Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-27
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THE wALPURGIs NIGHT.
The tragedy is in six acts, two OF them
rather short, and three comprising scene
for each act. In several previous pieces
Irving has Invited the cooperation of GER
tain professcd designers of costume for
special dresses; but oddly enough he has
never used a single design that has ever
been sent into HIM, though there are sun
dry and several costumcrs who claim a
great deal of credit in connection with
the dressing OF several of his great pro-
duCtiOns on this occasion he has let no
outside hand touch his work, from first TO
last He went to Nuremberg In the SUM
mcr TO get local inspiration for certain
scenes, dresses and properties; and for
the last few months he has literally lived
among old folos, Albert Duycrgnc
sketches, Nuremberg art work, German
costumes, fabrics, models Of scenes and
other plruphcrnaia OF the work in hand.
Mr. Halves Craven aud MIR. w. Tilhin,
two Of the leading painters, have done
scores Of sketches, some on the spot,
OF the Goethe city and country and
the result rs series OF stage
clothes aud sets OF the most beautiful
description. by the time the curtain
goes up ON the 10Th Mr., Irving will have
spent S5o,OUO on the production. To-day
the thcAter is a busy scene, There are
between three and four hundred persons
upon the salary list. Rehcursng Is going
ON all over the place. The new "Fuusth
has ballet and chorus not in the ordin-
airy acceplation of the terms. one of the
acts is devoted TO u representation OF the
/ Wulpurgis Night. In a recent learned re-
view a German writer contends that
"Fnust' should not be acted, and his
/ principal arguments are devoted TO "thc
| imposslbilty of realizing the chief Incl.
dents of the story. lie instances more
particularly the Broken scene, or Wal
| purgis Night, which is one of the great
| sensations OF the Lyccum production.
This is the nth act, and it opens on "the
summit of the BrOCkcn,n Il marvellous
piece OF artistic work. Witches fly across
the mountainous gorge aud over the
Broken. Faust and Mcphlstopheles are
seen climbing up the steep. Mr. Wills's
reading is as follows
AlophIs.-Dost thou not wish thou hadst a
broom stick, fricudy
wish mad a he goat to ride,
llurk TO the crashing woods
/ the 1ilrlghted OWE are ON the wing;
| Ouhou' Shouhoul Ouhupl shuohuol
cling TO my Cluak-fcHr nothing, soc
The ulaAC OF MHmmon stretched la tented fires,
| BrNyvly Illuminated IA his ttsJnl palace,
Thou art IN luck o-night-Lo,
Iholnyiicd guests approach, bolstcrous rab
Faust. The tcmpcstra raves around-it dlms my
slight and nGrcely beats on me.
Mophl4-~lold iuat-lest thou be hurled IN the
Tho night with mist Ia black-Tho forest
huughs
Are NJ via wrosuc-IIarh' they crcaL and
Gigantic cos twist, wrlthe, and rock thunder.
Above nc, wreck strewu gorge the tempest
shfieksi
With their mad, wltchng song
WITCHES ~ CHORUS
Tho witches ride to the Broken's top
Tho stub0lc Is yellow and green the crop,
Then follows mad reyel of witches
and imps, accompanied by most weird
chants aud songs aud strange effects OF
light The ballet master from La Scala,
at Milan, has had charge OF the rchcarsals
OF this scene in so far as the "wild, mad
reyels" of "the night" are concerned, and
Mr. Irving will pay him the compliment
OF acknowledgement on the programme.
During this remarkable scene Mcphls.
topheles leaps from the summit of the
Brocken 10 u hedge OF rock oyerhaugfug
the gorge, TO place himself suddenly by
the side Of Faust, who Is resisting the
llendish influence, The effect is that OF a
leap Of some two or three hundred feet,
In the earlier passages Of the play very
I impressive effect Is obtained for the close
of an act which otherwise might have
! seemed bold II not tame. The act ends
/ with Mophistophclos sneaking out OF the
| church, after oyerhcaring and influencing
] MargHrcts confessions. AS hc steals
/ away the bells suddenly crash out into q
| peal. He looks up cunuugly towards
the bcltry, shrugs his shoulders and steals
away, The curtain falling To the powerful
music OF the bells, special peal O
bells has been cast for the piece at cost
OF S2500, In these sketchy notes | mus
bo forgiven for mixing up details In thii
way, aud for descending to ilgurcs Aftc
all, the item of cost is not without In
terest even IN these days Of light.