Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-05
1.-THE OPERA HOUSE, PARIS -
The drandest Theatre in ssOOOOo

dwelling for comedies, Il grOya for
satirleal dramas. The rest of the deco
ratlnns We're permanent and wholly
independent Of the action. The side
scenes, Indeed, We're no more than
general Indication Of the character of
the play; and the background was
always piece Uf noble and simple
architecture. which did not AFFECT the
simplicity OF the drama. GarriclS had
Deen To Paris and had witnessed some
or the splendid effects introduced by
the Partisan artists. When he met the
young Alsatian painter, De Luther
bours, Just arrived from Paris, he i'm
mediatcly appointed him scenic di-
rector at Drury Lane, The salary ac-
ecpted by the young painter was an
amount equal 10 $500 n yenr.
Almost his first work at Drury Lane
under G0rrick was the Introduction Of
series OF headlights or border bat
tens, behind the proscenlum,, lat
once says II writer on this gubiect
"deprivlng the actors OF any excuse
for stepping outside Of the picture be-
yond that Of custom, and Increasing
the relative Importance Of the scenery
by the Hood Of illumination" The first
production at Drury Lane with which
the Alsutlun artists name became
publicly associated was Gnrrick' IL
"Christmas Tale In Five Parts" which
FIRST saw the light on the 25th Of De-
cember, 1913. owing TO the lnsipidity
Of Its story, the piece proved n mere
success OF esteem; but it's appearance
IL worthy OF record, If only because
that In II De Lutherbourg made use of
new device, whereby the fleeing eff
feet OF various colorg on n lnndscape
was produced by means Of silk screens
worked on ptvOts before concentrated
lights In the wings. The painter again
figured prominently In connection with
fHts'H Il . L.
talnment. The Maid OF oaks" as pro-
duced at Drury Lane In November
lfA, This curious piece was evoked
by tho festivities held In Oakea, In
Kent, over the Earl OF Derby's mar
riagc, some i've months previously.
Everybody seems TO have shared Han
nah Morc's cnthusluam for the beauty
OF the setting. at Is said" gossips the
London Magazine, that the scenery
only. which has been painted on purpose
for 1.-THE Maid OF the Oaks" cost fl5OO.
This IL a prudiRious sum: yet it will
not appear In the least eNtravagant
to anybody who sees II, The landscapes
OF Claude are scarcely equal to some OF
the Views exhibited; and II nothing he
You'd the bare merit Of the paintings
was held forth to attract the town,
we should not he surprised at It's bring
Ing twenty crowded audiences" A
quick change at the close from view
OF the grand saloon In Lord perby'a
residence 90 "a celestial garden. ter
minated by u prospect Of the Temple
OF Love-" with the sun throwing its
dazzling beams over all, had, saws
the critic, "a most splendid and aston.
ishlng effect"
In l77b and 1916 De Lutherbourg
provided scenery for Blckcrataffa musi-
cal romance of "Thc Sultann, and Sir
George Golfers dramatic romance of
SELMA and Azor'; weak pieces both.
only pan1.rn1 I.In
linncy Of their trappings, with Gar
rickH retirement the painter trans
ferrcd his services TO Richard Brinsley
Sheridan. the new manager of the
Drury Lane. The strikingly plctur-
esque scenery contributed by him to