"INTOLERANCE"

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3102, 5 June 1917, Page 6

"INTOLERANCE"

A WOULD WONDER HCTOEE. Babylon embraced ■ a space of eightyono equate miles, and was surrounded by a wall which, according to Pliny, was over two hundred feet in height. ~So wide were the tremendous parapets of the city that it was possible for two chariots or more to drive abreast upon them without inconveniencing foot passengers. A hundred solid metal gates, of imposing grandeur, gave access to the city. And it is this amazing centre of old timo power that D. AV. Griffith has put ott to tho map again,'as a portion' merely of his most recent spectacle "Intolerance," which will open at the King's Theatre to-niglif, under the direction of J. C. Williamson, Ltd. 'J.'he resuscitation of the "mighty city" yas a stupendous tusk, but Mr. Griffith delved deep into books accepted as authoritative, and who can dispute that he has not builded with verity Belshazzar's wonderful capital? Ages before tho existence of New York, the Assyrians had realised tiio practical advantage of laying out their streets at right angles to each other. Their houses, less lofty than our own, were constructed of brick and stone and metal. The Koyal Palace, of which tho audience sees so much in the Griffith play, was on one side of the Euphrates River, which flowed through the city. Facing it stood tho enormous templo of Bel, six hundred feet in length. It was surmounted by a huge and imposing tower. In the temple, so history states, was an idol, an altar, and a throne which were made of pure gold. The bos plans are at the Bristol.