The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-12-03
Theatres.
FORREST THEATRE
THE GARDEN OF ALLAH,

THE GARDEN OF ALLAH"
And now 1.-THE Garden of Allahp'
After two years of work on the dramatiza-
ton of Robert Kitchens novel and one
year of New York success, all is in readi-
ness for the opening at the Forrest
Theatre, Philadelphia, on Monday next,
December 9, with matinees on Wednes.
days and Saturdays. Two years NAV
seem an unusually long time to give to
the preparation of a single play. but it
took all of this to get the ambitious pro-
duction in perfect shape for public view.
In the first place, it was not at all easv to
bring the author of the novel to the work
of dramatization, and it was only after
he had had the encouragement and prom
ised aid of Nine. Mary Anderson de
Navarro that Mr.. Kitchens undertook the
stage version. He states that but for
Mime. Navarro's admirable collaboration,
the play never could have been written
The matter OF the dramatization having
been arranged, it was the Liebler Co.'S
next move to take steps for the faithful
reproduction of the scenes. and to this
end the generals manager, George c.
Tyler, the stage director. Hugh Ford, and
the scenic expert, Edward Morange, spent
considerable time with Mr. Kitchens in
the desert, where the action of the play
transpires The party took hundreds of
photographs and innumerable sketches of
Biskra, (Which figures in the novel and
play as Beni-Mora) the garden of Count
Anteoni, the streets of the Ouled Nails
Tribe, the great Sahara itself, and was
fortunate enough to be a witness 10
typical sand storm, later reproduced on
the stage of the Century Theatre. N Y
In the garden of Count Anteoni, Mr..
Kitchens sat beneath tropical canopy of
palms and read the play to the American
managers, an adherence to s'1ocal color,
conditions which is seldom possible.
In the desert country, arrangements
were made for the importation of Algerian
dancers, members of the Arab tribes.
sheiks and dervishes; camels, dogs and
sheep were also secured. Everything
that would help out an appreciation of the
spirit of the desert was considered. and
when the party had left Algeria, the work
had been thorough.
With the knowledge gained in the
desert, the work of fashioning the cleo
trical effects and myriad mechanical
devices went forward as soon as the party
returned to New York Experts working
under the direction of the LiebIer CO
executives delivered their product to the
theatre, and Hugh Ford, in charge of the
stage, summarized results: cit doesn't
look like the desert-it is the desert. .
The story of "The Garden of Allah Is
we'll known to the majority of Americans.
1t concerns Domini Enfilden, a girl who
has gone to the desert to escape the
narrowness of society for which she
does not care, and who meets Boris
Androvsky, a man who holds for her
a singular attraction. Their hearts are
joined in the magic of 1.-THE Garden of
Allah" as the Arabs call the great waste.
and their married life is very happy until
the sudden disclosure of Donioni that
her husband has been Trappist monk.
who has deserted the monastery and
broken his vows.
Prices for this engagement will be soc.
7sc, 500, $I.So and s. 90. For the benefit |
Of out-of-town theatregoers the Mail |
Order System will be in operation. A |
letter enclosing remittance with a self |
addressed envelope for reply, will receive |
immediate attention, prior to the opening |
of the regular sale. This will give out |
of-town patrons an equal opportunity to |
secure choice seats with residents of |
Philadelphia [adv.