Word: scene
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Kidd enters, slightly under the influence of numerous potations, and has a very ludicrous scene with his wife, who does not recognize him in his piratical disguise. The whole second act is full of clever songs and dances, which have little to do with the plot...
...manner, and magnetism, they separate at a certain point. The orator must be impressive, the actor impressionable. The orator impresses the audience by what he says, while the actor is most effective in showing how he is impressed by what is said to him. For example, take the famous scene where Othello rebukes Cassio. Cassio makes no reply, but stands dejected, head bowed, eyes on the ground, his whole manner showing the justice of Othello's rebuke. In this case the oratory is confined to Othello; Cassio shows how he is affected by what is said...
...dispute as to which of the two made the best Romeo. Mrs. Siddons, who was playing Juliet for both, was appealed to, and this is how she answered: "It is very difficult for me to decide, but I will tell you how they both affect me. In the balcony scene, when Garrick is making love as Romeo, he is so eager and ardent that I am afraid every moment that he will leap and jump up to me. When I act with Barrie he is so fascinating that I am afraid every moment that I will jump down from...
...this scene Dante means to show that for the sacrament of Penitence two elements are necessary, the sinner, and the priest. Dante himself is the sinner and the angel the priest. Further he represents the three essential requisites of full repentence; contrition, confession and satisfaction to God; by the three flights of steps. The seven wounds carved on the forehead of Dante represent the seven deadly sins...
...scene of the second act is laid in Pluto hotel in Hades, where preparations are being made for the wedding of Pluto and Proserpina. Just as the wedding is about to take place, in comes Exemplicus. He says that he has obtained admission because on earth he was not really good, but only a professional hypocrite. He declares, therefore, that Proserpina, not loving him, had committed no sin, and must go at once back to earth. Everybody is in despair, when Venus enters. To her Pluto tells his troubles. She at once clears up the difficulty by suggesting that they...