Show c i- i r- r Little Th Theatre atre Means Unfettered ed Art IL ILE LLEN VAX VAN left and Maurice Browne right lendin lending champions of revolutionary rc move move- I E ELLEN have come to Salt Lake to aid nid Miss l Maud May Iny Babcock center dector of tho the Little theatre here and to help tho local Varsity players create in tins this city eity a love o for art Miss Van Valkenburg cn- cn hur burg was the tho originator of tho the Art Marionette and Mr Browne has made the thc Chicago Little theatre famous throughout the thc dramatic worl world r I i S 1 I 7 1 I 4 t c f 4 1 c y 1 7 1 m 1 t 4 S I S I d. d I i I I 1 4 J 1 t I Cy y v iy g y y r f LA jV 1 r S Www t a New Movement Which Is Preparing for True American I Stage Is Foe to Star System Producers' Producers Control Control Control Con Con- I and Artificiality Arti Artificiality By Uarda McCarty I T lIE LITTLE THEA THEATRE THE the new movement in art arE the the toy tor players L the insurgent gent drama the fight against commercialism of the sta stage c c and all the other either terms that have been applied haphazardly to the few followers of the footlights who have dared to produce the style of plays play's that appeal to them as trL art expressions in a n manner which brings bring'S out nIl all the I beauty of the production have ha iu in iii many ways was given gi a mistaken impression of both Loth the tile plays and the pla players ers The players ar arc generally thought to be he a group of radicals amateurs in stage craft who wiio delight in little stages weird lighting effects din dingy y orners of the cities citie for their theatres and who spurn the idea iden of moneymaking money money- tanking making an and cater only to the supposedly hi high brow tastes of the public The TheTo To Toy Theatre Is believed to be hc betho the tho pe pet of a few cw cranks who can afford a a. i. i pIa play place for actors an and actresses who have nothing better to do than at revolutionizing the stage Uy By still others it Is thought that it I must necessarily be a little theatre The Tho Idea of or amateurism is thought to perva o the entire movement Called Little n Because caulle You Young Yount us As a matter of ot fact this change In Inthe Inthe the tho drama for there thero Is an unmistakable I able change chango creeping In Is la known as tho the tho little theatre because as yet ItIs it itIs itIs Is in Its infancy Like all changes ch it a must grow gro and andas andas andas as it grows Gros it will develop clop In many respects now it ma may mar bo ho amateur but it Is pointed In the right direction for fora a a. revolutionizing rc of or the tho stage and for forthe forthe the tho establishment of or a a. national theatre theatre theatre the the- atre and in that It Is the very ery best that the tho seers of ot tho drama have hL been able to produce It should hould bo be nourIshed nourished nour nour- until it blossoms In Into o the American Ameri merl can theatre Tho The first erroneous Impression to correct is the mistaken idea IdeL that It Is 15 only for tor tho the high brows for the tho true drama appeals Just as strongly to tho people In the pit as it docs does to the tho student stu stu- stu-I stu I dent or the radical It Is an Impression of or life and as all Impressions depend on the spirit of tho thing rather than the thing itself for tor their message so should tho the productions productions pro pro- of or the theatre and so 80 o do the tho I productions 0 of oC tho the new theatre They depend on the beauty and spirit of or each little stage stalo picture The They appeal t tu tho the sen sense e of ot tho the ideal and count on the thc pIa play itself rather than an ornate surroundings surroundings sur sur- lavishly In engraved engra stage e settings set set- tings tinge tinsel lI lights glare slue and artificiality artificial artificIal- ity to get their Ideas across Simplicity Sim in- in Is the I keynote of or tho the new movement mo but it is a simplicity that strikes at the tho truth of ot the situation to tobe tobe I be portrayed Are re l Producers Producer Puppet The present day star system with the theatre trusts h has g done much to stunt the growth of ot dramatic ability and initiative Tho The great relt actors 1 are arc tho the actors actor of or tho the past Today actors actor and actresses are puppets in tho the hands handsor of or producers They stand and move mo and smile smite as the they do because they are told to do so 80 and often orten the they are chosen for tor their parts because the they smile as thc they do Mannerisms have become the Im- Im thing the player Is t the o bh at at- at I I I traction and he plays plas the tho drama that thatis is writt written n to bring out all the characteristics charac charac- I for tor which ho Is known But with the little theatre the pIa play Is the big thing The star system is unknown I each cach player subjects himself to the production and becomes great reat through h the part he plays Ho lie Is bno of ot tho the harmonious parts of or the play as a whole not a focus foe for nil all the attention and a applause plau as Is oftentimes the case with the tho star In a n. commercialized drama The Tho little players are not drawn en entirely en- en urel from amateurs or from frOni students student of tho the drama many como come from the professional professional pro pro- stage The little theatre was as asborn born In America nearl nearly seven years a ago o. o At a n. meeting of or a few of or the producers producers producers pro pro- I in Am America it was decided cd to break brcak awa away asay from