Word: exteriored
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Mantell's scenery has long been a by-word for the medieval in stage design. The interiors for "Richelieu" were amazing feats of architecture, but the one exterior, in the garden of the Louvre, was far more individual. Eyes were suddenly drawn from a landscape of unnatural vegetable growths to the front drop. Two trees luxuriant with leaves and heavy branches, were suspended in mid air with a proud spirit of not needing trunks or roots...
...facade is symbolic in composition and detail. In the central motive, interest centers on the figure of Our Lady of Victory, supported by St. George and St. Michael crushing the Evil Spirits; destruction of the old Library, while underneath, crowning the doors leading to the three exterior pulpits are busts of the heroes of the war, the King, the Queen, and Cardinal Mercier. The coats of arms of Belgium and the United States are framed in the high balustrade which surrounds and crowns the building; in this balustrade is interwoven an inscription describing the destruction of the old Library...
Students of architecture will find much of interest in the great stone buildings of Mexico, Central America, and Peru, with their ornate facades and sculptured inner walls. Casts of some of these walls are shown in the Museum collections. Both interior and exterior of the stone buildings at Mitla, Mexico, are adorned with perhaps the most remarkable series of frets to be found in any section of the world...
...Benedict '23, C. A. Gage '22, and R. D. '24. A new departure with this year's show is the use of scenery designed solely for this production. The first scene is the lobby of Hotel Puree Tourine, in Chamonix, Switzerland, and the second is an exterior, with the Alps as a background...
...innovation with this year's show will be the use of special scenery, all of which, both exterior and interior sets, is being made solely for use in this production. The sets were designed by O. M. Oenslager '23, who is supervising their construction by members of the club. The setting for the second act, which is an exterior scene in the Swiss Alps, is treated in a somewhat unconventional manner, and is extremely effective...