THE TABLEAU-PAGEANT
Reading edition
SCENE FROM THE TABLEAU PAGEANT PRESENTED ON THE GROUNDS OF BLOOMINGDALE HOSPITAL, MAY 26, 1921
SYNOPSIS
While the Symbolic Father Time bears witness, the Muse of History, as the Narrator, after alluding to the remote past, briefly summarizes the incidents leading up to the establishment of the Society of the New York Hospital by Royal Charter in 1771. The succeeding scenes are self-revealing. The familiar picture of Pinel at Salpetrière depicts conditions in that period. Several portraits of personalities intimately associated with the early history of Bloomingdale Hospital follow. These, together with an episode from the life of Dorothy Dix, stimulate our imagination with reference to the revival of interest in the care of the mentally ill in the first half of the last century. The closing scenes suggest the great advance which has taken place during the century, and the part that work and play take to-day in re-establishing and maintaining life's balances. Finally, in symbolic processional, tribute is paid to Hygeia, the goddess of Health and Happiness.
CHARACTERS AND SCENES IN TABLEAU-PAGEANT
MusicOrchestra
Overture
Prologue
The Muse of History (Narrator)Adelyn Wesley
Spirit of the Past (Time)Dr. D. Austin Sniffen
MusicOrchestra
"Amaryllis"