the regular stage syn syndicate 1 n and develop the theatre theatre- on a t new tangent giving a a. chance to originality in and Inter Inter- play writing production I p re t a lion I Instead a s t ead 0 of 1 8 stereotyped t e p ed forms Corms of oC presenting drama having ln the expected happen In the expected way I and making m. an appeal through familiarity famil I and long association It was WitS decided decided de de- de- de to have o the appeal made through The simplicity truth and originality little theatre is If following in tho the footsteps footsteps footsteps foot foot- steps of ot the creat masters Ma Max fain fain- hardt and Leon of or the Continental tal tat theatre have o already paved ell the wa way in Europe for tor a similar movement New From tho tile meeting of or seeing far producers hold In Now New York seven years ears ago has haa grown rown tho the Washington Square players the Provincetown Pro players the theTo To Toy theatre in Dc Detroit lt the Chicago Littie Little Little Lit Lit- tle tie theatre and a a. few others The Washington Square players player have e p passed 4 ll tho the stage where they can be classed as 35 amateurs they the have ha 0 entered d tho the professional professional pro pro- ranks Others aro are following in their footsteps pointing toward tho time when he the little theatre will become tho American theatre The lighting system Is new the stage settings are nc new but so are the plays and tho the manner of or producing them i iSalt Salt Lake Lako row r has one of these thele little I playhouses and has In Its midst not only one of the greatest producers of oC the new Style stylo drama rama hut but one of or its Its Its' orl originators as well For Fo Maurice Browne I director of or orIta Ita Varsity players at the theold theold old Social hall ball hall was Vas one of ot tho the famous producers at the meeting in New cw ew York ork orkIn in which the little theatre was born ll Maud supervisor and director of the theatre here has haJ studied un under er the greatest masters in Boston Philadelphia and amI amIe New e York She Sheu u was vas as one of ot the few private students of or Steel the favorite student and greatest living exponent of oC Delsarte Last winter vinter IH spent with the WashIngton Washington Wash ash ington Inston Square players and producing producing producing pro pro- with them and also was assistant assistant assistant assist assist- ant director for some of oC the productions productions productions of or th the Greenwich Village play play- ers Producing Mss 1 Babcock are arc Maurice Browne Browno and Ellen Van Valkenburg burg directors of or the Chicago Little theatre Mr Ir Browne who has become one of tho the foremost directors In America has given to the Chicago o Little theatre as Cla Clayton ton Hamilton says saS a name known l throughout hout all the English Speaking world Ho Ito has come corne to place the name of Salt Lake on the lists as the homo home of ot art lovers lo as Is Greenwich Village VillaJe and other places plaes where art is worshipped l for Itself Mr Ir Browne has written several plays and books for the tho Insurgent drama an and helps to Interpret t his own o productions 11 His Is wife Ellen Van Yan has a been I associated with her husband as coI co- co I player and Py n great critics she sho ho is considered one one of oC the most versatile versatile versa versa- tile and artistic actresses on the sta stage c I She Sh has played more than sixt sixty roles in the last six years cars and has made herI herself her her- I self salt famous ramous as the originator of or the i Art Marionette I r puppet production tion of or the u Midsummer Nights Night's I Dream caused Anatole France Francc to I write his famous essa essay on the marion marion- etto stage stag I She has brought her puppets puppet with her an and in Salt Lake will produce Alice In Jack and the Beanstalk The Deluded Dragon on Th The Little rAttle Mermaid and The Midsummer Midsummer Mid Mid- lId lId- summer Nights Night's Dream to Soon SOlin After th the quarantine ban ha been I removed the Little theatre will open with four Cour famous one-act one plays plas the fa faI favorites fa- fa I of oC the Chicago Little theatre I They are Joint Owners in Spain Lithuania Womankind and anel another er to be chosen from manThe man many The varsity players a advanced ancell students stu stu- dents of Miss 1188 Babcock will will support Maurice Maurico Brown Drown n nad l Ellen Van Valkenburg II burg in the forthcoming productions Tho The pro productions will wilt be bo given each I week until the holidays when the first series will be be closed Subsequently they will open a second series serJe with other famous players of oC the stage Jonah That a a. picture In which a German submarine submarine camouflaged camouflaged though i imay It may be Is be-Is Is a Jonah is the firm belief of oC Joe Rock Director H fl R. R II jj McCray an and E Earle Montgomery of ot the Montgomery Mont lont- gomery gomer and Rock Hock Big V Special Com Comedy d com company pan Several we weeks eks ks ago ngo this troupe went to Island islanI to tomake tomake tomake make a a. submarine picture l i 1 Is s Ju just t now that thit this picture h has bbs s reach reached cd completion and this a against a variety of odds that th would have made the ex cx- experiences of ot the Biblical Jonah seem Beem commonplace Everything from a mere more I drowning to a real wreck happened to the troupe while whilo at Catalina At tt that this Big V com comedy dy troupe troup predicts tho submarine comedy will b b. b i n a i j j |