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Died. General Alexei Nikolaevitch Kuropatkin, 76, famed commander of the main Russian army in the Russo-Japanese War, until the disaster of Mukden; at Shemshurino, Russian...
...first play of the four to be given in Boston, the Moscow Art Theatre, the most famous repertory theatre in the world, chose the rambling, pseudochronicle history play of Alexei Tolstoy, "Tsar Fyodor Ivanovitch", as has been its custom in New York and Chicago. The play affords manifold opportunities for spectacle and ensemble work, manifold chances for actors and director. These were more than taken advantage of by players and producers. A more beautifully grouped, paused, acted, and costumed production Boston has seldom seen. This much is plain in spite of the difficulties of a foreign tongue. There are those...
...Tsarina of Madame Pashennaya did not have the plasticity that Madame Tchekhova could have brought to it. The remarkable thing about the Moscow Art Theatre Company is that the minor characters as well as the principals stand out as finely etched character studies. The Golub, Junior, of Alexei Grizunoff, and the garrulous centenarian of Mikhail Tarkhanoff were typically finished minor parts...
...stories, "Alexei's Rifle" has the best plot. A more skilful writer than most of us are could have made it a very striking piece of work. In its present form, however, it is creditable. The narrative drags a little after the shooting, where Ivan's somewhat rhetorical monologue might have been omitted to advantage...