Shubert Theatre Balieff's Chauve-Souris Program
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Shubert Theatre Shubert Holding Co., Lessees MESSRS. LEE and J. J. SHUBERT Managing Directors Matinees Wedne ;day and Saturday F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest Have the Honor to Present The Most Unusual Theatrical Entertainment in the World BaliefPs Chauve-Souris (Ths Bat Theatre of Moscow) 1— In Triumphant Return to Boston WITH AN ENTIRELY NEW PROGRAM After Extraordinary Success at the Forty-Ninth Street Theatre in New York Theatre Femina in Paris and the Strand Theatre in London Boston is the First City Outs de New York and the Only City in New England to see the New Chauve-Souris 2— Engagement Limited to Two Weeks Only Overture Chef d’Orchestre, M. Zlatin STENKA RAZIN. A Famous Legend of the Volga. Music by Alexei Archangelsky. Stenka Razin was a legendary bandit who terrorized the regions bordering on the River Volga toward the close of the seventeenth century. In the course of one of his raids. Stenka has captured a Persian Princess of incomparable beauty and carried her off with him. Her presenc on the Chieftain's craft arouses dis- content among his whole crew and especially in the heart of his mistress, Alyona. Jealous and vengeful, Alyona incites Stenka’s comrades against their leader, and they charge him with plotting to betray them for the beautiful eyes of the foreign Princess. Stenka’s warlike heart is roused by this reproach, he recovers from his infatuation and hurls the Persian Princess into the Volga. His followers are deeply impressed by this proof of his loyalty but, grieved at the tragic fate of the beautiful Princess, they begin to chant a re- quiem in her memory. Abruptly, Stenka halts their sad chant, orders a gay song, and stands master over th orgy that follows. Mmes. Deykarhanova and Tchoukleva and Messrs Anfimoff, Dalmatoff, Ermoloff, Marievsky, Okorotchenkoff, Sheftel, Stoianovsky, Touchnoff, Wurzel, Zotoff and Davidoff. Scenery and costumes by Vassily Shoukhaeff. THE RENDEZVOUS OF LOVE. An Old Polka Based on the Embroidered Pattern of an Old Russian Cushion. Mme. Karavanova and M. Gorodetsky. Scenery and costumes by Nicholas Benois. — 3— A WINTER EVENING. A Musical Tableau Arranged by Alexei Archangelsky. 4— Mmes. Birse and Ershova Scenery and costumes by Sergei Soudeikine AMOUR ET HIERARCHIE Love in the Ranks). A Buffoonery of Ancient St. Petersburg. Music by Alexei Archangelsky. The daughter of the regiment awaits her suitors. One by one they appear to claim her favor—first the drummer boy, next the sergeant-major, next the lieutenant, and then the Colonel. Each in turn puts to rout his inferior and takes his place in accordance with the established discipline of military seniority. Finally the general arrives, puts them all in their place, reconciles them to their fate, and struts off victor in this strange tournament. Mme. Fechner and Messrs Dalmatoff, Gorodetsky, Ermoloff, Marievsky and Stoianovsky Scenery and costumes by Nicholas Benois. 5 AN ANCIENT CAMEO. From Nikita Balieff’a Collection Left Behind in Moscow. Music by Weckerlin, Arranged by Alexei Archangelsky. Mmes. Birse, Ershova, Karabanova, Kommissarjevskaya, Sperantseva and Tchoukleva. Scenery and costumes by Nicholas Benois. 6 THE SHEPHERDESS INTERLUDE. From Tchaikovsky’s Opera, “The Queen of Spades.” Mmes. Birse, Ershova, Fechner, Karabanova, Kommissarjevskaya, and Zlatina, and Messrs. Touchnoff and Gorodetsky. Scenery and costumes by Vassily Shoukhaeff. 