The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-28
MARIONETTES
GREATLY ADMIRED
Performances in Auditorium by Wooden
Characters Manipulated by Strings
Remarkable Accomplishment.

Two entertainments, unique in every
detail to Brattleboro audiences, were pre-
sented yesterday afternoon and last eve
ming in the Auditorium by a troupe OF
marlonettes and band of puppeteers
under the personal direction OF Tony
Sarg, the well-known illustrator and car
toonist of humOr both in America and
England, and were received with enthusi
asm. They were given under the auspices
of the Woman's club. ..
In the afternoon Rip Van Winkle
Washington Irving's American folk story
was given before an audience which prac
tieally filed the Auditorium, large pro
portion being children from the public
schools, and IN the evening Thackeray S
The Rose and the Ring, was acted by
the cleverly manipulated little wooden
heads to a good-slzed audience.
The marIonette stage, in perfect pro
portion to the puppet actors, was hand
somely arranged and the scenery, lighting
effects, furniture, and costumes of the
puppets were in perfect harmony, and
the lines spoken by the puppeteers from
a staging above were IN such perfect ac-
cord with the movements OF the little ac-
tors, each of which was controlled by
from 20 to 25 tiny threads, that one could
imagine easily that the dolls themselves
were talking or singing. 1t was a remark
able accomplishment, and the common re-
mark throughout both audiences was
Isn't it wonderful
The story of Rip Van Winkle was
given in four acts, the first being scene
outside the King George Inn, the sec
ond a scene in RIMS kitchen the same
afternoon. The third act was In three
scenes-in the Catskill mountains the
same evening, Hendrick Hudson,s treas,
ure cave the same night, and Hendricks
Hudsons treasure cave 20 years later
Scene one of the fourth act was outside
the General Washington Inn on Christ,
mas eve, and scene two was the inside OF
the Inn a minute later. The characters
included Nicholas Nedder, Derrick Van
Bummel a sailor Profanity Rip Van
Wmkle, the dog Wolf, Dame Van Nm N,m
llle, Judith, Hendrick Hudson and his
crew, soldier, three musicians, and a
stage coach driver.
The characters for The Rose and The
Ring were Jenkins Grutfanutt, Mrs
Gruffanuff, the fairy Blackstick. Bet
snda, Barbara Griselda or Countess
GFuffanuff, once known as plain Mrs
IGruffanuff, Princess Angelica, Captain
Kraassoff Hedzoff, Nalaroso AAlA the
king of Patagonia, Prince Gigllo, Prince
Bulbo. The archbishop, the army OF Pai
lagonia, Spinach, King Padella, his
horse, and the lion. The scenes We're lalc
in the kingdoms of Patagonia and Crlm
.TartaTy 10 or % thousand years ago. te aho
included the prologue and three acts
The prologue was outside the palace o.
Patagonia. The first act, which was ii
| two scenes. showed the throne room o.
| the palace. and the garden. The seconc
act act was played in three scenes, the frs
being the ante-chamber Of the bali room
the second Prince Bulbo's bedroom, anc
the third the scaffold In the last act
scene one was laid IN the woods near the
castle of Grim Tartary and the second ID
the hall in the palace of Patagonia.
An the strings controlling the. actions
of II the re royal family were manipulated by
Marie Pinckard, Amy Hamlin, Maud
Longnecker, Knowles Entrikin; r, Charles
Searie and Howard LAWRENCE: The man
ipulators of the Rip Van Ninkle actors
Mr. Fntriken, Miss Longneeker, Miss
| Iamiin. Miss Pinekard and Mat Searle