The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-07

Wednesday, March ia Mid Sum
mer Nights Dream.
Mar.-vo0el's Ministries.
NEW PHILLIPS.
All Weej-Hioh Glass vaudevjliss
4 Midsummer Nights Dream"
The performance Of the Mendels.
sohn score to "A Midsummer Nights
Dream" which the famous Russian
Orchestra does here with the Ben
Greet Players, at the Gennett ON
Wednesday. March II. requires mas.
ter hand. The performance is operat.
ic in extent, but while the conductor
of opera dictates the tempo and the
exits and entrances are made to mu-
steal signals. In this performance the
conductor must follow the words OF
the play. which are sometimes spoken
and sometimes sung. Five great or.
chestral numbers are allotted, howev.
er, to the orchestra, and in these the
actors follow the score.
While both the play and the music
were written many, many years ago,
1t is an interesting fact that the mod
ern opera is moving rapidly to what
Is practically the spoken word or dec.
laration. based upon a great orches.
trail score which follows the situations
In the play. Thus is DeBussey's Pei
leas and Melisande, the words are
in reality not sung but are acclaimed
or chanted and often spoken, just as
the fairy sleeches in the Dream are
sung or intoned. The same is true
Of Richard Strauss, as "Salome." The
passing Of the older Italian opera
form for the modern declaratory or
spoken word, the orchestra maintain
ing the music intent. is one of the
interesting musical transitions of the
times. That Mendelssohn should have
nearly one hundred years ago been
inspired to write such a score, in
spired as he must have been by
Shakespeare's wonderful fairy play
q score that for pure beauty and
charm has never been excelled, is, in
the light OF modern tendencies, of
striking interest.
"Graustark."
The success of a good play is as
much in the hands of the artists rs
of the author This is more than true
of Geo. Barr McCutcheon's play
"Graustark." The book was the big
gest seller this country has known in
the past twenty years. The dramati-
cation of the same is the best ever
given to any novel. Plenty of time
and thought was given to it before
being placed upon the stage. The
same care has been displayed In gath
ering company for its presentation.
Jas. w. Castle, for years general stage
Of the Fred Whitney compan-
mann Heink company Is responsible
for the selection OF the. different art
lists. He has given more study to
each individual part than is generally
displayed in the selection of an entire
intact. His placing of
the character Of Princess Yetive in
the hands Of Miss Stephanie Long
fellow. has proven happy selection.
Miss Longfellow has been most high
~ complimented for her work lin this
part. Necessitating the combined at
tributes, young, pretty, a fund of hui
NOR for the lighter vein In the role
also the power Of pathos to sway in
the heavier work are all embodied in
Miss Longfellow's person. Burt King,
one Of the best Of the younger gener-
alton Of leading men is most happily
cast In the leading role OF Grenfall
Lorry. Much OF Mr.. Kings work has
been In stock. which makes him a
acquisition to any company.
Miss Adele Lane, who is creating the
part of the Countess Dagmar has had
several years Of most valuable expert
ence az has also Harry Myers. who is
portraying Harry Anguish. Other
parts are capably rendered by Miss
Elizabeth Brinton. Miss Marguerite
Miller, J. H. Lewis. one of the grand
old actors OF the stage, JOS Gonyea,
Harry Parent. Arthur Finn, John
Giles and others equally as well
known. A cast such as this can surely
be depended upon to render a good
performance, helped as they are by q
production and an unex-
celled play.
The New Phillips.
H. v. fitzgerald. That's all. That's
enough. III stands for happy and v
stands for veteran. Fitz. is happy be-
cause he's been making good and the
way he acts shows that he is an old
head at the game. The one act drama
that he stages all by himself is partly
partly amusing. Wholly, it is
good. The first three days this week
1t The New Phillips.
Leach and Vance know a whole lot
about wire. They have a wire-fac-
tory hand beaten to q fraxzle In thar.
But they put their knowledge into use
and that is no dream. Handy best ex-
presses what they really are.
Lester and Mildred have all the birds
In the aviary put on the, superanuated
list. They don't pretend to put on any