The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-07-15
MAUDE ADAMS
AS JOAN OF ARC.
Details Of Her Play Planned For
Harvard Stadium.
AN AMAZING BATTLE SCENE.
With Lead Soldiers and Model Of the
Stadium Actress Works Out Evolu-
tions Of tbs Cophiot-Thirtssn Hun
drsd Persons TO Participate.


drsd Persons to Participate.
Ten thousand persons are expected
to witness Maude Adams first appear
nnce as Jonn OF Are In the Harvard
stadium at Cambridge. Mass. on the
evening OF June %. The bowl" OF
the stadium VIII be used for seating
purposes. and all that portion OF the
field and a large section Of the grid
iron that face the bowl" Will be used
for the stage. The actors Will tread
upon turf. A special scenic setting
adaptable 10 the stadium Is being
built. In the matter Of costumes, OF
which there are more than 1900, Miss
Adams has the cooperation Of John
Alexander, the artist. !.
One thousand supernumerarles will
be employed by Miss Adams. These
VIII be, In charge OF fifty super cap
tains. and to dress them there Will be
a small host OF armorers. costume
masters. wardrobe masters, etc. Every
essential down to "A pin necessary for
the costumihg Of this horde Will be
transplanted to the stadium. In addi
tion Miss Adams master electrician
will Install a complete electrical plant
In the stadium sufficient TO furnish ev-
cry requisite OF lighting known to the
modern theater, only on a scale vastly
larger than any hitherto contemplated
In America.
The qualities Of simplicity and gran
deur that mark the Passion play at
Obera mmergnu Will also characterize
the performance OF Joan OF Are by
Miss Adams and her company. An
English version OF Schlller's Jung
frau Won Orleans VIII be used. The
Incidental music will be taken In most
part from Beethoyen's "Eroica" sym
pbony.
To marshal the large force OF auxil-
laries and to direct the performance
there will be employed ten stage man
ayers and n chief manager. and over all
these a stage director. The auxillaries
have been separated In groups sufil-
small for Individual coaching
and drilling, yet large enough TO EN-
phasize their relation 80 the whole.
The actors Will get their entrance cues
by means of signals on v~aricolored in
candescent lamps. and the movements
OF the mass OF supernumerarles will
be governed In the same way.
Every afternoon In the library of her
New York house Miss Maude Adams
r.a.t,a.. lays.If Into N I.na sI nf afraf-I
egy. and with a model OF the Harvard
before her she devotes hours
to planning the battle scene In Joan
OF Are" as she will produce the play
June %. She was busy there the
day with companies and battal-
ions OF lead soldiers, cavalry aud In
moving them about. arranging
the entrances and the exits and the
and Intricate evolutions that
will be followed exactly In the per
Torrance. Both the model and the
were made exactly to scale.
md the practiced eyes OF General"
are able to see Just how II
will appear when the Harvard stadi-
lm. scene great football battles that
ire very real. Is turned into a mock
OF wal as In the days of Joan
u Arc.
After Miss Adams closes her season
II the Empire theater In New York she
Will go to Boston with her entire
'orces-company. stage managers and
upernumerarles for actual rehearsals
IN the grassy stage OF the stadium.
Thirteen hundred persons will particl-
,ate. Three complete rehearsals de-
'otcd to actual tactical cavalry ma
ieuyers VIII be held under the dlrec-
lon OF Captain Shelburne OF Battery
\. Massachusetts volunteer militia.
'omposed OF Harvard graduates, who
ave volunteered for the performance.
The e labornte nature OF the produc-
Is shown by the fuct that the bat
lie scene alone Will last nearly half an
Iour. To give complete verisimilitude
Is martial tnbleaux will be copied
rom paintings by Boutet de Monvel,
The scene at the climax will be based
n MeIssonier's canvas 1897" but
With Joan instead OF Napoleon mount
q upon a white horse amid charging
The brow OF the hill will be
the spectators left. and Miss Ad-
ms as Joan VIII overlook the conflict
ng armies on the plain below,
For the perfection OF this highly
iaborute scene a model of the stadl-
mas stage with It's complete settings
been made by John W. Alexander.
The single performance OF Joan OF
ire Will he given FOE the benefit OF
he Germanic museum and under the
usplces OF the German department OF
be university. The use OF the stadi
m was granted some months ago to
ilss Adams by the president and fel-
,ws OF Harvard college.