The Washington herald., 1921-11-28

CAST OF CHARACTERS.
On the order of their .ppearrnoe)
Gate x..p.f ne .f sS Cairo, A f.G
Aodnllah, Chief Steward Of the
sultan ..................AIb Albert Froom
kat.f. MUTE in the ssrvic. Of the
Prince ..-....-- Richard sohusndler
Prince sur AI-Din. Prstsndsr to the
Ihrone ...-..........--.H Harold Skinner
An Old Wazir ...,....... Edward Reichard
A., 49,; a., -, ........... orville q. Caldwell
An Old Woman ..........-.. Hattie Cline
An-shsr. the Wrestler of Al-Yama-
nah ......-.............L Lionel Brahsm
Asu Yaksan, His Clown. :. John Dorsn
Zarka (His Keeper Of Pots and
Pans .-...--...--..-.-. Hetty Iynton
ZAid. His JugEler ...... Thomas Merryman
Wazir Al Khasib ......... Bernard Savage
Wsztr Abu Shamar ...-... Phil n. Sheridan
(conspirators Serving the Prince Nur Al-Din)
sharszad, Widow of the Late Sultan and sis
ter of the Prince Nur Al-Din
Wei San wei. Chimes. r saiSss Hanson
Wei ". shi. XII. wife ....''I Ida Null.
The Patriarch Of the Pilgrims
.....-.........-.. Richard sehvendlsr
Dancing Girl Gin Nur Al-na's H,rem)
Ays.ha. EI-F.vorits of Nur A-Din's
Harem -.............. Audrey Anderson
Abraham. Keeper of the Slave
Market -..-.-..-......-....Wa Walter Lane
CHARACTERS IN THE BALLET-'cMEN-
DRIES OF THE PAST"
arranged by Michel Fokine)
Isis, Goddess of Love Miss Rita Hall
Triumphant Love 1900. Miss Martha Iorber
Plaintivs Love ....... Miss Dorothy Durland
combstive Love Miss Martha Bellack
Jssloux
This pretentious spectacle spon-
sored by Comstock and Gest is
worthy rival to "Chu Chin Chow"
"Aphrodite" and other lavish pro-
auctions of a recent past, whose
major appeal is to the eye. 1t I'M
folded its charm to Washington for
the first time last night after the
prestige Of a seasons run at the
Century Theater and approximates
well in opulent splendor, lavish
stage settings. richness of costume
and masterfuI ballet direction and
execution the preliminary predic-
tions Of its producers.
Mecca" is musical extrava-
CANA of the Far East; il radlates
the atmosphere OF the Orient Of
1000 years ago, and IL here and
there Oscar Asche Cor is IL the play
ers), inject a passage of modernism,
who will cavil since the objective
for the moment is laughter and is
attained. There is throughout the
three acts a well-sustained thread
OF story which tells of thrones and
pretenders, OF intrigues and kid
napings, Of plots and counterplots
and the other things which make
the life of a monarch without an
association of nations one of fleet
ing happiness. Lest some might
take the book too seriously, let it
here be said that at congeniaI and
frequent periods throughout the
action, the vast army of coryphees
and balterinas, whose charm is often
lightly concealed in the conven-
tional garb OF the era, fits on and
of to furnish an optical treat for
devotees of the aesthetic and the
artistic in terpsichore
The browning achievement Of
Mecca" from the standpoint of the
eye, is the sensational ballet Of the
Baccanale. devised and staged by
Michel Fokine, a past master in the
art OF skillful ensemble groupings.
The scene of the ballet represents
OAN HeS pAAdh Win a Sc
rtes OF stairs rising to distant
heights. The dancers, 100, more or
less. appear in the dressing of an
cienr Cairo mot designri FOR De-
Cember's chill blasts). All execute
in graceful story. Memories Of the
Past II is a stirring fiaale &c a
potable second act.
Space hardly permits the mention
Ct che huge cast of principals and
their individual attainmcuIs 1t
Isagth. but among those heard and
seer to advantage are GLADYS Han
son, 1ionel Braham, Ida Mule, Or
Vile Caldwell. Tanno Toback. Har-
old Sk inner. Thomas c. Leary, Rita
Hall. Dorothy Durland. RiIH Will
cox. Olga Borowski. Basil Smith
Genevteve Dolaro, Aud-ev Amber
son. dorothy Anderson. Elizabeth
TalnIa and Marguerite + 'rbec AMI
Sergi Pernikoff. principal dancers
in tne Fokine ballet.