Word: scenic
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...play was admirably staged, the costumes being elaborate and novel and the scenic effects well managed. The costumes of the guards and of the "Daughters of Piracy" were especially noticeable. Both principals and chorus showed careful training, and there were no serious hitches in the performance. The dances were one of the most pleasing features. Particular mention should be made of the dances of the sailors and the Spanish women, which occur in the first act. The most amusing feature of the performance was the "Beacon Babies" who made a hit with their parody in the second act. The specialties...
...usual matinees, Wednesday and Saturday. The play is one of Wm. A. Brady's most successful attractions and will be put on with the same splendidly equipped company, as when seen at this popular play house last season. The latest stage effects and the highest spectacular results of modern scenic art will again be displayed. With true love that runs roughly for its theme, and war, murder, bomb explosion, broadsword combat, fox hunting with English thoroughbreds and fox hounds, and similar realistic features to enliven a sensational plot "Humanity" is unquestionably one of the strongest melodramas on the American stage...
...Theatre this week. This play has made more money than any other popular attraction ever staged in this country and hence it is fair to assume that it has proved more popular with the people than any other attraction of its class. Since last seen here an entire new scenic equipment has been provided for it. The company has been strengthened by several new people and many new specialties have been introduced. Brodie will sing new Bowery songs especially written...
...represented by photographs, many of which have been taken from the point of view of the scientific geographer and geologist as well as from the point of view of the artist. A number of other views representing landscapes and many other points of scientific interest, as well as of scenic interest on account of the character of the photographs, are included in the exhibit...
From the opening scene of Faust's studio, where the pale, ascetic student, wearying of his search after truth, calls upon the arch fiend to aid him, the audience is carried through a bewildering array of scenes, each one a master-piece. Scenic artist Frank King has worked unceasingly for two weeks past and professes himself satisfied with the result. The electrical effects form a very large part of the production, and these are adequately supplied by Electrician Murphy...