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MUSICAL COURIER
May 31, 1923
FIRST PERFORMANCES AT RELASCO THEATER, NEW YORK, IN DECEMBER THEN AVAILABLE FOR LARGEST AUDITORIUMS FROM COAST TO COAST
VICTOR HERBERT
is writing the music for THE CHINESE WILLOW PLATE STORY, which will be presented by a company of players, singers, and a small orchestra.
TONY SARG’S NEW
PRODUCTION
DAVID BELASCO
says: YOU HAVE SOMETHING UNIQUE AND CHARMING. SUCCESS TO YOU AND GOOD WISHES.”
The Chinese Willow Plate Story
OPERA, DRAMA, MARIONETTES, PANTOMIME
DANCING, AND THE KALEIDOSCOPE-NOUVEAU
UNITED IN THE MOST NOVEL AND ORIGINAL ARTISTIC ENTERTAINMENT EVER PRESENTED
All on a large scale so that the largest seating capacities are available for the crowds which will welcome THE CHINESE WILLOW PLATE STORY.
Scenery, costumes, music, complete investiture of a Broadway production portrayed so as to be suitable for the best concert courses.
Fifth Season — Available East of Denver
Two Notable Novel Programs
Original Tony Sarg’s Marionettes
NEW PLAYS: RED RIDING HOOD—HANSEL AND GRETEL
A Double Bill intended for Matinee Performances. To be produced in
Boston, Mass., in October.
“The settings and lighting effects would have done credit to Urban’s best scenery at the Metropolitan Opera House. The forest scene, when the curtain first went up, looked like another version of Maxfield Parrish’s ‘Circe,’ ” says one of New York’s most prominent critics.
Don Quixote
The Old Favorite will have another season
Write or wire for available dates for either company to
TONY SARG COMPANY
ERNEST BRIGGS, Mgr.
1400 Broadway, New York
UO