MISS BRUNE'S SUCCESS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 11

MISS BRUNE'S SUCCESS

Nothing could ""better, 'illustrate . the dearth of . first-rate epiotional ■ .actresses from which the .English , etage is suffering at .present, writesian-English'.corres-! •pbndent, than tho iiistantancous ..snecess I of Miss,Tittell,'Brune..'. She made, a "hit".' in • Miss Violet Vanb'mgh's' part in ' "The Woman in>the Case.".; Miss ■yanbrugh' and'.VMr. Arthur ,Bourchier•hai.■;'■ been.called from the. Garrick.Theafcre to. earn princely : ;salaries .at .the Palace;iMusic-,! hull. 1 :,-For., a .moment 'it 'seemed:-.thajl' no' : | actress could;.be found -for. the'dimoult part-.of'.the 'conrteean''drunkard in ithe , . "Woman in tho Case."' Then someone, recalled, Miss ; Brune's success ■• in .tragic parts;in Australia, , and she ..was offered the chance' of following Miss Vanbrugh: The run of "The Woman' in ithe. Case did not continue; long,, but directly •■'.-'it' terminated Miss Brune was called.to another theatre; She "is , to. appear . at the Queen's as,, Mr. H. B. Iryirig's: leading lady.in'"The : St'range Case.ef Dr. Jekyll and rMr'.. Hyde." ..This iadaptation-'• of Stevenson's story , is by Mr. Cpmyns Carr. The love interest .ismucli, stronger, that it'wasiii previous dramatic versions'of the eerie' tale.. .Moreover,' when •"Dγ.■ Jekyll'" has' run 7 its "course,'it :is" rumoured.' that. there are'.fresh opportunities in'.store for. Miss Tittell Brone. ."Hearing that a ; new tragic "actr?s3 had. come .to London, the dramatists with one accord flocked" to see her;:> While' Miss" Brune 'was' , playingClaire Foster, Mr. Benry Arthur. Jones