Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-29
IT SETS NEW STANDARD
IN STOCK pRODJ'("TIOS

II Arthur Berthelct had never put on
., play In Richmond before. or II ne
ton OF snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs" for the Grayce Scott Com
itself to mark him az the most re-
sourceful. efficient and artistic stage
director orr or, that has ever IMAGINED; plan
many years we have been measuring
stock productions by what Larry"
has set a new standard for us; here
after we VIII compare elaborate. mas
s ,hm and beautiful settings with ar.
White" ~ - '''''" q ono"
Nor shall We be compelled. in fair
stock productions. for the staging and
setting Of this fairy play will rarely
ne by that the ana
they Dc Tor presentation in the high
shrink from compa rison with those
TO- 0 though ns class refsr
Pan has it's Maude Adams and The
House" children are children after
all. and no company Of children could
With more sincerity than the cast Of
child actors displays in presenting this
fairy tale Of the GTimms
there Is no symbolism. no mysticism:
no lesson is taught, save the sound and
those that. do wrong. One must be a
child. or. for the time. have the heart
Of child. in order to feel the Joy and
the pathos, the Happiness and the Sor-
row. of this tale OF fairy princess,
and it is the children who must con-
may. and do. play the long and i'm
portant parts. but. again. i Is the chill
dren who make the reality OF these
The story has been read and reread
by nearly everybody: II Is like the tale
mother. not the stcpssters. whose
jealousy seeks the death Of the beauti-
full princess. And the huntsman will
queen to kill the .Tincess, but Leaves
her in the forest. where a little brown
bird finds her and leads her to the
ore very old, though they are so small.
and who take care of her as well as
they can; Even the wicked witch with
although she tries In every way TO Kill
her. And. In the end. the jealous queen
mc,ncn , nag. , while the handsome
an Mt they lily live happily ever after.
deed "loyelier than the apple blossoms:
she is all golden hair and blue eyes in
silver =, and ID silk. or golden hair and blue
reddened leaves. and she is lovelier
Then than than when she is in silver and
heeled slippers. but fits about in little
fiat slippers. az a fairy princess should.
Miss Chesmond IS pretty little
happy dryad. dancing wildly in a scene
like Pavlowa's Autumn Bacchanaie,"
anG she MS is big yellow butterfly. that
OF the sky to dance with Snow white.
ror grown r1s people. It is to be mentioned
.naI MISS Chesmond achieved merit by
Staging Inc dances and by presenting
her own SO charmingly; further, that
me me ma aI Of the various wires
and the witch's descending on her
Droomstick Is quite as expertly han
died as was ever an entrance OF Peter
Mr.. Newing is pompously and pur-
Sly fu,n IN rs the chamberlain; Miss
t Kerry Is dark and handsome queen:
andi-oh, it's impossible to name them
alii But. above all. those wonderful
and the seven dwarfs! They newer
hesitate; they sneak instantly and dis
t I'll ~, they move like graceful bits
perfectly drilled are they@and vet thso
ere always children; Those dwarfs sH sit
sort of catch in poetry that few groups
OF men could deliver without long re-
Mr. Berthelets settings have heen
referred to. but one, in particulap@n
forest scene-is one Of the most beau
mona The eostmmes se t saasf ha IN f bsar
fashioned with tho utmost care and
with the strictest attention to detail
But, after all, Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs" is Mr.. Berthelet.s
achievement.
There will be matinee performances
every day throughout the rest Of the
week: owing to the length Of the per
Torrance. the curtain will go upSat
night ut 3 o'clock ~ 81
If you fail to see Snow White and
the Seven Dwarfs" you will certainly
regret 1t.
Douglas Gordon.
Lyrics Bill best In Months.
Every act at the Lyric for the first
half OF the week is fcature-a dis