"THE MIRACLE."

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2003, 10 March 1914, Page 6

"THE MIRACLE."

.For tiho .past threq or ftur -.yoars■-■tiiQ' Cofttteental -papffls 'hiiyo ' rtaig with: , :prai-so far tho art as' a -stage : ptoidflcei' <tf Sl.ax .Heinha-i'dt, tlio @efmaii goilniSj who, with ihts broad grasp of- tlio offiec fch'fe ml tsK> s|agft, lias swept convention to OHfj side utol estali-lislffitJ, HieW ideas and ideals :in tlffiatriciil predsifctiau. Jteittfcardti featoo Jiotaidy to tile front in Berlin abtMt lofir $citts ago., when Jjo proctuceij tlw m.ysiie Jfegendary ■play witltout Words in Berlin,' 'fliafc ■gjceat .pfoduotipii created 4 profoiiiid seiisatipiij aii'd ivlien it vfffs .Suljscqnoi.itv. ly produced iat Olympis in Iyonclon tho effect W : as no jess , l'ttinariablo, iW:Vaj)(/ tliO way -fur still aiiatlwif pWduction 'Oi tllc.ptej' at t;fie€-ciVc)if'.G:!rrd.en. Tlrestro* fiiicli Was -tjto igtojivoßr and, rieligiout charfti of tin's slirffeiiig .and ajbeit {fj> teisety human f lay t'Mt it «-as played tliroUghoitt Aiufsic.ifia two years ago by jip less a jißrsofiag© than Sara JEteni* iiardt, WiUii great g-ucfiess,. It '■ waa tlitsofero "ivitit no sniflll measui?6 of jh-tc-rest that the :pict,iu-eci r<;prescn"tftt}au; .(■iiitrcidiißeii ttftdcj ,aft aWangftropnt witlj Mr. BeatnncM'it -'Snuifh) by .ti'io- assemblago wlliich 'fillc'l wefi? seat in tho King's 'Theatre test

, "iilo Mivacfe" is a legend of groat ' wander, ancHtie iftmtiier in wlijcirit is ' -.ctepietcd is singjijarly impressive* la ' iii represents' -with av wealth dE detail tilio caadigu .puitislujicirt tlioit in- : erite% Mlbws tho'siu'df hr.ok.ojj vtiws ■and tiW dfyiilo ■forgiveness tli.at 6ti(S . .eeeds repiJiitttiicßv .Last fiveiiing the, ■ pictij-rD wa;s iwecftctod. by -a piffllpguo.'i.i!. . tJib i'or'm of :n liWcoSsioil ti'l jnCßts- a'iid' ' amis through t.lio dim l-eKgious light of a caltjcdial jntcrio*, a.n 1 which prepijred the for the Spirit of the :pietivj.o • itself, "The. ' Miracles" itself .is a drama, Kh&. action ', of whieh , Js-easily Mloffed. On t'lO ; ' ftarits :o.f the tehjno a nnniiery fttoed for tlie possa&sioii c£E» woijdpriul aeage of We Madoniirv an<9 GluW.. '■ .keys of the saWd.. oilifcis' ate liandnd "■ over to Sister Sfegr'Uite, 4- n-twi *i% ■ tho blood of yanth : sttH lin'Sjilxtaea Uy ' cloistered Kfe. ' §h? Is diiiwjjig 1 ■ wifcli a t»uDB of meJtj qlwiilren aa |to : Chapal of tlio jjadottna, and as * p» ' islfljioiit Is .otcie-red h> , Mm .Abbpss t,o: epomd the. iiigiit ateivp in 'll.iQ Dnrijiß tlio fli'gltt she 'tors, a teio'eM.iig .: at tlio door, jjuti camwt opdii the dpaft tlroiiftlt dcsiMifs of dofjig spi 4s a. kst fosourciG Sim Wneniiißts itet ftij i»o:sBOssiion. of tlio holy tmbp Wjii'b.les piie. : to griiiifj' cVery *JsU, iind... .sllo snaiclifiSit from tltf! <o:f ttifc MaSoima, oijly to fi:ii.d H vmiish into flvift air, M ■tlie same nMnnfent tlio itoorsr opciii anil <lkcloau a RKllsiJ.t. kmßlit:, iii iirnj'onr •cltdi stretelitag. ;ye; , irjiujg' , i)i-rjns towards Uef.. So is a.WqiiipiiiHfiil )ij s a joeiiiid ; minstrel re.p.fesaifetiyo *)f tlitt Evil One, ■ wk> *rt(»fis tfwni tdgotlwr, : ?.#.Bnaily : SfeßaSs is. borne w-vfrty by Sliti k-.niglit. Dii her departiirc ,the Jfa<]flnn.a.,.-» ivleijt. ■niWl figuvc, eonics to ji.fcs a:n:d i« sublime piy for tlw feailtyiif tlia , ci'fiap; .fyisteh talws lifli* p'lacti -among ; tho inuiSi w'.ho doe]ily dejjlo.ro. : tl.Ve d.iiirniipftritititep of tlieir be'lps'pd ;.jina£()i" ■ iicßvHtisv out; in. tlio w-otIcI;, 4s. b.csgt ■ by various .ivorfi's.'a.iwr.SiTn.ll.vJiccbntcg flit ftijtcaat, In the (faßi-hs of Jier -despair '. sins .fads te 'way liack to ttc -er/rivcisi. ' knowins of Iw'r ftbim.te> m» ; ivsslHiite lier pVaofl as flic- -'Nttfiip. fit* ' , dorijs optsii. and tlfe pro'lipril to pi-oAt-ißito licrself at the .fcfcfc df tlir ni"*tciiwji,. - ■

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