Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 31, 16 December 1912 — Page 10

THE RICHMOND Pi LLAPIU3I 4ND SUN-TELEGRAM. MONDAY DECEMBER 16, 1913. GERMAN FOLK PLAY Mary Garden Shocks Old Boston PEDIGREE DOG IS KILLEH! COP Owner Objects, but Guardian of the Law Ties Dog to Post and Shoots. GIVEN AT EARL Deutscher Verein Interprets Story of the Nativity in Excellent Manner.

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r BY ESTHER GRIFFIN WHITE. The old toman folk play given by

the "Deutschen Verein" of Earlham College, in Llndley Hall.jon Saturday evening, drew out a large audience, the majority of whom went over from town, the auditorium and balconies being filled. This was one of the most interesting amateur dramtic affairs ever attempted in this city and its success was brilliant. The play is made up of a scries of tableaux narrating the et.ory of the Nativity the Annunciation, the arrival of Josfph and Mary, their, refusal of shelter in, the inn, the appearance of the star, the arrival of the Three Wise Men, the Shepherds on the hills who hear and see, the arrival of Herod and the symbolization of his conscience with complementing text. The difficulties of this are manifest. In the first place the use of the German itself was attended with demands upon the versatility of the players since it was not the German of elegant literature and that with which the average foreign student is familiar, and, in addition, was a dialect form. That this was handled as easily as it was is an evidence of the erudition of the college department and the accomplishment of the members of the German club. For the entire play was given by members of this organization. The parts might have been filled with greater eclat, perhaps, by students outside this club, but the resources of the club alone were drawn on. Dramatically this presentation was extraordinarily effective, taking into consideration the lack of theatric facilities necessarily attendant upon an amateur production of this character in Lindley Hall, and the play's archaic forms. But the play was beautifully costumed, the tableaux were artistically grouped and the lights well managed. One of the most beautiful of the tableaux was that of the three Shepherds who hear and see the angel chorus twelve girls, harmoniously grouped, with Miss Cecile Hill the soloist as "The Angel with the Rose," Miss Hill appearing at intervals throughout the presentation in this role and being the possessor of a charming lyric soprano. Miss Vera Crome made a beautiful "Mary," her costume and facial contours making an extraordinarily lifelike presentment of the Virgin and her pose in the last tableaux where she sat by the cradle while the others worshipped the Christ-child, her face thrown into relief, being reminiscent of an old master. G. A. Lehman, as one of the shepherds, sang the male solos, with much grace, his voice being an agreeable baritone, and the choruses were well managed. The choruses of the children, trained by Miss Marie Runge, were especially charming, the children singing with much excellent ensemble effect and making a beautiful grouping. Miss Silvia Modisette, as the "Angel of the Annunciation," posed with effectiveness and made a lovely picture, Mr. Benjamin Johnson, as the "black King," and Mr. Wallace Gifford as the "young" king handling their lines expressively. "The Sprecher," who preluded each tableaux - with explanatory comment, and taken by J. A. Anderssohn, was one of the features of the presentation, and the symbolization of "Conscience" was well done by Ora Wright. The small part of the inn-keeper's wife was capitally taken by Mary Dillon. The giving of this play was notable In the life of Richmond amateur theatrics and Professor Charles, head of the German Department and the Earlham Club, are to be congratulated upon its inception and success. Miss Gaston had charge of the music which, of itself, was quaint and appealing.

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BOSTON', Dec, 16. While cultured Boston was shocked by a realistic bit of acting in "La Tosco," by Mary Garden and Vanni Marcoux, Miss Garden is in open revolt, not only with the city's taste, but with Mary Fitzgerald as well. Director Russell had promised the Mayor that the scene would be acted with different values, but Miss Garden announces that there is only on way to be true to one's art, and that she will be true. The trouble arose when Marcoux, as "Scarpia," pursued Miss Garden, as "Floria Tosca," about, the stage and finally threw her on a couch. "It is ridiculous, it is absuM," exclaimed Miss Garden. "There is nothing in the way we acted the scene that would shock anyone but a prude. I am shocked and I am surprised that anyone in this city which is supposed to be devoted to art should go to see such a beautiful opera with evil in his heart."

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