Word: spectacular
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
GLOBE THEATRE. - The well-known spectacular drama, "The Black Crook," has been played at this theatre during the week, and is likely to continue for some time, to judge from the size of the audiences. The scenery is as fine, perhaps, as any ever shown in Boston; and the corps de ballet is large, though not thoroughly well trained...
...OFFENBACH has entered into an agreement to write a grand spectacular opera bouffe especially for England. This piece will be finished during the autumn and brought out in London during the Christmas season. The subject is the story of "Whitington and his Cat." M. Offenbach will superintend its production in person...
...least, not very ill. But sociability and smoking tend to introduce beer, and upon the foundations of this trio, all harmless in themselves, a very pretty character may be built - or destroyed. So with theatre-going - a profitable recreation; but the unfortunate predilection of modern society for the spectacular (a word intimately associated with blond wigs and pink tights) exists even in Cambridge. Sometimes, alas! sic itur ad astra, - which are hardly to be considered heavenly bodies...