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GORGEOUS STAGE EFFECTS.’/v* • *. * . I.lt;fiore Our »ri CQinMBowlt;lrt.)on Tuesday with a brilliant society audienceon the occasion of the dress rehearsal-which in Paris is equivalent tb a “ first night Knoblauch's 4‘ Kismet.** There seemed to-be n universal desire on the part of theable World of Paristoseetheirfavourite.M.Eastern setting he had prepared for himself ahdhis tfoujtef ^sibly, Chanfecler,** has been tlie: subject of such minute stage management and of so much public curiosity. The stage of the Sarah-Bernhardt Thetre, which is said to have been taken for the occasion at a rent of £120 a night, is much bigger than .the Garrick* add wants a great deal bf .filling. A veritablearmy Of supers had been engaged, and evenM. Knoblauch donned an Arab dress to minglewith them and be able to direct the generalThe Palace of the Caliph and tho were splendid examples- of scene and the bazar scene was most realistically given with its squatting women-sellers of cakesand fruit, its chaffering merchant* and throngof idlers. Two little bullock calves and a shaggy donkey were not wanting, though the expected!^ horselofShe i?|Iifhcaparisoned, and nbt only was the local colour .................... impressive, but even the Easternthemade t* fit.great tjslents oaa, scarcely beOntheotherhand/theib^fgar boy to whom he bequaatlj^his^gateofthe mosque might heve been trSa*-Damescus.and M, CapePmif, .the Caliph, was0g fjffiamnonealmosttohearVS'-'Vshirt,wmumCompared with the London '^Kismet,** theon ^the^hb^^fbuwifa itvery cioseiy^a $nejaanM^le(t^^ M.Jules Lemaftm ‘odro the-g^n^ral schema ofBrnfrnfim, ndrnge from..........................................liirt* : 0+■■: ia*7:: *:¥f?»‘The costumes ib^aHShaf|l^thi§f S£nini;.:^d| .......;„V,.,TEgyptian, andPersianand 8udan magnates and traders, to the moat splendid robes of Indian and other Oriental princes and ladies. All the tableaux met withilehthusiastihiKadi^ seWed; but,* as far as could ba judged by: the attitude and comments one could hear from the super^xpert and . critical assemblage oftheaudiencel theiplayiwasiscarcelyjii^dltlt;ioome up to expectations m its inherent interest. i There is no doubt that the French :=bdiibated public ss ^^^c®^ ^^tfe ;En^ishKih^mblpcbmi)^^ to fill up ii; picture,®Thefsiiwlibiiiil®^tm stimulateVtheir fadedofllthOibrightest starsa Mnoi||tI^- . w jpiptwhi^slthiirareatb^sensational rdles of recent days: “ C*est mag-k — — .... .one;i.Icommeenfiritmliillmaisfinople and across the theatre, with quaint and 'gMfthochanted av*Armenian girl accompanied with dance andmurmured chorus•lilt'-*'. •••;?'%• *•••• • • .*• * *-*^-vfci The negro swordbearer was M. Aurele Sydney, and very fine And grim^lielibb^d^Mg^buihewaslessofanOrientalthanmanyofhis colleagues^ and it surprised many that he should have chosen a prnrt which is one ofwho have beenthe “amelly bazars *' of Constan- [ during the bamr scene was? seemed wafted at times * “ ^ ‘ J“ ---A genuine Oriental band,, under theInayat Khahilove song, and an€€i:ob^^oStea^l^a^berecalllofIthelEair certOmljiis ‘‘KiSmet,*- and a more three hours ofIvice, poetry, andi.«C■ *::* • v .. v.V' lt;;■ !■• - ' -J.‘/»:••‘WV .. , • vi ^IIcb3bm|:iciinci^' of the 'Mediterratteah and' Balkims’it la^dpubtful whetherwiUenjaythesamein France as it did ini England. It is a mexfequestion of temperament. ggthisBut,— -»
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London Standard
London, Middlesex, GB
Sat, Dec 21, 1912
Page 11
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