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Identifier: ArenaMagazine-Volume40 (find matches)
Title: Arena magazine - Volume 40
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: B.O. Flower (ed.)
Subjects: Progressivism -- United States liberalism reformism social reform Christian Socialism Gay 90s political commentary Benjamin Orange Flower Progressive era social gospel
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y directfrom St. Petersburg. This turned outan unfortunate venture. A book couldbe written about the strange adventuresencountered in America by this company*Madame Komisarzevsky holds high rankin the Russian dramatic world; she ownsa theater at the capital and her enterpriseand independence have made her a greatpopular favorite. She rented the famousDalys Theater on Broadway at her ownexpense and presented her repertoireof modern plays by Ostrovsky, Ibsen,Sudermann, Gorki and others. Not onlydid she show herself to be an artist ofunusual ability but her impersonation ofwidely differentiated characters was arevelation in this land of one-part actorsand underdone stars. Her companywas a thoroughly trained one, Mr.Bravich, her leading man, being anexceptionally gifted and sincere actor. And yet the reception accorded Mad-ame Komisarzevsky—a stranger in astrange land, seeking recognition as anartist—was astounding.^With the excep- Digitized by G00gle The Notable Plays of a Season. 25
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ACT II.—THE SERVANT IN THE HOUSE. (Walter Hampden as Manson, Arthur Lewis as The Bishop of Lancashire and Tyrone Power as Robert Smith.) tion of a small minority, who tried tomake amends for the boorishness oftheir follows, the critics of the WesternMetropolis assaulted her with a storm ofridicule, contempt, coarse wit and pettyinsult that was an outrage and a scandal.The enterprise could not survive suchtreatment, especially since the perform-ances were given in Russian. Denieda respectful audience by the press, pur-sued by play brokers and adventurers,harassed by all sorts of petty annoyances,Madame Komisarzevsky cut short herstay at Dalys and during the few weekslonger that she remained here confinedher productions to the East Side andother places where her countrymen con-gregated. They rallied to her supportand at her closing performance she waspresented with a testimonial containing10,000 names, along with numerous giftsand many flowers. The company car-ried with them to Russia

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