Two productions of special interest have appeared on the boards this week. One i Kennedy's adaptation of Than ly's "Tess of the D' on at the Comedy Th Parker and Oxilvie's prose version Edmond Bergerac " in Waller plays the has dis "ess," which Mrs, Ristaud's "Cyrano—de
appointed "the adm Hardy's heroine, ers remarkable novel, and will certainly not convert those rather numerous readers who conceived a strong dislike to the novel. The disagreeable fea ures of the novel seem to be accentuated in the ply. while the pastoral fragrance" of the story, as Hardy told it is lost. "Cyrano de Bergerae" in its English form is, on the whole, a fine play, though of course it leses much by conversion from from prose into poetry. Mr. Charles Wyndham did a bold thing in challenging comparison with M. Coquelin in one of his greatest parts; but, although his conception of the character is in some respects xy different from that of the great French actor, it isin its way a very fine performance.
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