AFTERWORD

In the original production of this masque, referred to in theForeword, the sanctuary stage was devised byMr. Joseph Lindon Smithin two planes—the natural and the supernatural, harmoniously blended.

The natural plane, in the foreground, was a leaf-strewn plot of earth; the supernatural, in the background, was a constructed stage some eighteen inches higher, sloping slightly upward toward the back, covered with smooth canvas, practical for dancing, so painted as to suggest a weathered outcropping of rock, overgrown in places by moss and greensward.

This constructed stage was divided from the foreground earth by the trunk of a felled maple tree, straight in line and inconspicuous in color.

In front of this dividing line,SHYandAlwynremained always in the natural plane; behind it,OrnisandTacitaremained always in the supernatural. Their scenestogether were enacted near or beside the fallen tree trunk.

In the scene of his conversion,Starkwas lured into the higher plane byTacita; whileQuercusalone among the characters skipped back and forth from one plane to the other.

As audience, the non-participating spectators sat in dominoes of brown, flanked on either side by the bird-participants in their pied bird costumes. These latter watched the performance until, at thefinale, they were summoned byQuercusupon the constructed stage.

There, when all had been marshalled, entered theCardinal Bird[enacted byMr. Herbert Adams, the sculptor], accompanied by two small scarlet-tanager acolytes [boys], bearing great candles, to light a crimson cushion held by the Cardinal. On the cushion lay an open scroll.

This scroll, itself a sheet of parchment-like paper from the original press of Benjamin Franklin, had been inscribed byMr. Stephen Parrishwith aSonnet-Epilogue,

Cardinal Bird and Hummingbird

composed by the author of the masque and signed by all of its participants, with their real names opposite the species of birds they severally impersonated.

Moving slowly forward to music till he stood beforePresidentandMrs. Wilson, where they sat near the centre of the first row of the audience, theCardinal Bird, with simple dignity, read from the scroll this

Addressed toMrs. Woodrow Wilson:

Lady,WHEREASyour gentle patronageAnd presence have to-night so favored usIn this our ritual, that you have thusLent to our earnest cause a double gage:One gracious daughter to make glad our stageAnd one to make its theme harmoniousWith song—whose sire now makes illustriousThe larger theatre of our living age:Therefore, ere yet the privilege be spentWhich grants our thoughts the spell of human words,We vow by you, here in this tranquil wood,Our loyal love to him—the President,Whose heart has heard the call of the wild birds,

Lady,WHEREASyour gentle patronage

And presence have to-night so favored us

In this our ritual, that you have thus

Lent to our earnest cause a double gage:

One gracious daughter to make glad our stage

And one to make its theme harmonious

With song—whose sire now makes illustrious

The larger theatre of our living age:

Therefore, ere yet the privilege be spentWhich grants our thoughts the spell of human words,We vow by you, here in this tranquil wood,Our loyal love to him—the President,Whose heart has heard the call of the wild birds,

Therefore, ere yet the privilege be spent

Which grants our thoughts the spell of human words,

We vow by you, here in this tranquil wood,

Our loyal love to him—the President,

Whose heart has heard the call of the wild birds,

And sign ourselves

Your Servants, with gratitude.

Having thus presented the scroll, theCardinal Birdwith hisAcolytesretired to the stage, where the final dance and procession of the bird-participants then took place.

The Programme of the performance [omitting that part of thePreludealready printed on pages xix and xx] was as follows:

UNDER THE PATRONAGE OFMRS. WOODROW WILSONAND THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEE

UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF

MRS. WOODROW WILSON

AND THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEE

MRS. HERBERT ADAMSMRS. C. C. BEAMANERNEST HAROLD BAYNESKENYON COXPERCY MACKAYEMAXFIELD PARRISHCHARLES A. PLATTMRS. GEORGE RUBLEELOUIS EVAN SHIPMANJOSEPH LINDON SMITHMRS. AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS

MRS. HERBERT ADAMS

MRS. C. C. BEAMAN

ERNEST HAROLD BAYNES

KENYON COX

PERCY MACKAYE

MAXFIELD PARRISH

CHARLES A. PLATT

MRS. GEORGE RUBLEE

LOUIS EVAN SHIPMAN

JOSEPH LINDON SMITH

MRS. AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS

MEMBERS OF THE MERIDEN BIRD CLUB JOIN WITH RESIDENTS OF CORNISH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND THEIR FRIENDS, TO PRESENT A MASQUE IN THE INTEREST OF AMERICAN WILD BIRD PROTECTION

