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From Russia there are a number of manuscripts formerly used by the children of the Tsars. Old and very rare copies are displayed of such well-known works as "The Adventures of Baron Mundhausen," "Pinocchio," and "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." By carefully examining all the cases, one can gain an unusually clear impression of young people's tastes for literature during many centuries...
With Saul Lancourt, former assistant director of the Chautauqua Opera Association, as production manager, and with professional adult actors, dancers and singers, Junior Programs this season is producing two operas, Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel and Rimsky-Korsakov's Bumble Bee Prince; two ballets with accompanying narrative, Pinocchio and The Princess and the Swineherd, written for this project; one play, The Reward of the Sun God, by John Louw Nelson. Junior Programs' repertoire also includes marionets, monologists, films, musicians. By far the most popular are the ballets...
Unlike the Tony Sarg productions, no serious effort is made at realism. The puppets are a race apart, talented and entertaining, but with the temperament of a Pinocchio. It is scarcely possible to describe "The Piccoli" as a mere puppet show, it is rather a carnival, acted by an immense cast under the aegis of a group of maestros in the art of manipulating marionettes...
...Peter Rabbit, Pinocchio, Alice in Wonderland, Just So Stories, The Velveteen Rabbit...
Handsome new editions, most of them beautifully illustrated, have been published of such classics as ALICE IN WONDERLAND-Boni, Liveright ($3); PINOCCHIO-Macmillan ($5.00); A CONNECTICUT YANKEE AT KING ARTHUR'S COURT-Harper ($2.50); THE PILOT-Minton, Balch ($2.50); THE ARABIAN NIGHTS- Dodd, Mead ($5); THE DEERSLAYER -Scribner's ($2.50); WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG-Dutton...