The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-04
No Galleries, No Advice
From AdamsonAhout
Fires andProgrammes
of R ough Brown
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the family have Weakened. the brood d..
fiuttered, sorrow has come to them
And through 1t ALL" remarks nm.
Of tho people, "the child has silent"
The spirit in which these Wash,n,.
ton Square Players do this gray e,cb.
Ing Of stage art Is marvellous. Thero
arc certain actors whom We hs,,
como to know as interpreters of Ih,,,
Just as we know Nazimova for her In
tensity In psychic expression and NJ.
Fiske for her sardonIc payfulneSs
But few entire groups fall Into tina
rhythm Of their cues as do these 70.
markable persons who perform in I'M,
play. informing their speeches IN dun
monotone, hardly visible In the outs a.
scene except as a huddled group
What II means you can only rro,n
dimly. What does this marvelou.
writer or suggester ever mean, I,
he not marking hieroelyphics in IN.
clouds. toning tho depths OF the ocean
and finding scattered remnants OF M.
soaking for expression In q tonyu.
other than their own, which in En-.
lish u ike q dream phantom? YS
That - tho Maeterlinck idaa: IN.
dream. he mystery. thu scmeh,ns
that u life and death and lore and
resurrection.
TIA Washington Square Players a.
this thing TO perfection, to wha,eve,
perfection Maeteriinck may no ae,e,
on . stage with grease paint and .oo,.
hghtA Again We 80 Il. as In If,
francesca" done by Mrs. Canpbp
% many yoars ago. a. a thing wh!ct
should have mists. shadows, dr,fts Q.
sunshine chords Of music. dripping o.
rain and ths oh1ming Of bells to give
II form.
e thay had oone nothing but hi,
~ might have sone home with ,ha.
queer feeling Of being lifted either
back or forward into other lncarna.
uona. spun around sad stars, gl,nlp.
sing life - from a box al the o,.ra
and GeeinS another one Of us mum
ming there among the players.
But they got back on the organ
They reverted to the little play wit
tho Brooklyn. N. Y. scene and tie
dead gentleman with the boots. Fo-
they gave the Maeterlinck Interior
. satire-Mr. Smiths interior durln:
Mr.. Smiths dinner, with tho various
foods and wines coming In throug
q centre doorway and dancing abou;
in pantomime.
This - the sort OF thing that has 70
be done terribly well so far as the
technic Of the stage goes to mean any.
thing. Had It been done with wond,--
full Russian dancers. the music -
Sa!nt-Saens and the mimicry OF Daze
tho message might have carried
maybe We could not grasp Maeterl.ncs
because we We're too material, too IN.
| spiritual, or perhaps the Bandboy
Theatre plan Of not opening the ser.
vice until nearly Q O'Clock gave III
, dinners a chance TO behave them.
selves. But IL was In differently dor.
However. the delightful wash,ng.
ton Square persons will probably e..
us what they please and will not IN.
vite the critics.
For novelty Is what they are at.,.
and IS what they have ready for p,
| duct!on. And you see they pro,o
themselves very cleverly In thu.
Adamless fire rules-the only a..
signed fire stun on any program
| by the way-which tells you :.
under normal conditions" the q
stre can be emptied in three m,nu'..
But IS a fire normal Is a pa
normal? Is the BandboX Thea
I normal? Is disturbance OF an,
/ kind" normal?
What about giving All acc!dr
insurance policy TO all Corners, ".
about having the last piece on
programme end UP In a fgh, he,wc,
the players and the audience. with
winners TO get all the gate money"
| Dramatic art has two strong g..
to nsht-the cabaret and jlc me- .
play. and the players have a.'g.
hit upon an idea that has no l'r'
II could be made the most wonier.
entertainnsAnt IN the world