Word: stagings
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...mise en scene of "Sumurun" is of a simplicity that rebukes our habitual elaborate settings, and the oriental atmosphere is reproduced with striking intensity. The actors attain a degree of effectiveness in characterization even of minor parts that is unique on our modern stage. Miss Konstantip excels in the portrayal of the passionate animal spirits of the slave-girl, while Mr. Orlofi, as the hunchback is peculiarly successful in showing his pathetic despair. Though "Sumurun" may invite the banal criticisms of a spasmodically moral censorship, it is the most distinguished play seen in Boston this year, and as an artistic...
Henry Russell, managing director of the Boston Opera House, then described the things which make an opera season successful. The principal requirement is a strong subscription list since that relieves the management of commercial motives. If enough money is subscribed, the manager can stage much better productions...
...accustomed to typify the present stage of invention as the "age of steel"; yet is it not rather the age of mental activity, of successful application of the laws of nature to the needs...
There will be a meeting of all business and stage manager candidates for the spring production in Fairfax 45 tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock. H. W. Miller '12, will outline the work, which leads to the positions of property, electrical, press, business and stage managers. No previous experience is necessary. In accordance with the custom inaugurated last fall, there will be practically no advertising work...
...show the conditions under which the playwright works in order to tell his story will be an important feature of Mr. Hersey's lectures. Among various topics which he will discuss are: the structure of plays, comedy, farce, melodrama, musical comedies, the "picture stage," the naturalistic settings, and the acting of Ibsen Pinero, Jones, Bernard Shaw, Barrie, Galsworthy, Augustus Thomas, and Rostand plays. These lectures are free and it is not necessary to procure any tickets. The entrance to the Lecture Hall of the Public Library is on the Boylston street side...