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kinds are in active cooperation with
h heads Of he production. The
mnsque itself Is designed to illustrate
the progress OF man from his lowest
level through the influence of art as
typified In the theatre. The author has
taken the character OF Caliban whore
Shakespeare left him al the end of
The Tempest" and placed him under
the influence OF Prospero. who. sum
moning Miranda and Ariel, presents
to the primitive. cropping creature a
series OF Shakespeare episodes. inter-
woven with a number Of interludes.
%picturing phases of life in the different
ages among the different nations. In
these interludes, which will employ
some thousands Of persons, the COM
munity contributors from all parts Of
the city will participate. The char
acters in the masque and the Shake
speare episodes played upon the three
stages which have been erected for this
purpose are to be interpreted by Edith
Wynn Matthison, Gladys Hanson.
Hedwig Reichner. Mary Lawton, That's
lawton. John Drew. Robert Mantell.
Howard Kyle, Thomas A.. Wise, David
Bispham. Fred Lewis, Lionel Brahm.
Fred Eric and Gareth Hughes. Miss
Anna Case Of the Metropolitan Opera
Company forces Is to sing THE sta
Spangled Banner with n huge chorus
at the conclusion of each representa-
ton Of "Caliban."
h music Of the masuue composed
by Arthur Farwell. will be rendered
by a hidden symphony orchestra Of
200 and a chorus OF 1000. The artis-
tic setting Of the masque Is by Joseph
Urban. associated with whom In this
far reaching task Is Robert Edmond
Jones. The stage direction is in the
hands Of Richard Ordynski; the inter
ludes are directed by Garnet IIulme.
and the dances, which are numerous
and picturesque. are by Mrs. Robert
Anderson. The costumes. Of which
there are several thousand. are by
Mrs. John w. Alexander.
The executive management Of the
undertaking Is In the hands of Ever
ard Thompson. builder Of the famous
Yale bowl and general q.
the S~heepshead Bay Motor Speedway.
The executive committee Is headed by
Miss Mary Porter Beegle. who orig
mated the idea OF this community
celebration and whose personal efforts
are directly responsible for its con-
summation.
Sir Herbert Tree Will revive THE
Merry Wives OF Windsor at the New
Amsterdam Theatre on Thursday.
Associated with him will he Henrietta
Crosman. Constance Collier. virginia
Brooks. Maud Milton. Lyn Harding.
Sydney Grcenstreet and "A large COM
pany. This will be the last production
of Shakespeare TO be made by Sir H,c-
bert Tree at the New Amsterdam
Theatre.
Herbert Brenon is n most unusual
sort OF motion picture Director"
does not either say or think that Tn"
film spectacle Will supplant the flesh
and blood drama. Not that. But h"
does ally the new art with another
older art than the histrionic. Breuou
declares that he works always with
one eye on the painter and the other
on the sculptor. He believes that Il
the screen play Is made too theatrical
or too literary the effect L. spoiled. lie
would please by pictorial beauty and
to achieve that result he has become
as we'll known at the Metropolitan Mu-
scum Of Art as the regular attendants.
Before I went to Jamaica 70 him
a Daughter Of the Gods" say Mr..
Brenon. II studied Winslow Homcr's
marines for inspiration in finding tho
proper locations for many OF my best
scenes. on the north coast Of Jamaica