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Dramatic, Critic Lauds * - |
Artistry of May. Day



Continued from Pagé One

costumes were of fine conception and
execution, as for instance Huanebango
whom I discovered later in The Old
Wives’ Tale, and the costume of’ Ka-
washa in The Masque of Flowers,
which might have been drawn by
Grinling Gibbons for a court perform-
ance. - The flowers on the Maypole it-
self also reflected this change in vigor
and were of deeper tones, in short,
the whole effect was a complete swing
away from the pale spring tones
toward the deep Elizabethan. I wish
that somewhat less brown had been
used and more sharp blue and deep
pink. The effect of the country danc-
ers with the Maypole would have been
better had colors of brighter, lighter
hue been used. While the sun en-
hanced the effect of the costumes, it
~ was not. so.kind..to-the.excessive-make- :
up used. This criticism does not ap-
ply to the use of beards or such trans-
formin® mediums nor to the make-up
of special characters, but to its gen-
eral use. The art of outdoor make-up
is a very difficult one and should be
more carefully studied. :
Plays Show Good Coaching

The addition of the wagon plays
and the strolling players was a happy
one and completed the Elizabethan
scene. Of the longer plays I saw only
parts, but these indicated good coach-
ing. Only Robin Hood was less well
done than in 1932, and here alone was
a touch of the amateur found. It is
a play with great possibilities for free-





dom and vigor and is well within. the
scope of young women,’ as.was shown
by the 1982 presentation. Robin Hood
and Little John carried their parts
well, as did Friar Tuck, although
there was a little over-play at times,
but the action was formalized. I had
a feeling as if each. Merryman had
been told exactly, where to stand,
which made the play less fluid. Also
the change of place seemed to me less
good due to the loss of effect of the
entrance of the riders.

‘The Dream was excellent, and while
the stage action was not: convention-
alized it was good. Is The Masque of
Flowers placed apart in the Cloister
to. be considered. as the- introduction
of a relief note to those who do not
care for the purely Elizabethan?
Otherwise it is difficult to see how: it
fits into the Elizabethan scene, and the
dancing, while beautiful and: pleasing,
surely owes its conception to Isadora
Duncan, and the music, though beau-
tifiil, can bear no relation to the music
of the seventeenth century.

The Old Wives’ Tale, a difficult tale
to understand, but the most interest-

ing of the longer plays presented, was

well done. It was noteworthy for
three characters: Huanebango, who
gave an amusing performance; the
Ghost of Jack, who was excellent, and
Sacrapant, who proved to be the pos-





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sessor of real dramatic power with a

voice of extraordinary poignaney. I
should like to hear her in one of the
great Greek tragedies and I shall be
surprised if out of this May Day an-
other ‘actress does not emerge.

Short Plays Considered Best —

I think, however, that it was the
short plays whichswere the best; and
of these The Deluge and St. George
seemed to me to be the best. Gammer
Gurton’s Needle should have been cut
further, but it added a meeded Eliza-
bethan note, as it is easy .to forget
that the plays: of that time were
“rough stuff.” The acting was good,
with Hodge and Dame Chatte doing
especially fine pieces of farce acting.
In St. George there was real humor.
I have seen it many times and have
never before found it of’ interest.
Every person represented some phase
of acting and it was excelleritly
coached and presented.

Judging by the crowds..it was..the
two wagon plays which commanded
the greatest interest, and rightly so—
they were the most difficult to produce,

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as they were compelled to play inthe
limited aréa of the wagons, which cur-
tailed action. to a great extent. The
wagons showed the cleverness of their
designer and~-coyld not-have been im-
In The Creation the
use of the three tiers and especially
of the cloud effect from which the
heavenly voice speaks was well con-
ceived and carried out. The acting
was good, but lacked characterization
in.that the players never seemed to
get away from their lines. Here was
the one play in which the execution
of the costumes fell short of their con-
ception. The colors of Adam and Eve
were not good; an attempt was made
at stylization which did not succeed
as well as it should. In The_Deluge
I. saw a_ perfectly produced play,
actors’ lines, properties, all character-
ized.excellently.. Noe and Uxor Noe,
who reminded me of Lynn Fontanne
ina » det sweeping quality, showed
great-comedy- sense and supplemeyted
each other well. I should like to see
Uxor Noe in a comedy part of greater
possibilities.

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Tumblers Extraordinary
‘Phe feats of tumbling on the Greene
were amazingly well done and it was

| diffieuk for, me to believe that I was

watching college students and not pro-
fessional. acrobats. Indeed the tumb-
ling was not only well but easily done
and showed extraordinary’ teaching.
The rest of the Greene proved of in-
terest with the country and Morris
dancing. The Abbots Bromley Horn
Dance, however, did not prove as in-
teresting as the name promised: The
best of all the dances was the so-
called Flamborough Sword Dance, al-
ways popular with the fisher‘ folk of
the north since early times.

“Wit’s rich triumph, wisdom’s glory,

Art’s chronicle and learning’s story”
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