Word: scene
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Jones '62" the author ingeniously uses the machinery of the old Christmas story as made famous by Dickens; the scene is Class Day and the mysterious visitants are Jones and Smith of '62, wraiths who return for the edification of Wolcott and Randolph, who have deserted the bath-tubs of the Gold Coast for the traditions of Holworthy. The story is well told, save that the writer has not learned the lesson of literary temperance in keeping for another occasion lines undoubtedly clever but out of place in their present use. Jones is made to win the Victoria Cross...
...best fiction in the number is "When Granada Came to Almeria." It is interesting from beginning to end, and in certain parts (notably in the cathedral scene) it is to an unusual degree imaginative...
...play opens with the scene at the palace of Agamemnon at Argos, when the Watchman sees the beacon light that announces the fall of Troy. As he proclaims the good news to the people in the palace, twelve old men of Argos, who form the chorus, come on the stage, chanting as they march. They remain on the stage throughout the play, and in their choral odes express the popular feeling of the men of Argos in regard to the events portrayed there. Agamemnon soon returns from Troy, bringing in his train the Trojan captive, Cassandra, of whom Clytaemnestra...
...members of the chorus have been rehearsing regularly since the latter part of March, and will continue to rehearse once or twice a week under the direction of Mr. Willard. It is hoped that the back-scene will be set up in the Stadium within three weeks, enabling both actors and chorus to practice out of doors...
Instead of permanent buildings, which formed the background of the scene in the fourth century, B.C., the field inside the Stadium will be used. Fronting the spectators, a simple structure representing the palace at Argos will be erected. This palace will serve also as a sounding-board for a space presenting very difficult acoustic conditions. On either side of the royal palace will be a passage leading to the orchestra, located between the front row of seats and the palace, which, with it, forms practically a tangent. In this circular space of ground, about 65 feet in diameter, with...