The great Beruharte is with once inimitable Coquetin. Together they are "all Sorts drawing huge audiences to see their permance of M. Rostand's celebrated "L'aiulon," " play which contains no less than 47 speaking parts and has six acts, all more or less about wings. In Act I the wings sprout, in Act IL they flap, in Act IIT they spread, in Act IV they are wounded, in Act V they are broken, snd in the last Act they are folded. They' play deals with the loves and fortunes and so.rows of tie youn. Due de Reichstadt (rhe Eaglet) in the troublous days which occurred in France in 1830. M. Ros'and has made his hero the son of the great Napoleon, but wichout his brains. Longing for greatness, but, licking the ¢uraze to obtain it; full of Wonderful dreams, but lacking burp: se to carry them out; fascinated by the glamour of his f.ther's memory, but fear. ing tw follow in his footsteps; more ut woman than "man, Such at least, one gathers from Madame Berahardt's ception of the character; whether it capable of other interpretation I cannot say. I should like to see it attempted by actor of the sterner sex and note the difference, but s" few quite young actors have the necessary power for the tragic moments of the play, and wonderful as it may appear, the great Sarah makes up as quite " boy in appearance. She really is marvellous, In the final death scove she is, of course, magnificent. I only know 'o e other woman who cen die as naturally, and that is the little Japanese actress, Soda Yacon, who, by che way, is coming to us again nest week for
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