San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-31
CLEOPATRA


The scenery which Mr.. MacLean
and Miss Prescott bring with them
was made by the best artists In this
country, William Voeghtlin and A.
l.. Reid. 1t was made for their en-
gagement at the i'll fated Fifth Ave-
nue. Theatre, New York City and re-
quires . special car to carry it. They
have hitherto carried but little
scenery, so their artistic merit is now
enhanced by more attractive back
ground.
In the first scene of act first Of
Cleopatra, we see hall representing
an Egyption temple, decorated with
those weird hyerOglyphics AMI fam
tastic figures of that nation. The
second scene is an archway in q street
in Alexandra that leads to the en-
trance of the Temple of Scraps where
| Cleopatra worships. The second act
is a chant Der in Cleopatra's palace, an
exact copy of the magnificent en-
craving made and owned by the gov
eminent of Venice, which is record ed
as the authentic reproduction of Cleo
patra's private room, or the Queens
chamber"
tops of the palace, which gives a fine
view of the great plains near Alexan-
dria. The moonlight shows the ser
pentine meanderings of the Nile,
winding like silver thread around
the Pyramids, and the strange build
ings adjacent to the royal house. The
fourth act is the tent of Anthony, on
the banks OF the river Cynduus, where
the famous couple meet and carry on
that revelry destined to be a
part of the history of the world, ,
never to be forgotten by man.
The fifth act is room in
the temple of Isis, where Anthony and
Cleopatra die, and where Harmachis,
the young Egyptian Prince who is the
hero of this story, meets his doom
and is sacrificed on the altar of his
forefathers because of his broken
vows and fatal love for Cleopatra.
The costumes worn by this play are
magnificent, made by Hermann,
Hawthorne & Evers, of New York
City, who are the best in America.
The ladies will be more interested
in what Miss Prescott wears which is
described as follows by Mr.. Frank H.
Bowly, the enthusiastic advance
agent for Mr.. MacLean and Miss
Prescott. In the first act a rose col
Ored crepe de chene is arts tically
draped around her in Greek fashion,
through whose gauzy shearness
can be seen the outlines of her
slender figure. The pink silk gar
ment worn beneath is skin color
and is worn throughout the play, the
outside draperies only being changed
for each act. A superb Egyptian girdle
made of emeralds and turquoises en-
circles her waist and softens the too
lavish display of form INDUCED in by
other Cleopatras of today. Her arms
and throat are adorned by jeweled
bands of the same design and color
and q gold make with emerald eyes is
cooled about her head. In the second
act she wears Nile green crepe
draped about her in the same mystic
rious fashion with a strange head
piece of diamonds and emeralds and
with the beautiful background of
Egyptian arabesques she presents
lovely picture. In the house tops
scene she wears a misty gauZe OF
white, which in the moonlight as
sumes a thousand picturesque forms
and folds. The fourth act a
yellow crepe, embroidered so gor-
geously that it is indiscribable. This
one display has been in the Museum
of Art In New York, and is pronounc
ed the finest specimen of such work
in America. An exquisite Classique
dress of cream colored canton crepe
with borders of rarest Egyptian
colors and gold make the costume
for Cleopatra's death.
All the costumes worn in this play
harmonic in full taste and make q
series of beautiful pictures.