The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-20

TIME demand FOR technical train
ing In che crafts q the theatre
LES. has proved SO great That tho
Neighborhood. Playhouse is this season
offerfrg for the grst time ant oppor-
tunity Of working on stage. productions
in classes under skilled direction, as
wen as Introductory series or lectures
cn-the relation Of the arts to the the
atre., .. -. ','', ''T.' 49,
Among the. lecturers william Lyon
Phelps win speak on the medieval
stage. Sigmund Spaeth on expression
through music, Robert e. Jones on
costume and color. B. Iden Payne ON
what the repertory theatres have con-
trihuted and Yvette .auilbert on the
art OF Interpretation. F. :"
The craft courses will include one
In the execution Of costumes and prop
critics, with special instruction in dye
ing by Amy Mali Hicks, and. another
in the execution of stage sets, with
rEactical instruction. In. scene painting,
W. Garmine, Vitoio. ~ 81
fg-.. -. s.r a-'
While the, exact date Of production
has not yet been announced Winthrop
Anies is busiiy rehearsing his COM
pany in ThesBetnothal." the Matter
hncksequei to The Blue Bird. (which
win be seen for the first time on any
stage during the last week of this
MONTH The complete roster of the
cast is as follows. Edith wynne Mat
thison, Mrs. jacques Martin. Ethel
Brsudon. Therese Duncan, Grace dc
Carlton; Boots Wooster, winifred Len
nihan, Harriet johnson, June Walker,
May Collins. Gladys George, linda
Palmer. Betty. .Hlburn. Naomi John
son, Helen, Reniecke., Grace Jones,
Vivian Giesen. Dorothy Strong. Anna
Malone, Evelyn Haug. Alice Owen,
Bertha Dom, Josephine Duncan, Edna
James. Mayo, Thatch. Alice. Heating.
Rerbara Newberry. :, Doris Louise
Booth, Margery. Lyle. Eldean Stuart.
Dorothy Portingall, Reggie Shefaeld.
Cecil Yapp. Maurice Cass. Wallace
Clark. Augustus Duncan. Henry Car
Win, Elwyn Eaton, Allen Thomas,
Barry McCollum, Claude Copper,
Georges Du Bois. This list does not
include the extra people who. with the
principals. will complete a cast Of
more than eighty. There are twelve
scenes in the production, which have
been designed by Herbert Paus and
are being made by Unit & Wickss.
Ernest Marini, who plays the dane
ing baron with Mitzi In Head Over
Heels" with one ear cooked for his
call to the British navy, for which he
volunteered his services over a year
ago. is of Italian and English extrac-
ton, London born. 49,.
He has been another Of the children
Of the theatre" and at II was an i'm
portaut youngster In his first engage
inent. one Of the famous Christmas
pantomimes at old Drury Lane Thea
tire, Mother Goose." In which the
Marini lad and dainty Madge Leasing
danced a minuet. His dancing training
had commenced almost with his first
walking steps and his services were
constantly IN demand. Following
Dtury Lane came n season in Quality
Street" and then he was with Gertie
Millar in The Little Pferrot," in which
a considerable reputation came to him.
Then the craze or the Russian Ballet
descended n~.hcndoni- and young
Marini was among the first English
$ecruits OF the A<osloff Ballet, After
three seasons With tiiise Organisation
he was brought 70 -Amsrita by Pay
Iowa "the inooniparabie," and for two
seasons toured this country with her
US one Of the thre esolo male dancers,
appearing principally in the folk
pances offered by Paviowa- '...''
+ Every one knows Horatio Aiger, and
by this we do not mean the Horatio
who used to charm Us with his allur-