For some months the minds of people have been exercised as to what " Herod would be like when it saw the light, as it was known that Mr. Tree's next venture was to deal with the lif of the great King of the Jews. Contrary to general expectation the play, now we have it, is in no sense a religious or Biblical one, this ving nearly lived his ist was born and only in Bible history to the extent of having ordered the beheading of John the Baptist and the massacre of the innocents. The main facts which have been worked upon have been culled from the writings of Joseph 3 Mr. Stephen Phillips, the author, has for some years been known as a poet, "Christ in Hades" being perhaps his most important work until about a year ago when he wrote "Paolo and Francesco" for Mr. George Alesander, who still has it in his possession, though he has not yet produced it. "Herod" is his first play to seo the light of the stage and it is a great and undoubted success. There is but one scene, the entrance hall to the Ring's private apartments. It serves for the three acts, but it is so beautiful with its marble pillars, bronze doors, waving palms and every adjunct of luxury that one wants nothing more.
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