Word: diana
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Testing of Diana Mallory," by Mrs. Humphrey Ward...
Meredith, "Diana of the Crossways...
Sanders Theatre was filled to its doors last night at the presentation of "Iphigenie auf Tauris," by Mr. Conried's company. The performance went off very smoothly, the stage-setting and costumes being elaborately worked out, and in complete harmony. The same scene, a grove before the temple of Diana, was used for each of the five acts. Gluck's overture to the "Iphigenie in Aulis" was played by the Pierian Sodality. The orchestra, being placed above the stage, produced a very good effect, and played more purely and with finer expression than usual. The audience was very appreciative...
...scene is laid in Tauris, at the grove of Diana. Agamemnon, king of the Greeks, had sought to sacrifice his daughter, Iphigenie, but the goddess Diana, taking pity on her, had carried her off and installed her as a priestess in the temple at Tauris...