PRELUDESONG “THE HERMIT THRUSH”SUNG BY MISS MARGARET WILSONTHE SONG COMPOSED BY FREDERICK S. CONVERSE TO WORDS BY ARVIA MACKAYE, WHO ENACTS THE PART OF THE LITTLE GIRLMERIDEN, NEW HAMPSHIRE:SEPTEMBER 12, 1913SANCTUARYA BIRD MASQUEBY PERCY MACKAYEPERFORMED UNDER THE FOLLOWING DIRECTION

PRELUDE

SONG “THE HERMIT THRUSH”

SUNG BY MISS MARGARET WILSON

THE SONG COMPOSED BY FREDERICK S. CONVERSE TO WORDS BY ARVIA MACKAYE, WHO ENACTS THE PART OF THE LITTLE GIRL

MERIDEN, NEW HAMPSHIRE:

SEPTEMBER 12, 1913

SANCTUARY

A BIRD MASQUE

BY PERCY MACKAYE

PERFORMED UNDER THE FOLLOWING DIRECTION

STAGE PRODUCTION BY JOSEPH LINDON SMITHDANCING BY JULIET BARRETT RUBLEEORIGINAL MUSIC BY FREDERICK S. CONVERSEPROPERTIES BY WILLIAM HOWARD HARTPROGRAMME DESIGN BY KENYON COX

STAGE PRODUCTION BY JOSEPH LINDON SMITH

DANCING BY JULIET BARRETT RUBLEE

ORIGINAL MUSIC BY FREDERICK S. CONVERSE

PROPERTIES BY WILLIAM HOWARD HART

PROGRAMME DESIGN BY KENYON COX

PERSONS IN THE MASQUEIN THE ORDER OF THEIR APPEARANCE

PERSONS IN THE MASQUE

IN THE ORDER OF THEIR APPEARANCE

EPILOGUE

BIRD PARTICIPANTS IN PANTOMIME

OFFICERS OF THE MERIDEN BIRD CLUBPRESIDENT, DR. ERNEST L. HUSEVICE PRESIDENTS

OFFICERS OF THE MERIDEN BIRD CLUB

PRESIDENT, DR. ERNEST L. HUSE

VICE PRESIDENTS

MRS. E. E. WHEELERMR. NEIL CRONINPROF. FRANK M. HOWEPROF. CHESTER H. SEARS

MRS. E. E. WHEELER

MR. NEIL CRONIN

PROF. FRANK M. HOWE

PROF. CHESTER H. SEARS

SECRETARY, MR. JOHN FARNUM CANN

TREASURER, MR. ERNEST HAROLD BAYNES

GENERAL MANAGER, MISS MARY L. CHELLIS

MASQUE COMMITTEE FOR THE MERIDEN BIRD CLUB

MR. ROBERT BARRETTMRS. ERNEST HAROLD BAYNESMR. JOHN FARNUM CANNMISS ANNIE H. DUNCANMISS MARY A. FREEMANMR. ALBION E. LANGMR. CHARLES ALDEN TRACYMRS. E. E. WHEELER

MR. ROBERT BARRETT

MRS. ERNEST HAROLD BAYNES

MR. JOHN FARNUM CANN

MISS ANNIE H. DUNCAN

MISS MARY A. FREEMAN

MR. ALBION E. LANG

MR. CHARLES ALDEN TRACY

MRS. E. E. WHEELER

COSTUMESMRS. HERBERT ADAMSMISS ELLEN SHIPMANMR. JOSEPH LINDON SMITHPHOTOGRAPHS, DR. ARNOLD GENTHEBIRD-NOTES, MISS KATHERINE MINAHANINVITATIONS, MISS ANNIE H. DUNCANAUTOMOBILES, MR. GRISWOLD HAYWOODSTAGING AND SEATSMR. WILLIAM HOWARD HARTMR. JOHN FARNUM CANN

COSTUMES

MRS. HERBERT ADAMS

MISS ELLEN SHIPMAN

MR. JOSEPH LINDON SMITH

PHOTOGRAPHS, DR. ARNOLD GENTHE

BIRD-NOTES, MISS KATHERINE MINAHAN

INVITATIONS, MISS ANNIE H. DUNCAN

AUTOMOBILES, MR. GRISWOLD HAYWOOD

STAGING AND SEATS

MR. WILLIAM HOWARD HART

MR. JOHN FARNUM CANN

BY PERCY MACKAYE

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