Excellent Performance by Jewish'
Recreation Club at Lyceum Theatre Jacob Gordon was, the pioneer realist ofthe Yiddish stage, Previous to him, the stage was romantic in a tawdry manner, the plays. being written about an historical. plot, with a view toward giving the artists opportunity to exhibit their specialties. "For instance, Goldfadden wrote "Shulamith" to give Anna Held, who then played in the Yiddish theatre an opportunity to sing sentimental songs, which she did remarkably well. Gordon, however, lived int Toseneque period of European literature. and he utilized the stage as a vehicle bring orthodox Jews more into line with the intellectual currents of the west, "The Yiddish King Lear," is one of his best plays. Even here he dares not forego all the traditions fof the Jewish stage: the servant, is still a clown and singing and dances fits into the drama as exactly us round plug does in a square hole, Since Gordon, the Yiddish stage had become more like the general ust can theatre, but always Yiddish plays are tremendously dramatic, which makes over-acting such u probability.
The performance of the "Yiddish King Lear," at the Lyceum Theatre on Saturday might, by the dramatic the Jewish Recreation Club was notable, then, in the fact. that this dificult, intensely" dramatic, emotional play was. not over-acted except in rare instances, where the temptation wax apparently irresist~ ible. Even professionals have erred direction. Mr. Sipitsky's was a work of art, Hig make-up, his powerful eharacterination, his forceful enunciation of the usually guttural and elided Yiddish, were in a large measure respon: for the success of the performance. Inv. S. Wulf, the comedian, sang and danced traditionally and acted part well, but suffered as all Yiddish comedians suffer from the audiences' demand that act, Never: theless, he was such an improvement over the last performance by the Jewish Recreation Club that he should be commended. It is hard to be u Jewish comedian: the Jews succeed best in tragedy, as it comes more natural to them. The Indien of the east" were unusually good, particularly Mise Pauline Golkmadier, why played the old mother with rave insight and repose. Mixa Zina, Feldman would probably have been a. delightful Taibele, but she had hardly recovered from an illness to play her part and was suffering from a cold and' cracked voice.
'Those who understand the Yiddis' language and who appreciate thy Yiddish theatre will surely eon. gratulate the Jewish Recreation Club on this performance and cannot but express the hope that they will soon produce more modern plays.—G.ES, Baninoo workers in Shanghai buys formed a labour union. These men are some 4,000 strong, 'A. TREE pablic reading-room hax hoc established within the rooms of the International Institute of China.
There ave thus far some 50 news papers ani muguzines, mostly in Chinoce English, a fow in ther Iunguages. These are in part purchased and in part the exehar with the When the hooks in the Library Religious Literature (Library of All. Religions! been properly to throw this, open to the public we well ax th men-bers of the International Institute.
The Institute being situated Avenue Joffre, No. 318, and Avenue douard VII." No. 831. can meet a need for the large population in that. part of port. Thus far the reading-room kus been patronized by the Chivese. "but persons of other nationalities will be equally wele"m-
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