25 APRIL 1903, Page 19

On Thursday, being St. George's Day and Shakespeare's birthday, the

Elizabethan Stage Society gave a most charming performance of Twelfth Night at the Lecture Hall in Bur- lington Gardens. The play was given exactly as when first acted,—that is, with merely formal scenery, though with rich costume. The effect was in every way delightful, and we venture to say that even the least archaeological part of the audience only missed the painted and would-be realistic scenery for the first five minutes. We congratulate Mr. Poel on a notable performance, and trust that he may be induced before long to give us other examples of the Elizabethan drama. Why should he not, for example, present A Woman Killed with Kindness ?