Word: scenic
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...SOUDAN."The Soudan" has attracted large audiences at the Boston Theatre for some time past. The play is of the sensational kind, being therefore dependent in a moderate degree on scenic effects. Most of the scenes, which were very varied, were distinctly better than one usually sees, and some of them were very effective. The sleeping encampment was quite impressive; and the "mob in Trafalgar Square" quite true to life...
...ever popular "Erminie" will be given. The engagement began with the production of the latest Casino success, "The Drum Major." The opera is a worthy successor to "The Brigands," which achieved such success in Boston last fall. The military character of the opera affords many opportunities for elaborate scenic display, and all of these have been improved; the opera is a series of beautiful pictures. The march in the last act is a particularly striking feature; the troops, gorgeously arrayed in the regulation French army uniform of the period of the opera, are preceded by a military band; many...