Show l Drama pr ma League League l B Bulletins lIetins fAbo ouk l P Play ay ay Chant e r The Tho Chic Chie Chicago age of the Drama Le League oe of America in is Its bulletin of March 12 1912 ha had bast this thin rolaY to ro toBay say laY about the Maude Adams Adama production prod production elion e. e tion lion tion of or Chan Edmond Edmond Rostand Rostan bornat at atMar Author Edmond Author born born- Mar Marseilles France 1806 author of f and La Princ Prin Prin- many poems and pta plays lays 1 a an c e LAiglon lon Le lie Bois Boia Si Sicre re Cyrano Cirano de Ber Bergerac erac Thc History History The premiere was at the Theatre de do la Porte St. St Martin Paris February r 7 1910 Th The first Amer American can production was at the Knickerbocker theatre Nc Now York City ou J January nuary 23 23 1911 Company Company Miss Mi 8 Adams and supporting company under the man man- of Mr Yr Charles Frohman General idea idea The Tho joy that comes from love Iov of f work faith in the future and constant constant 1 turning toward tho the light ht The whole splendid lyric ric and dramatic idea is worked out our and I br brilliantly ly The symbolism throughout has bae the clarity and 10 logic IC so BO characteristic character character- of the French and carries carries' thern the then n rn message a wage convincingly convincing Characters Characters- Ch Chant Thc Thc na The national na onal spirit of France Prance courageous heroic heroic- i boastful poetic ti The w golden phe pheasant the pheasant the the romantic heroine the et eternal feminine The do dog the doth th the faith faithful faithful ful friend the philosopher of the play Tho the blackbird the thc barnyard cynic cyme Tho turkey the the academician The guinea hen ben the hen the social snob The nightingale the nightingale the le the idealist the true artist Comment Comment The part of as ae it I fa interpreted is is distinctly limited but cut its imal imaginative native vein is brou brought ht out am and the tho significance of th the whole play is so 80 rich and poetic 8 as to make it well worth north seeing The 4 I The appeal to children it is something deeper than mere in ingenuity of scenery and arid costume The charm harm is based deep in in racial traits traits' of ot the French people No other nation has so hi high h an ideal of clearness dearness in jn expression ion that great thoughts reed need no adapting fo for foT the c child Ud The Tha following was taken from q the bulletin b issued 8 November t 20 1911 by bythe the pIa committee of the Boston Drama 1 league Comment It C Comment t-It t It is js of mme a play poetry a and d pointed d satire but with not Aed a great ed amount of dramatic quality Duality given n by hr an in excellent company with Loo rood L diction AH lAII the person personages of the barn bun yard though m many riy have only few lines are re well ch characterized both b bv by the author author au au- thor and nd th the actors acton The illusion of ot human buman attributes attributes love lore ambition in ia suffering suffering pretend pretend among a animals ls is extraordinarily successful uc and nd appealing and somewhat hat settings g strati strange ri e som 1 disconcerting in their unusual scale seale to tomake tomake tomake make m-ake them in proportion to tho the thoen enlarged en en- enlarged animals of the ca cast t form an anad ad added Jd distinctive charac character r to the b pt play v. v The lines throughout hout are admirable a and d often beautiful in their poetic Imaginative nat native q e quality Ht Whatever r rc regrets th pray may be by that the intensely masculine principal part part should be taken by a n. n cannot ov o rc the auditors auditor's enjoyment nt of this his ingenious e and striking strike ing |