New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-24
MMI EMM
ROMANCE IN 1KISMET"
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counted the bubbles! II there had been
real water provided and real bubbles and a
real man to drown each night it would
not have been half so realistic.
Il myself incline more than is usual on
cur stage 10 the Japanese and Chinese
drarnatics. Among those actors things are
merely. represented II a man IS 70 be be-
hsas @ no walks 10 the front Of the stage
All puts his head on the block; another
sctor raises and partly lowers his scimitar'
A false head is handed the cXecutioner
ulo holds it up triumphanuy, while the
ds-artatsd man rises silently and walks
~ the stage The audience understands
that .he victim is dead, and I'm their nina
eya the gray stone block is streaming with
l'ood. We arrange mirrors 10 show the
head really falling from the shoulders on
our stages. and from mysterious sources
property blood runs over the block.
Another appeal to the Imagination VIII
=, mad, az the Knickerbocker i'm the idea
rusIre urciudcs TO each act. The three
prelade- are related TO each other, forming
little thread of dramatic interest by
themselves. The preludes take place IN
tront Of the curtain In the first man
and woman come out as though from thelr
houses into the street i'm the morning. They
neither know nor see each other lhey
are modern Arabians. The three pieludes
work themselves out toward bringing
these two dreaming strangers together, and
this is accomplished through the tales OF
street SINGERS and their ballads concerning
DIE stories Of ancient Bagdad: one Of them
being OF Hail the beggar ana his Wohoe4Iu'
csg Tie actual play is merely the S'OI!
tat Is called Up by the actors OF the pref
udes dreaming before the curtain. In
sense this makes the play delightfully."- uh-
real and accounts for the eXtravagantiy
imaginative action and scenes. For IN TINS
way they merely represent an old tale sung
by poet. whose fancy is riding the winds
An incident In the course Of the play
which is likely 20 arouse considerable IN
ierest is a dance performed by slave girl
before The young Callph, who is threaten
ing the power Of the all-ruling Wazir. Inc
s.aye girl has 81 strange introduction. Inc
army o. the Wazir has just returned from
a eOnQuering expedition in Egypt and Is
bringing into Bagdad booty and slaves
Thesefsp0i.s of war are presented before
the throne Among the booty a finely
painted mummy case is borne in on the
shoulders Of slaves and set down on It's
smaller end before the young prince. Inc
slaves az q signal remove the top Of the
case slowly and reveal fair maiden or
radiant presence. who steps out and glides
toward the Caliph in an amorous dance
The young girl who will have this part
." lAe play is a newly. discovered dancer
Just come out OF California. Violet Romer
Is Der Eame Last summer she danced 10
The accompaniment Of sixty Instruments IN
u'e Coliseum. in London, and was spoken
v widely al the time She has had neither
stage training nor lessons in dancing. she
WI6ly even plans her dance before she
gels up 70 perform il. 1t is spontaneous
expression Of feeling. and comes TO her
VIII the music. Miss Romer is slender ana
blond. with straight, classc features ana
liheness Of body that calls 70 mind the
niile dslres who weave their dances
around the curve OF a Greek vase. sunny
.snds expand the heart as the old Spanish
nroyerb has IT," she said. IS she sat IN the
Clark auditorium the other day wat0ins
NE rehearsal Il came from Southern
california, where l have always danced IN
lie sun. ! love all southern countries ana
nae 10 dance IN this play because IL mas
la y the whole spirit Of the South"
u Kismet' succeeds in conjuring up the
'peh Of Oriental peoples there Will be an
'aoed interest in the tact that almost all
fe actors are Americans; the production
Wholly American. without by the way
N attempt 10 initiate or reproduce the
'AgHsh version and most Of the properties
nave been obtained here The water ana
vine jars and some OF the stuffs for cos
tunes have been imported from Tunis. The
',0ezAn's call TO prayer from the minaret
90 The mosque is done by japanese. Out
''r Of these few foreign notes the whole
'Henial symphony will be native work.