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PAGEANT OF DARKNESS AND 
LIGHT. 
A great revival of interest in pa- 
geantry has sprung up in this coun- 
try and abroad during the last few 
years. We have had historical, pa- 
triotic, and semi-political pageants in 
yarious cities and towns; but none of 
these has approached either in oper- 
atic splendor or in the unity of story 
the Pageant of Darkness and Light, 
now being given daily at the Me- 
chanics Building in Boston, in con- 
nection with “The World in Boston” 
Missionary Exposition. 
This production actually goes back 
to the carefully planned and magnifi- 
cently set pieces of Ben Johnson and 
other Elizabethan lovers of pagean- 
try. It is no mere string of scenes, 
passed like a bewildering panorama 
before the spectators. Instead, it was 
built around a set motive. The ex- 
cellent libretto by John Oxenham, al- 
though short, contains some lyrics of 
great rythmic beauty. Dramatic 
unity is maintained by having a 
scene, called an episode, from mis- 
sionary history in each of the four 
quarters of the globe; North, South 
East and West, and closing with a 
beautiful processional episode with an 
immense final tableau of a thousand 
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participants in the attitude of wor- 
ship and triumph. 
The music for these episodes was 
written by Hamish MacCunn. ‘There 
are gloomy Indian chants and blood- 
thirsty war songs; jubilant mission- 
ary choruses and hymns of praise; 
fanatical invocations of medicine men 
and native priests; and many solos of 
every description. The music is 
scored for full orchestra and chorus, 
and the composer has made plentiful 
use of all modern instrumentation in 
order to express the wild character 
of scenes and setting. 
George Pickett is the Pageant Mas- 
ter, having been brought from Eng- 
land to produce it. The Musical Di- 
rector, Ephraim Cutter, Jr., conducts 
a chorus of more than 300 voices. 
The soloists are Miss Blanche Towle, 
soprano, and Miss Adelaide Griggs, 
contralto, both of Boston; Mrs. 
Francis Annesley of London, Eng- 
land, Mezzo soprano; Mr. Henry 
Gurney, tenor, and Mr. Frank M. 
Conly, bass, both of Philadelphia and 
William Gustafson, Jr., of Boston, 
baritone. 
Hortis STREET ‘THEATRE. 
At the Hollis Street Theatre for 
two weeks beginning Monday, May 
15, 8. I’. King offers Aphie James 
and her own company in a new com- 
edy drama of the romantic Seven- 
teenth Century period entitled “Judy 
O’Hara” by Mrs. Frances Hodgson 
Burnett. Mrs. Burnett has four suc- 
cessful plays to her credit: “Little 
Lord Fauntleroy,” “The Dawn of a 
Tomorrow,” “The Little Princess,” 
and “The Little Sister of Jose.” 
This new play is in the vein of the 
author’s best works. It has an ex- 
citing plot, a romantic love story, 
Mrs. Burnett’s characteristic humor 
and a strong sympathetic appeal. 
Miss James has _ been favorably 
known to the theatre-going public of 
the larger cities in the South and 
West, as a joint star of her late hus- 
band, Louis James, with whom she 
appeared so successfully in the 
lighter roles of his repertoire for a 
number of years. The most schol- 
arly reviewers of Washington, Phil- 
adelphia, New York and _ Chicago 
have referred to the charm and de- 
light of Miss James’ art in unstinted 
praise, placing it on the highest plane 
reached by any of the world’s ac- 
tresses. 
Wednesday and Saturday matinees 
will be given during Miss James’ en- 
gagement. 
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