Show SUR A SN aft E I 1 sarah bernhardt rehearsing for the ne role of cleopatra i AD WRITING I 1 THE i PLAY the casual jealousies Julon iio aid and Spit spats spits of ireat and ud attend the preparation t great i PARIS april 15 the areat theatrical I 1 at senea sensation tiou which the parisian ex decked tor for the second fortnight in april is aan to an indefinite late date th rehearsals a of cleopatra had lie progressed at th the s th theatre 0 tre 0 of port st martin and their sudden stoppage led to many rumors A simple a explanation ot of th the e temp temporary delay baa has been fur furnished furni nishel shei to the press by emile morean moreau vi oho ho wrote the play in collaboration with victorien vit aorien don fi jad the rehearsals rehearsal a of cleopatra ra lad been going on tor for some time when sadou sa dou awk sick with a core sore th throat t which compelled him to egayat t home ile icelin ficen ic eilent stage man and na M morean did not want 00 ito proceed without a distance I 1 meanwhile ile saat bernhardt Hero hardt is terribly excited by tha delays BO so enthat d bastic is she ath the role of 0 alco pitra I 1 she wanted to proceed with the rehearsals and appear ae as boon soon aa 94 po poi aible in tha the first depre seu tation of 0 ali it eplen did drama ii I 1 1 tin fai ml by yu y m she a sad I 1 to moreau SIo reau this is n it A amiable that you act thus because I 1 have no husband and am de fenceless as me could I 1 have a husband you would hae haye thought of it t but ill send mx m X aon son to you and he will pierce your breast 11 I 1 of course the nervous i 3 and artists artis tB eon son did lid not go to pierce alip ohp breast of poor moreau the dramatist and the great actress are now ai ab rood good friends as before and moreau says that they would wait fr the w arz rival at paris of 0 sir ile grau iran the impresario of sarah bernhardt fi sarab bernhardt might claim 9 kind of authorship in the piece for it ia is through her tier that the two authors happened to write it in collaboration when moreau had finis finished bed writing Cleopa cleopatra lra he lie look took hs lis work to sarah bernhardt who exclaimed well cliber matilou also intended to write a piece on the same subject and judging jul ging li by what he told me of his plan yu have aye met each oilier other in morn than thin one point you ought light to feak speak to him about your 01 chopa ra I 1 the authora authors have put in action in their play I 1 Y many things which the bard of YA avon von was salis satisfied fied to rive in he the recital the french drama presenta presents most of the incidents in tho life lite of anthony and his ills mistress it a shows bows cleopatra playing dri drinking aking and hunting with anthony whom she a even in his nightly errands through gh the tile worst quarters or of alexandria and through the thelow low quarters of the egyptian capital S sarah arah bernhardt will appear as the true I 1 egyptian woman with her akin gold golden e fike ike and her hair black it is known that cleopatra diel from tilt biting of an ap in order to ret get used to that kind of an animal sarah bernhardt came to rehearsals wearing ai a it bracelet a small snake that had been brought to her from the forest of fontainebleau Fontain bleau |