The new spirit in drama & art . STUDY BV LEON BAKST.(Russian Ballet.) ^ THE NEW SPIRIT IN LONDON 15 It was Professor Reinhardt who reintroduced the Shake-spearean idea to this country, after having brought it, with theaid of his group of distinguished co-operators, to undreamt-ofproportions. Through the enterprise of Mr Oswald Stoll, itfirst reappeared as a star turn at the CoHseum, disguised asSumunm, a mimo-drama by Friedrich Freska. The distinguishing feature of this Eastern story withoutwords was a tremendous simplicity of treatment. Noticeablebeyond this was the bold application of realis
The new spirit in drama & art . STUDY BV LEON BAKST.(Russian Ballet.) ^ THE NEW SPIRIT IN LONDON 15 It was Professor Reinhardt who reintroduced the Shake-spearean idea to this country, after having brought it, with theaid of his group of distinguished co-operators, to undreamt-ofproportions. Through the enterprise of Mr Oswald Stoll, itfirst reappeared as a star turn at the CoHseum, disguised asSumunm, a mimo-drama by Friedrich Freska. The distinguishing feature of this Eastern story withoutwords was a tremendous simplicity of treatment. Noticeablebeyond this was the bold application of realistic colour, byErnst Stern, as well as the revival of old conventions ofintimacy. The production had, in fact, several very interestinginnovations, which may be gathered from the following extractfrom an article written by me. After pointing to the reasonsof the success of Sumurun, the article continues:— The fantasy is divided into seven scenes, and the varietiesof colour themes illustrated are in accordance. Each scenehas it
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