Photograph, Theater - Pan Pipes Production, 1919
1919 (Date manufactured/created)
7 1/2 in. H
X
9 1/2 in. W
Measurement Notes: Image: 7 1/2" x 9 1/2"
8 1/2 in. H X 11 in. W
8 1/2 in. H X 11 in. W
Two copies of a black and white photograph of the "Pan Pipes: A Woodland Play" production, performed on August 28, 1919 by the Garden Plays as a fundraiser for the Madison Historical Society. The performance took place in the woods northeast of Oakledge, the Wilcox family home on Island Avenue. The girl(nymph) is identified as Ethel Wilcox."Pan Pipes" was written by Constance Grenelle Wilcox and published in "Told In a Chinese Garden, And Four Other Fantastic Plays for Out-doors Or In-doors." in 1920 by Henry Holt and Company, New York, and reprinted as "Pan Pipes: A Woodland Play in One Act" in 1920 by Samuel French, New York/London. Madison was home to the country's earliest summer theater. In 1918, Constance Grenelle Wilcox and Alice B. Keating founded the Woodland Garden Plays. The first performances were held in the woods behind the Wilcox home on Island Avenue, but later moved into an old barn on the property, called the "Playbarn". The plays were popular fundraisers for charitable causes including post WWI relief, the Madison Historical Society and the preservation of the Lee Academy.
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