The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-08-06
THE MIRACLE TO BE
PRESENTED
Philadelphia To Have Great
Musical Drama

| tomime, super-spectacle will be pre-
scented in the Metropolitan Opera
House, at Broad and Poplar Streets,
for five weeks engagement begin
ming October A.
This significant announcement, the
most momentous in the city's
theatrical annals, was first made
early this Spring by Morris Gest, at
the invitation of a committee of
leading citizens, and, through their
offices, the invitation was accentuat-
ed by Mayor w. Freeland Kendrick.
The committee was headed by DIR
Leopold Stokowski, conductor of the
Philadelphia Orchestra, and com
prised men and women interested in
the artistic and cultural standing of
the city.
Mr. Gest, producer of 1.-The
Miracle" in America, agreed to bring
it here as a Sesqui-C art
event, which tender Mayor Ken
drick, as titular head of the Sesqui
Centennial, accepted with expressed
appreciation.
AS, the time approaches for the
presentation of 1.-THE Miracle" in the
Metropolitan Opera House, expect
ancy increases. The sale of tickets
has already opened in the downtown
offices which Mr., Gest's staff has
established in the Forrest Theatre
Building, at 1913 So. Broad Street.
and all inquiries regarding 1.-THE
Miracle" will be answered there
1.-THE Miracle" which cost $500, 900
to stage, and which employs 700
people, has played in six other
cities, and after its engagement here
| it will be taken to Kansas City, San
Francisco and Los Angeles In two
cities Cleveland and Cincinnati
the presentation of 1.-The Miracle"
was a civic enterprise
Forseeing the tremendous art
value of the presentation of 1.-The
Miracle" in Philadelphia. the COM
mittee of citizens composed of Dr.
Leopold Stokowski, Mrs. Samuel
T.. Bodine, Mrs. Edward w. Box
w. Curtis Box Charles S. Caldwell
Mrs. Joseph M. Gazzam, Mrs. John
Gribbel, the Rt. Rev. Thomas j.
Garland, Charles c. Harrison, DR..
Chas. D. Hart, Mrs. Campbell
Madeira, G. Heide Norris, DR.. Hub
ley R. Owen, Albert M. Greenfield,
Thomas S. Ridley, the Countess
Santa Eulalia, Miss Caroline Sink
Ter, Edgar Scott, Mr.. and Mrs.
Maurice J. Speiser, John j. Sulli-
van, Samuel P. Wetherill, Jr.,
Joseph Willing, Mr.. and Mrs. Charl-
ton H. Yarnall, Clifford Cairnes,
Craig King, Alexander Lieberman,
Harold Ellies Yarnall, Paul Thomp-
son and DR.. Herbert j. THY, in
vited Morris Gest to present the
super-spectacle in Philadelphia.
For this purpose the Metropolitan
Opera House was engaged and the
work of Transforming it's spacious
interior into 18th Century Gothic
cathedral the permanent setting for
"The Miracle" is already under
way.
The Philadelphia engagement fol
lows that in Chicago, wher
"The Miracle" was phenomenally
successful.
The scenic setting and sage
paraphernalia have been shipped
from Chicago and are in storage
Preparatory mechanical steps, such
as the installation of an immense
pipe organ are already under way,
but the actual setting up of 1.-THE
Miracle" will necessitate that the
Metropolitan Opera House be closed
for two weeks prior to the opening
night, October 4, so that the i'm
mense amount of settings may be
put in place.
A company of 700 people will
appear in The Miracle" The
leading roles will be played by those
who created them in New York,
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Boston and
Chicago.
Lady Diana Manners, the English
society leader who rose to fame
overnight by her serenely beauti-
sul impersonation of the statue that
comes to life, will be seen. Also,
Philadelphia will see the Hon. Iris
Tree, daughter of the late Sir
Herbert Beerbobm-Tr in the role
of the Nun; and Miss Rosamond
Pinchot, niece of Governor Pinchot,
of Pennsylvania and Miss Elinor
'atterson, daughter of Jospeh
Iadill Patterson, millionaire pub
,sher of the Chicago Tribune, alter
.ating in the Nuns role.
Il am bringing 1.-THE Miracle" to
Philadelphia as a contribution of the
theatre to the Sesqui- Centennial
Celebration now being held here,''
declared Morris Gest, during his
visit here to announce the coming of
the great play. 81 believe that it
will be in accord with the period of