Belgium's most distinguished actor: Carlo Liten

              SPECIAL VISIT TO AMERICA—FALL, 1917.
BELGIUM'S MOST DISTINGUISHED ACTOR
CARLO LITEN

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In his famous recitals of old and modern French and Belgian classics.

VERHAEREN.
MATERLINK.
ALF. DE MUSSET.
BAUDELAIRE.
VERLAINE.
LE CARILLON—CAMAERTS-ELGAR.




Biographical Note.
CARLO LITEN was born in Antwerp—his father being Belgian and his mother Italian.  His parents desired him to take up a commercial calling, and in fact he did so for a while, but soon his artistic temperament asserted itself and he devoted himself to mastering the classics of his Country, and subsequently presented these in almost every important town in Europe.  His success from the first was overwhelming.

M. Liten introduced the works of his great countryman Verhaeren first to the English public when he staged it at the Kingsway Theatre, London, afterwards playing it at Manchester, Birmingham and Liverpool and other great towns of England; and now intends to introduce Verhaeren's poetical works to the American public.  Verhaeren is of course the greatest modern poet and the American public is sure to appreciate him.

The voice of Carlo Liten is unequalled; it is of almost unbelievable beauty and charm.  Whether it be severe or tender, it is always rich and profound.  It is with Caruso one of the most wonderful voices on the stage.  The atmosphere he creates in each of his interpretations of poetic works is without equal and he has placed the art of recitation at its highest degree.

Apart from the success they have had in artistic circles, M. Liten's recitals have an immense value from the educational standpoint; and he has obtained enormous success in the numerous clubs and colleges at which he gave them in France, Belgium, England, Switzerland, etc.




M. CARLO LITEN, The Henry Irving of Belgium.
Phenomenal Success on … Two Continents!!!
has scored ovations at

THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON,
QUEEN'S HALL, LONDON.
SHAFTESBURY THEATRE, LONDON.
KINGSWAY, THEATRE, LONDON.
COLISEUM, LONDON.
PHILHARMONIC CONCERTS, LONDON.
PHILHARMONIC CONCERTS, LIVERPOOL.
CHORAL UNION, LEEDS.
MARSHALL CONCERTS, LEICESTER.
PROMENADE CONCERTS, MANCHESTER.
BIRMINGHAM.


And ALL the biggest dates bookable in England.




REPERTOIRE
includes:

Emile Verhaeren.

Vers la Mer
Sur la Mer
Sur les Grèves
L'en Avant
Un Matin
Le Sonneur
Le Fléau
Ceux de Liège
Un Lambeau de Patrie
Ypres
Heures Claires
Heures d' Après-midi
Croquis de Cloître
La Nuit
La Grande Chambre
Londres
Un Soir
Le Cri
Infiniement
La Neige
La Pluie
Le Froid
Les Pauvres
Le Vent
Un Deuil
Au Bord de L'eau
Le Navire

Paul Verlaine.

Mon Rève Familier
Green
Colloque Sentimental
Chanson d' Automne
La Lune Blanche
Ariette
Quinze longs jours
Avant que tu
Le dure épreuve
Hièr
J'ai presque peur
Londres
N'est-ce pas
Dans la Grotte
Sur l' Herbe
En Bateau

Charles Baudelaire.

La Cloche Fêleé
Tristesse de la Lune
Le Parfum
Le Chat
Un Chat
Spleen 1, 2 et 3
Les Hiboux
Le Mort Joyeux
Les Aveugles
Le Jet d' Eau


Charles Baudelaire (Suite)

A Une Madonne
La Charogne
Les Sept Viellards
Le Jeu
Receuillement

Alf. de Musset.

Nuit de Décembre
Nuit de Mai
Nuit d' Aôut
Nuit d' Octobre
Souvenir des Alpes
A Une Voisine
Lorrenzaccio

Alf. de Vigny.

Le Cor
Chatterton

Corneille.
Le Cid (Scènes)
Sully Prud'homme.

Le Cygne
Sonnet

Alb. Samain.
Polyphème
Catulle Mendes.
Le Landgrave de Fer
Leconte de Lisle.
Les Elephants
Rostand.
Les petits cochons roses
de Heredia.
Antoine et Cléopatre
Materlinck.
Recueil de poèmes
Marcel Wyseur.

Les Glas
Les Moulins de Flandre
La Flandre Vivante

Emile Camaerts.

Le Carillon
Le Drapeau Belge
La Voix dans le Desert

Georges Verdavaine.
Hommage á Verhaeren
Francois Coppee.
L' hirondelle du Boudah.
Fn. Villon.
Ballade etc., etc.




The London and Provincial Press on the art of Carlo Liten.
CARILLON.
(CHANTONS BELGES!  CHANTONS!)
Poem by EMILE CAMAERTS.  Music by EDWARD ELGAR.


The Times
—The recitation was given with admirable fervour and clarity of diction.


The Daily Telegraph
—Intense pathos and fervour.


The Observer
—An outstanding feature of the evening—M. Liten declaimed it with intense feeling and pathos, and was recalled again and again.


The Morning Post
—He brought much meticulous skill to his task.


The Sunday Chronicle
—M. Liten recited the story of Belgium's woes and aspirations, and he came in for a veritable storm of applause.


The Evening Standard
—The delivery of the poem was the more convincing from the fact that his methods, profoundly moving, were never theatrical.  He was called and recalled eight or nine times.


The Standard
—Most expressively recited.


The Manchester Guardian
—His interpretation was melodramatic in both the theatrical and the technical sense, and as eloquent during his silence as during his spoken words.  With this vividness it had also the merit of being set in a consistent atmosphere of poetic sadness, and in no single word or accent did it mock the misery which it sang.


The Daily Mail
—An intensely moving rendering.


Leeds
—Recited with great dramatic intensity.


Birmingham
—Wonderful range of emotional nuances.  A profound impression.




LE CLOÎTRE.

The Daily Telegraph
—Created a marked impression by his virile, powerful and clever acting.


The Morning Post
—Nothing could have been more admirable than the performance.  Played with intense conviction.


The Daily News
—Gave a very remarkable performance.


The Daily Mail
—Played with glorious eloquence and genuine feeling.


The Daily Graphic
—His personality is most compelling, and he is a fine elocutionist;


The Globe
—There was in his acting a poignant intensity and a sustained elevation of purpose which never descended to histronic artificiality.  His task was a most difficult one, and he most worthily fulfilled it.


The Star
—A fine mastery of verse.


The Slandard
—Played with much strength and power.


The Sunday Times
—A true artist.


Truth
—M. Liten is more than a great actor, he is also a fine psychologist and a poet.


The Saturday Review
—Carlo Liten is too excellent a tragic actor to be comparable with anyone now on the English stage—with the possible exception of Mr. Henry Ainley.