Word: scenes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...essentially suited to her brilliant comedy and emotional capabilities. The plot is described as being of intense interest, at no time involved and intricate, but treating of men and women in Russian, French and English society. It is a play of today, the atmosphere of fashionable life permeating every scene. In addition to "Princess Walanoff," Miss Coghlan will also revive "Diplomacy" and "Forget-me-not," and the repertoire is as follows: Monday, Tuesday and Friday evenings, "Princess Walanoff"; also Wednesday matinee, Wednesday evening and Saturday matinee, "Diplomacy"; Thursday and Saturday evenings, "Forget...
...return of Severus and the meeting in the prison. In the first place her whole soul is occupied by her great love for Severus, there is no room for more than mere affection towards Polyeuctes; she is utterly blind to the greatness of his character. But in the prison scene after Polyeuctes has made his offer of sacrifice, Pauline for the first time seems to feel the grandeur of his being, it is no longer in words of cold sympathy, but with vehement love, that she addresses...
Although Stevenson was not a novelist, he might have given us a dramatic scene of the first rank. He has never come near the dynamic quality which appears in the dramatic scenes of great novels, except in the meeting between David and Alan in "Kidnapped." He was an admirable story teller. He never made digressions; he went into an analysis of his characters; and he had no theories of life to set forth. There is often a lack of unity in his stories, but this is probably due to his failing health. "Kidnapped" and "David Balfour" are clearly the best...
...Fourberies de Scapin, by Molicre, is a play well adapted for young actors, though several of the parts are difficult. The play abounds in vivacity, and is full of amusing situations. The scene is laid in Naples, for the reason, perhaps, that striking adventures and extraordinary circumstances seem more plausible when they take place in a foreign country. The Play is Molieere's version of the Phormio of Terence. The main features of the old comedy have been retained, but more life and movement have been added. Moliere's play also has far more of the modern ideas and situations...
Such a disgraceful scene as that which Dr. Bowditch describes is all the more to be regretted since, as he points out, it is entirely out of accord with the spirit which actually prevails here. While these occasional lapses from gentlemanly conduct are, we believe, due less to viciousness than to puerility of character, that fact is not recognized by the general public which witnesses them...