7 THE ZAPOROZHTSI (The Dnieper Cossacks). Based on the famous painting by Ilya Repin. Music by Alexei Archangelsky. The Zaporozhtsi, a branch of the Cossacks who lived along the River Dnieper in Ukrainia, defended Central Russia and its capital, Moscow, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, from the perpetual raids of the Turk. A people of strange customs and dauntless bravery, the Zaporozhtsi inspired by their deeds numerous Russian poets, novelists and painters. The first great Russian novelist, Nicholas Gogol, took their wild life and courageous exploits for the background of his story, “Taras Bulba.” Likewise, the greatest of modern Russian painters, Ilya Repin, has left us a famous painting which represents a humor- ous episode in the bitter struggle between the Cossacks and the Sultan. This painting hangs in the Tretya- kovsky Gallery, Moscow, the treasury of modern Russian art. According to the version of Gogol, which Repin has spread on his canvas, the Sultan sent a letter to the Zaporozhtsi demanding immediate pay- ment of a war levy. The Cossack council, the “Rada,” considers the question of a fitting reply. Full of in- dignation, tempered with grim humor, the Zaporozhtsi crowd around their scribe, the only one of their number who can read and write. Each one suggests to him a gibe or an insult to be incorporated in the mes- sage to the Sultan. The most biting and the wittiest phrases are smothered in bursts of primitive and ap- proving laughter. Messrs. Anfimoff, Dalmatoff, Gorodetsky, Ermoloff, Marievsky, Okorotchenkoff, Sheftel, Stoianovsky, Tcherniavsky, Touchnoff, Wurzel, Zotoff and Davidoff. Scenery and costumes by Nicholas Benois. INTERMISSION Chauve-Souris Cross-Face Puzzle Curtain, by Ralph Barton Painted by Andrei Hudiakoff A new souvenir of the Chauve-Souris, beautifully illustrating in full colors the new bill, has just been published by F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest and is on sale in the foyer. — 8 THE ARRIVAL AT BETHLEHEM. Taken from “The Golden Legends” of Yvette Guilbert Mmes. Deykarhanova, Kommissarjevskaya, Karabanova and Messrs. Dalmatoff, OkorotchenkofF and Wurzel. Scenery and costumes by Vassily Shoukhaeff. 9 SICILIANA. Music by Alexei Archangelsky 10— Mme. Birse and Messrs. Anfimoff, Stoianovsky, Wurze and Zotoff. Scenery and costumes by Nicholas Benois. THE KING ORDERS THE DRUMS TO BE BEATEN. An Old French Ballade. The King orders the drums to be beaten, an omen that he has determined to command one of his Nobles to surrender his wife to the royal will. Heartbroken, but faithful to his imperial master, the Noble yields.11— As a token of welcome to her successor, the Queen bestows on the beautiful Noblewoman a bou- quet of flowers. Secretly she has poisoned the flowers and when the Noblewoman breathes their odor, she falls dead. Mmes. Deykarhanova, Karabanova, Kommissarjevskaya and Messrs. Dalmatoff Zotoff. Scenery and costumes by Alexander Benois. THE FOUR CORPSES. A Tragi-Comic Opera 12— In this terrific cloak and sword drama, two cavaliers, Edouard and Hidoubrand, are both in love with Cunegonde. She loves Edouard. Hidoubrand surprises them and challenges Edouard to a duel. They are both mortally wounded. Cunegonde herself gives Hidoubrand the death thrust and then, unwilling to sur- vive her beloved Edouard, she takes poison. At sight of this horrifying tragedy, the mutual friend of all three, Schnouzi, also commits suicide. Mme. Zlatina, and Messrs. Anfimoff, Stoianovsky and Zotoff. Scenery and costume by Nicholas Benois. THE QUARREL OF TWO DUTCHWOMEN. An Old Time Dutch Dance. Music by Grieg. Mmes. Karabanova and Sperantseva and M. Gorodetsky. Scenery and costumes by Herman Rosse. 13—A COUNTRY PICNIC IN A DISTANT PROVINCE OF RUSSIA. Musi: by Alexei Archangelsky. Mme Birse, Ershova, Savina. Tchoukleva, Zlatina and Messrs. Marievsky, OkorotchenkofF, Touchnoff, Sheftel, Wurzel and Zotoff. Scenery and costumes by Vassily Shoukhaeff. All Scenes are Conceived and Devised by NIKITA BALIEFF. Production Staged Under the Direction of ALEXANDER SANIN. Dances Directed by BORIS ROMANOFF, Master o Choreography. Costumes Executed by MAISON MAX WELDY, Paris. Scenery executed in the studio of H. CILLARD, Paris. Coiffures by MAISON PONTET-BONDON. L. Vivant. Successor, Paris. The Theatre of the Chauve-Souris. NIKITA BALIEFF Founder and Artistic Director ALEXEI ARCHANGELSKY Staff Composer M. ZLATIN Musical Director GEORGE BIRSE General Manager C. PRIMAK Business Manager VADIM SHVEROUBOVITCH Stage Manager Executive Staff for F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest. W. H. OVIATT General Manager VALERIE PETRI Secretary to Morris Gest SIMEON GEST Foreign Representative .