Word: plotting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Rebellious Ancestor" by Henry Alexander Phillips is the best thing that Phillips has done. In point of workmanship it is also the best thing in the issue. In his plot the author has the opportunity to do something that is worth while and he takes entire advantage of this...
This opera is practically new to Boston theatre goers. Its plot is romantic and fascinating. The picturesqueness of the Irish peasantry, whose love story it is, furnishes a delightful charm. The company has been rehearsing the opera for two weeks, a longer period than usual, and an exceedingly fine production is promised. It goes without saying that nothing will be lacking in the matters of costumes and scenery...
This opera is practically new to Boston theatre goers. Its plot is romantic and fascinating. The picturesqueness of the Irish peasantry, whose love story it is, furnishes a delightful charm. The company has been rehearsing the opera for two weeks, a longer period than usual, and an exceedingly fine production is promised. It goes without saying that nothing will be lacking in the matters of costumes and scenery...
Professor Kittredge then spoke on the great merites of the poem. The interest increases steadily towards the climax through a series of episodes which are true developments of the plot, not a string of disconnected adventures. The interviews between Sir Gawain and the lady are managed with great delicacy, yet with no distinct reticence. Few things, too, could have been more difficult than to conduct Sir Gawain through these adventures without making him appear ridiculous. He is pictured as modest, brave, courteous and steadfast in faith. Even King Arthur is not the shadowy phantom we usually meet with, but real...
...Girofle-Girofla" is full of fun and has a most ingenious plot capitally worked out. Don Bolero d'Alcarazas and his wife Aurore have twin daughters, Cirofle and Girofla, who are so remarkably alike that the only means of distinguishing them is by their clothes. One wears blue and the other pink. Aurore has contrived to appease two enemies by arranging a double marriage - Marasquin to marry Girofle and Mourzouk Girofla. Marasquin arrives attired for the bridal, and is informed that Mourzouk, owing to a toothache, is unable to come, and that the wedding must be postponed. But Marasquin insists...