■- Colonel TumbleofF ...,.., to. OhaTw t£S Walter Howard's' melodrama; "'£ Life's 'Re!. venge/': was played by the'.Anderson Dram&V S'°W 5* "J 6 Opora.Honse last evening, 'It wa£ Bed Bussia atits reddest. There are no half, measures here. Vice; stalks rampant in the gaily-umformednertbn-of Prince'StSgoroff°i whose programme^crime haabUt"one object! the 'breahng - of the "artist ? d ,? H tlle iy TV'S , Ijjw-the. artist as passionatelyjts she loathes the Prince:- OrlofF, a arf .n return for his liberty (and that'of his wife dd son) reveals to-the Prince:that Paul is bne.of h£°J£r S^- W his studio fp the Princes country seat itti SSl*■'Wt^ indignity.' Thw ,eu niinatee. in. a fiercely oreJMtw. eoene..''.iii which. Orloff knonts Paul before the.Pruioe'e .guests, including the-Pria-.eessairi;Panl, English friend, Mamioe.Trevor. Having -oompletod' his ta*,. Orloff, begs for lii« SLi^^ X s ' K>»rty, and havinglecur^ !;it, declares that Paul,'now-free, is his-eoh, to the intonee t ,delight. of the audience. Btere play BhooW end-it, is: ;a climax. - But Hie author-allows, the actaon to go'.rambling "on : The next, scene shows the Prino&ss a prisoner ■without/explaonag why.-andvtelle of.a ■■''rising ■?i'" -•jS? rfs, *- w ?? set'fire to-.the .Palace, in the middle of Which' Paul rescues the Princess and.th6.Prince-'m shot Tchikt attempting to escape. : The.' eoene- ends with -all the-'go«>d' people.declaring their intention of ; leaving for England-th'e'.'land of Uw drama is a .acarJet woman, answering to' the name of the' Bed Angel,-who-is;always urging : to;love heror killsomeoner-sheis nS particular ;which. -.The Bed Angel' is' really ; : a : termagant of a particularly gross type, who ie in her .'element'; when maligning innocence in very unladylike.,ternwY In. the 'course play she fights a d\iel;with Princess Vand-i and.gets the werst of-it, : '. ■•;.•."..' .'• ; ','■: '■'■■•■;'■■• Mr. Vivian Edwards hurls forth the. lines of i Paul sturdily, aad his appearance is attractive;.bat there is ; .aa absence' ofV warmth and feeling.inhislovo-Biaking. . Mr. Herbert Linden inaqe Strogoroif a highly- picturesqus person,, whose duty it is.to keep the excite' ment at« .boiling-pitch' '.with.' his various villainies.- - He- is seldom off the: stage,' and wheri he is on he fills in' time with a pretty r plaj'of invective,; which becomes- tedious' towardu the end." The Orloff. of Mr. John de wast a, dolorous person; . ; He rose' , to .the howeveri when' it'' came !at' the anti-climai, 1 making the best ."enrtain" of the play. ,The Nicholas. Bobolinskiolf of Mr.. Edwin :.Cainp-; bell was quite a laughable! bit; of. ridiculouii comedy. Miss; May Granville floated flambuoyantly : thrpughi the play : -as-'. the: : "Bed Angel." Marcia "Vittoria and Miss "Kate Gair had ;all" the refinement'and nice" looks that .a good princess should liave. : The''duel-between the' two' ladies ' 'was • fought-, with : ."fine' !spirit'. and no 'little" skill'■ with.-the''-foilsV".'Mr;-Sew , -'': art'. Girner! was:. well-suited as'.. Maurice' . Tr'e-.-vor,' and : Frank Beis and Miss' Dulcie'.' Hall as a cbupls of.-iiiippssible. tourists; con-i tributed to the fun..' : .The'scenery was gbod: in patches,! thei pala.ee' gardens!.and . the ! in-: terior of ,the;palac« being.- the; best sets.': The fire . scena '.was,' • however, ' quite un'convinoihg; On' Friday ...and. Saturday ieit the .company, will' appear in the.melodriima.i'JMan' to' Man.".