OUTDOOR LIFE AND THE FINE ARTS 

 Cruz. Other clubs, too numerous to mention spe- 

 cifically here, devote themselves to similar affairs. 



Important and significant as is the work of the 

 organizations mentioned above, they are of a private 

 or semi-private nature, and their fetes are open 

 solely to club members, and those holding guest- 

 cards. The enjoyment of this sort of thing, how- 

 ever, is by no means limited to so small a public. Of 

 late years two important movements have mani- 

 fested themselves toward public open-air perform- 

 ances of a like character "The Forest Theater" at 

 Carmel-by-the-Sea, and "The Mountain Play" on 

 Mount Tamalpais. 



The idea of the Forest Theater was conceived by 

 Mr. Herbert Heron, and developed by Mr. Perry 

 Newberry. The first play presented was "David*' 

 by Constance Skinner, followed a year later by 

 Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night." Since that time the 

 following plays have been produced: "The Toad" 

 by Mrs. Perry Newberry, "Runnymede" by William 

 Greer Harrison, "The Sons of Spain" by Sidney Coe 

 Howard, and "Fire," and "The Arrow Maker" by 

 Mary Austin. These Forest Theater plays have been 

 under the direction of Mr. Garnet Holme. Last year 

 "Montezuma," a poetic drama by Herbert Heron, was 

 produced by Mr. Porter Garnett. An amusing series 

 of children's plays has also been given here, "Alice 

 in Wonderland," "Aladdin," and "Shockheaded 

 Peter." All these plays are numerously attended 

 and have aroused wide interest. 



The Mountain Play has been given twice, in May, 

 in a natural theater high on the flank of Mount 

 Tamalpais. The founder of these plays was Mr. 

 John Catlin. Last year "Shakuntala," an ancient 

 Sanskrit play by Kahdasa, charmingly translated by 

 Professor A. W. Ryder, was presented with great 

 splendor. The year before "Abraham and Isaac" 

 and scenes from "Twelfth Night" were given under 

 the management of Mr. Garnet Holme assisted by the 

 late Austin Ramon Pohli, being repeated here after 

 an initial performance in the Greek Theater at 

 Berkeley. This year the play will be "Rip Van 

 Winkle. ' It is hoped that these presentations will 

 be continued in the future. The site is one of ex- 

 treme beauty, commanding magnificent views over 

 the wooded nills and valleys to the Pacific, the Bay, 

 and San Francisco, and lending itself readily to the 

 accommodation of the several thousand spectators 

 who on these occasions quite people the mountain. 



Several of the colleges and universities up and 

 down the coast bring out al fresco plays or pageants, 

 usually about Commencement time. Thus Pomona 



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