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...chief directors for a number of years, is still a young man. Before coming to Berlin to work with Reinhardt he was a professor of literature in various Polish schools. Several seasons ago he was chosen by the German director to come to America and stage the play of "Sumurun," which he produced so successfully in New York. Last year the opportunity of taking charge of two playhouses in Warsaw was offered him and he stayed for six months in that city, during which time he produced among other plays Bernard Shaw's "Androcles and the Lion." During a brief...
...Dramatic Club has secured as its coach and general director for the spring production, Dr. R. Ordynski, of Berlin and Warsaw, Max Reinhardt's chief aid in the staging of plays on the continent of Europe and elsewhere. Dr. Ordynski had charge of the "Sumurun" production in this country and of the great spectacle, "The Miracle," in London and in the larger cities of Germany...
...step--Sumurun Girl...
...mise en scene of "Sumurun" is of a simplicity that rebukes our habitual elaborate settings, and the oriental atmosphere is reproduced with striking intensity. The actors attain a degree of effectiveness in characterization even of minor parts that is unique on our modern stage. Miss Konstantip excels in the portrayal of the passionate animal spirits of the slave-girl, while Mr. Orlofi, as the hunchback is peculiarly successful in showing his pathetic despair. Though "Sumurun" may invite the banal criticisms of a spasmodically moral censorship, it is the most distinguished play seen in Boston this year, and as an artistic...
...least successful of any of the evening. The characters speak words that attest to their horror, but their aspect conveys no sense of feeling whatever. Mr. Lyding was in manner and appearance admirable as the father; but his contempt for lines was almost epic. He should play in "Sumurun...
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