The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-03-21

IS tho wrecked .oyshop itself. OF the sec
ond sct-and the dissecting and untang-
linz OF which is calculated 10 give yoI
inauN pleasant moment of reminiscence
for many day in the future
Tho colaborators in the Toyland produc-
ton have succeeded amazingly In trans
fcrring 10 the stage An atmosphere or
the delightfully unrcul that the fairy play
demands These colnborators are many
they include not only Mr. McDonough.
who wrote the book-arf really EcintN-
ln'inc book II Is. too-Mr Herbert. VINO
did tho music-and exqulsitely dainty mu-
&c a that-and Mr.. Mitchell who set the
corps de ballet IN motion through mar
wells OF dance and march ngures-and
stcnic artists and constructors whose
work must have won the approval ~ the
hciign shade Of hans Christian Anderson
an6 stage managers, property men
th,re must be couple OF train loads or
60, q. props" ana costumes and such
and all the people that first and last have
q hand In the making Of one OF these
mammoth productiors-hut tho list in
ciI6es. also. every one of the excellent
co-urany Of performers, speciality folks,
SINGERS anS dancers down to the last wee
chorus girl In the lest row and the tall
end chorus man. all of whom plunge into
the pretty thing in 81 way that indicates
very hearts Of thcm
The chorus Is one of those aggreRa-
ticns that occasionally comes 70 town
which combines youth. beauty and talent
and numerical impressiveness. The Toy
hand chorus doesn get much time to rest
pni n look az IT, you could not conceive
tnat N cared to waste time and energy I'm
resting II is just tho blthest merriest
sort and Il is surely right out OF toyland
end the nursery rhyme book Why. In any
net of Toyland that chorus II put through
y sufficiency and \ complexity ~ ertranc-
irs figures 10 fully supply the whole OF an
ordinary chorus girl show And II does
,hst same As though II was animated by
tust nothing but fun and frolc--and YOU
may iust fatcy it when or the stage and
Cts costume changed hanging In the
v,rgs hungry 10 Get on again and foat
and skip and swing and dash and gambol
through the next maze that Mr.. Mitchell
has evolved for 10 out of the intricate
spt6er web convolutons that evidently
distinguish that dancing master generals
hi ain
"Toyland's' list of leasing parts or
rrincipals or whatever they are 10 he
called In the nomenclature of extrava-
sanza Is pretty nearly as numerous as
the chorus Itself The piece 50 far from
Depending on single leading comedian
or brace ~ funny men. keep whole
corps or them IN aCtion sinRN or IN
groups. And thus. although the aston
fishing chorus is everlastingly peeling OF
one costume and wigsling into another
one and on the stage again. the variety
and genuine funniness Of tho comedians
called upon 90 pass the time away maNes
the brief awaits between ensembles real
relish
II you will cast your eye over tho bill
or the play you Will see there set forth
a whole lot of familiar names or folks
whose acquaintance YOU made IN child
hood whose friendship will always endure
and renewal OF association with whom
from time TO time makes for perpetual
youth So well are they reproduced I'm
Toyland IN tho tangible flesh of becom-
Ing young womanhood, ingeniously cos
tuned. that YOU find little difficulty In |
them Instantly
To Toyland they all 60 I'm company with |
two Characters who sort of figure as the |
babes I'm tho wood. We should say and /
are always wandering through strange 1
spectacles pursued ny an awfuliy wicked /
uncle. Tcyiand IL shovn-its buildings /
md things made of blocks and all tho /
trees along the roads sre christmas \
trees And you are treated IN = mar /
relous procession 81 toy soldiers and /
French dolls that rerreArnt about the |