New-York tribune., 1904-10-30
NAUDE LILLIAN BERRL
She will play Prince Rudolph IN 'Humpty
Dumpty.

Will establish a era Of pantomime IN this coun-
try at the New Amsterdam Theatre on November
H. Mother Goose has furnished more dramatic
motives almost than all other litterateurs combined
Mother Goose knew her business as far the
producers of pantomime and burIesque are con-
cerned She has provided them with a wealth OF
material Tom, Tom. the Piper's Son: Jack
Sprat," Little Goody Two Shoes" Miss Muf-
ftt. The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
"Humpty Dumpty" and her countless other crea-
tOns so dear to the heart OF childhood have been
made the subjects of gIittering. gorgeous. show
spectacles in many forms. Possibly more than FIVE
hundred different versions of "Humpty Dumpty"
alone have been made. OF which Klaw & changers
production at the New Amsterdam Theatre will be
the most pretentous and elaborate.
In the production of "Humpty Dumpty" at the
New Amsterdam Theatre nearly eight hundred
persons are required for the twentieth century
stage establishment of Mother Goose's poetic con-
ception modestly expressed by her in the form Of
quatran. follows:
Humpty Dumpty on a wall;
a M the Kings 6t u6 A0F9s n3 Sna all the Knss men
This would seem to end the matter. but the
managers say it is only the beginning of q great.
important story. Enter the Fairy Mirth
when Mother Goose has drawn the curtain OF
mystery, and from the chaos Of she'll. yOk and
white emerges the familiar chalk faced character
of Humpty Dumpty. Aud kindly Mirth gives to him
a brother. and surrounds him with Pantaloon.
Harlequin and Columbine, those necessary ingre-
dents to the paatable dish of pantoInime And
then a long lost Princess Blossom finds her way
upon the scene and her Identity can be estab-
lshed only by a ring that is in the keeping of a
wicked ogre. who in his jealous guardianship as
sUres the different guises Of a parrot. a talking
tree and demon Of misrule And the quest for
this ring leads all concerned in the story TO won
derful places-Jo enchanted forests. to mysterious
depths under the 1t would daze good old
Mother Goose if she here to see how a
latter day imagination. aided by the wizard OF
electricity and all the contTivances Of modern me-
chanics. has taken up the work where she left Of
a pantomime like "Humpty Dumpty'' at the New
Amsterdam Theatre is really a gigantic undertake
ing and the general public has little idea Of the
time and money spent making Usually IL
takes a year for its complete development. and IT
represents the thought OF many minds the labor
OF many hands.
The old adage that too many cooks sDou the
broth IS rot true. so far as the writing of a Drury
Lane spectacle is concerned The spectacles at
the Theatre Royal evolved by its managing di-
rector. Arthur Collins. ana Liverpool journalist
who InasQuerades under the pen name u Hickory
Wood" liz their transatlantic voyage they lose
their English text, and are completely done over
Try with many farce and comedy successes. All
the music in .HumPty DumPty' this year has
been composed by Cole and Johnson.
The gorgeous ballets form perhaps the most i'm
portant feature Of this kind OF entertainment Each
season these balets have become larger more i'm
Lo!tallt. in tAe eHott 70 lntoNicate the eye and
daze the senses Those IN the coming big pro-
drcuoa Of "Humqty Dumpty," it is promised viii
o. more elaborate and attractive than any New
York mas ever before witnessed
Perhaps the EappieSt conception In the hailets IN
lock" with which the spectacle comes to ~ n attSs
close. In this married life is symbolIzed the we'd
ding itself being shown. following this ~. ii
yer, golden and diamond celebrations SDring
summer autumn and winter, denoting the dierent
periods of life, are all represented by the sliding
which melt one into the other until at LAST IN
beautiful old Age with love stn undimnaed. "a.