Word: staging
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...notices of the Shakspere club seem to be out of keeping with the idea that the play of Julius Caesar is to be placed on the stage according to the simplicity and modesty of Shakspere's time. Small type and black ink were then sufficient for the leading actors...
William Winter has written a short book on Henry Irving. The preface declares it to be a record of Henry Irving's professional career upon the New York stage, and a study of his acting...
BOSTON MUSEUM.- Benefit of Mrs. J. R. Vincent and Fiftieth Anniversary of her adoption of the stage. Matince. "She Stoops to Conquer." Eve. "The Rivals." Performance...
...Acta Columbia, in a very able editorial commenting on Mr. Irving's lecture in Sanders, thus speaks of the relation of college-bred men to the stage: "The stage, we think, is an institution worthy of the attention of college men, from the very fact that each year sees a number of them enter the dramatic lists. The more college men go upon the stage, the higher will dramatic representations rise, because study will bring the action nearer to its maximum perfection, conversely, also, the higher the art, the more college students will seek the profession...
...meaningless gesticulation. Swinscoe and Hearst immediately won the favor of the audience by their irresistible humor, and acrobatic movements. Cushing's ballet, in itself a work of art in that line, was made most ludicrous by the gigantic proportions assumed by his body in ballet costume. The low stage, and the level floor of the hall, however, prevented many from seeing the expert dancing. The audience from the very beginning caught the spirit of the performance, and looked upon it, as the actors themselves did, as a mirthful episode in student life...