Word: stage
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Arrangements have been completed for the staging of the production of Wagner's "Siegfried" which is to be presented by an all-star cast in the Stadium on Friday evening, June 4. The plans have been prepared by Mr. Loomis Taylor of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, who is the general stage director for the production, and by Mr. Samuel Kronberg, the general manager of the festival. The exterior work at the Stadium, such as the wiring and other general preparations, will be started within a week, and the building of the stage will begin immediately after the presentation...
Granville Barker, the distinguished English producer, and his company will present "Iphigenia in Tauris," and "The Trojan Women," both by Euripides, in the Stadium on the afternoons of May 18 and 19. The plays will be presented in the open air on a stage closely resembling the stage of the ancient Greek theatres. The presentations at the University will be a part of a series that will include performances at Yale, Princeton, Pennsylvania, and the College of the City of New York...
...translations of "Iphigenia" and "The Trojan Women" are those of Professor Gilbert Murray, of Oxford. The music for the ehorus has been composed by Professor David Smith, of Yale; and the stage, scenery, and costumes have been designed by Norman Wilkinson. In his enterprise Mr. Barker also has the co-operation of the following committee appointed by Professor Butler, of Columbia: Professor Baker, of the English Department; Professor Phelps, of Yale; Professor Egbert, of Columbia; Professor Abbott, of Princeton; Professor Mott, of the College of the City of New York; Professor Schelling, of Pennsylvania; and Dean Stoddart, of New York...
...Loomis Taylor, stage manager for the German opera at the Metropolitan Opera House of New York, has accepted the position of stage director of the "Siegfried" performance in the Stadium on Friday evening, June 4. Mr. Taylor is the first American to hold such an important position at the Metropolitan Opera House, and has also been an officer of the opera house of Manheim, Germany...
...public sale of seats for the performance of "Siegfried" at Steinert Hall, Boston, will continue until further notice. The demand for tickets is especially large, particularly for the boxes directly in front of the stage and orchestra at the north end of the Stadium...