The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-24
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aided them snatcbcj from tho grasp Of tho ieSpaiT
ing Harlequin and hourished in triumph by the Clown
AGAIN AT The critical moment tho protecting fairy
appeared and cxacting tho the father the
marriage of the devoted couple transported tho whole
party TO what was really grand last scene which the
whole audience waited for. There was some contiu
uy, some dramatic construction in such nantomimc.
pul above AL there WAS acting and hrstrate acting
rms Was the type of the Dantomimc in Nell Gwyu's
dav and 1t has undergone but little change since then
Tho samo characters annually walk the boards OF
prury Lane and portray the samo old story of the
ally--the story is founded on some well-known fairy
tale but in the oil days they drew quito freely from
various popular successful plays for their plots
HARLEQUIN DR.. Faustus is good example of this
or psuiom,me Even as long ago as the beginning OF
Lane were wonderful aud this pantomimo shows how
gorgeous those sPcctaces wcrc, They were prop
cry series of theatrical scight performances
A. devil riding a fiery dragon rushes swiftly
across tho stage Two country men aud women enter
to he told their fortunes, when Dr. Taustus his
hand and Jour pictures turn out of tho scene oppo
site representing Judge and soldier dressed ay
TO the outside of handsome house. when the country
men. running in, place their backs against the door
slant supper table ready laid rises up through the
floor The country mems wives remain with the doc
tor who aftcrward goes out lie beckons to the table
and il follows him.
Punch, Scaramouch aul Picrrot arc next met by the
asccnds INTO the air. lie his wand aud asses
cars at the sides Of their heads. lend
ing moucyto DR.. Fsustus demands limb security
aud off the Doctors leg suddenly several legs
rest aud fixes isef 10 the doctor stump He then be
gins 10 dance around with IT rldiculonslS.
The next discoses the doctors study, He
enters aNrigbe.l anil the clock strikes The 6g.
Of Tune aud Death appear, Several devils enter
and tear him 10 pieces. Some Of them sink down
Though the floor hv out through the windows;
hut they all carry of limb Of the unfortunate doc
piece it is intended be tho grand fnsIe In this
particular pantomime it is of the most magnih-
that appeared The English stage. When
tho curtain rises all the gods and goddcssea dis.
covered wandering about tho stage, and then comes
hc apothcoss Of Diana, who iuto the air
disappears from sight.
Q UGH pantomimes this really nothing but
~ couglomeratious Of theatrical effects They bs
little dramatic unity. But effects wero start
ling enough to make them OF intense interest 10 he
public. More recently. however, the fairy iae pauto
mime has taken ITS place. aud while startling stage
effects have not been abandoned they
form moro vigorously to the story which is being
acted One OF the famous shows Of this latter class
which held the boards 3t Drury for a long time
and has often been revived " "HYrlcquip and the
Ogress or The Sleeping Beauty of the Wood. q"
This piece opens IN Of tae tabled cavcrns under
tho Pyramids of Egypt, in which the three fatal SIS
tcrs of Mother Bunch s Mythology are spnnIng
and winding n hall of golden thread, the fastening OF
which the wrist of the sleeping Beauty is intended
add another century 10 tho duration Of her life
aul Of tho power which the Ogrcss, or Fairy, has
crciscl her and her Tor the procsd
ing huplrcd years.
The ball having been completed, with the due
quantity of magic lamentations prescribed in such
il is consigned 10 tho care of Grim rlbber, the
porter of the castle with directions 10 attach 1t To the
wrist Of the lady in the chamber of sleep Ihtbcr he
proceeds accordingly but he is overcome by tho soro
rifle atmosphere Of that enchanted place Gradually he
falls into deep sleep without accomplishing hls task
The Prince AZo6. with his squire, Abuab straylng
from hunting party into the enchanted cedar grove