The Daily Missoulian., 1912-08-04

Perhaps never before have 50 many
different sections of the globe beer
witnesses to the arduous work in
voived In the preparation of a stage
spectacle OF the first magnitude than
In the present instance of the forth
coming presentation of The Daughter
Of Heaven at the Century theater
New York
In the little town of Rochefort. In
the Basque country and at the foot
Of the Pyrennes, Pierre Lott, one Of
the authors of the play, and George
g. Tyler, representing the 1iebler
company, the plays producers. are at
present engaged In daily conference
over the details of staging. In Lon
don George Egerton (Mrs. Goldins
BrighD Is putting the finishing
touches on her English adaptation.
keeping In touch with the progress
of the others concerned In the pro-
duction through Frederick Stanhope,
stage manager of the theater at which
"The Daughter of Heaven Is to he
played. Hugh Ford. the stage director,
under whose supervision the dreams
of the authors are to he visualizcd.
is working out his problems In his
native California, far away from the
Job-hungry mob of actors. who have
heard that there are to be 400 parts
In the new play
In Milan, Italy, In the workshop or
hn ,.,, taI 80
the world, the designs for many of
the 500 costumes to he required IN the
production have already been drawn.
In an. obscure corner of Europe sits
a famous musician, writing entire
acte music for the drama. though he
refuses to let his name be used I'm
connection with the production. until
he has assured himself that he has
succeeded In catching the dreamy. yet
convincingly Chinese atmosphere OF
the original work. In China the locale
OF the play. princess of the blood
Is compiling careful record of the
ritual and ceremonial Of the imperial
court, so that the scenes in the palace
may be faithfully enacted. From
there has just returned the American
journalist sent by the Leblcr com
pany to Peking and Nanklng. to Sc
cure photographs. sketches and de-
scriptions of the actual scenes Of the
play. az well as a full set of Chinese
musical instruments and such prop
critics as 1t would be difficult or i'm
possible to reproduce here.
In Australia. a popular actress Is
struggling to be released from con-
tracts that will enable her to appear
IN an important part In the play to
which she is particularly well suited.
In New York the preparatory activity
IS to be discerncd in several places.
Al the studio Of the scenic artists.
Gates and Morangc, who painted the
beautiful Garden of Allah" scenery.
the scenes representing the interior OF
the palace is being prepared from
photographs and authentic models. In
storehouse In Jersey City the scenes
representing the Tartar wall. to be
used in the big battle scene. Is being
built. At the Century theater itself.
an the wardrobe department. mate
rials are being gathered against the
return OF Carramba in August. that
the work of costuming the spectacle
may be carried out without much loss
Of time.
on the stage of the theater itself.
dhe electricians are experimenting with
the effects of various blue and violet
fights upon bits OF canvas painted IN
shades of grey and slate. In order that
stunning moonlight effect may be
obtained for the battle scene. And
1inally. In her little tower of ivory IN
the top of Paris apartment bouse
cuoith 6authier. colaborateur with
dierre Lott In writing the play, sits
ehgrossed In astronomical calculations
hguring out the most auspicious mo
ineht In the latter part of September
ior the premier of the play.
"hiie the production of "rhe Daugb-
Ter OF Heaven IL stil three months
OH, there are already over ninety peo-
pie spending the bulk of their time in
.ts preparation. II is ineonceivable
''"' spectacle of such proportions
can DE staged at an initial cost of
less than 100000. and II is not i'm
probable that the total may excead
inns amount considerably once PRO
duced II Will require another year of
record breaking business. such as that
enjoyed by It's predecessor, The Gar
oeh OF Aliah,' to meet the expense
vi maintenance The gamble involved
is one for high stakes. yet the chances
seem all in favor OF the producers.