New-York tribune., 1909-06-27
Unusual Spectacle Given for
the Benefit of the CeTmanic
Museum of the College.

or more than national Importance was the pres
entation Of Schiller's THE Maid Of Orleans which
was given in the Harvard Stadium on Tuesday
night u wss entirely unlike anything in dramatic
re,resenta1ion that was ever before attempted IN
this country Schiller himself would probably
have been thrilled with Joy had his been the
opportunity to witness this presentation OF 1he
pav. whose performance has been infreqoent n
the century since he finished thu manuscript
This would have been so largely because OF t'e
scale or which the production was given anu
which the poet himself planned FOR II
Even in Germany. where the play has naturaiIy
haE-a much more tenacious stage NE hal else-
where there has never been single performance
O. the tragedy that came as nears running me
1,oet,s rnnd-s-eyc visions cC the actual pfeS7f'1
ticn Of his work as did that in The Stadium
Probably nowhere else in America than N the
Stadium could the play have lad sUch an aoe-
o1aaee portrayal In this c0nn'cu.h Il A-0! -
,ro,4n renarkinz that the Sclii-er version O. t-s
French maids life has never been given IN Ne"
YORK although from time 70 tine many noteo
actresses have tried 10 portray tie cnaiat'e- III
lovvinc- other histories Of the Maid as aotplSu IL
stage use The Schiller ploy has been coiasloeIeu
too oresentious 70. performance in tie oI4-IisE!
theatre -.
Tna1 objection cannot he raised against th5
Stadium but it emphasizes Tie inlEIa51illsy @
6o;r- Justice 10 Schille-'s work N a l---
u mere tie space is necessarily limited e'-- 81
c-fsr conditions are favorable i Is no "eiilvI'
then thaf the fifteen fhouss &c persons +Eho we're
fortunate enough TO secure seats fer te perform"
anre felt hat they had been r-iNl-zel 10 oe pres
e7r at one of The greatest speetacles o. It's h-lu
,hst mas ever been given Certainly nothing IlA7
g has hAen known IN The United S'ates. a-tilo-4"
In +fa same Stadium three years ago iheIe Was .
-rrerer.ians presentation Of The "AsaTnenhon u
lEschylus. -,
\ glance at the accompanying photograph VIII
give scn,e idea OF the numbers of persons Who were
more or less active participants win Miss Nap4e
Adams il the production N7t only t-e SIZE % --'e
con,psny who are gathered together in the square
before the Cathedral Of Rheims. when MSS
adams as Joan Is approaching on EeE WING
-7,srcer but the very dimensions OF the scenery
which stands out against the temporary SKY NcIolh'
-e realIsff- Druid tree and the great variety OF
he characters and costumes VIII serve 10 sho"
i,.vr i--uressre the spectacle was 10 The niteeh
thousand persons uho sat speHhound IN the
Stadium. with only ;he starliJ sky as a roof
More than twenty-five hundred persons besides
Miss Adams. the supporting principals ana the hio-
6e1 orchestra Of one hundred. took part IN giving
,si-,ili1de 70 the scenes associated with the ca
reer Of the maid. Trained members Of the militia
~ Massachusetts and seventy-Eve Harvard stu
dents on horseback joined IN adding impressveness
TO The occasion. which 10 The onloDkers was pr-
marty spectacle rather than dramatic pToduc-
non
The effect Of this great body OF actors, who were
reinforced by hundreds Of students, depicting the
many Characteristic citizens and the c-owds-in
-he scenes Of the play greatly heightened by
the great space used for the conflicts between the
French and English troops and for The other cpl
sodes requiring the employment OF large groups
Not only was the temporary stage used, but the
grass surface Of the Stadium encompassed within
the tiers Of seats used for occasion WIS given over
q the rnanozurres