A Course of Lectures on Dramatic Art and LiteratureBell & Daldy, 1871 - 535 pages |
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... spectators , whose eye must have been as difficult to please on the stage as elsewhere , we have no better means of feeling the whole dignity of their tragic exhibitions , and of giving it a sort of theatrical animation , than to keep ...
... spectators , whose eye must have been as difficult to please on the stage as elsewhere , we have no better means of feeling the whole dignity of their tragic exhibitions , and of giving it a sort of theatrical animation , than to keep ...
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... spectators sought shelter in the lofty colonnade which ran behind their seats ; but they were willing rather to put up with such occasional inconveniences , than , by shutting themselves up in a close and crowded house , en- tirely to ...
... spectators sought shelter in the lofty colonnade which ran behind their seats ; but they were willing rather to put up with such occasional inconveniences , than , by shutting themselves up in a close and crowded house , en- tirely to ...
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... spectators were formed by ascending steps which rose round the semicircle of the orchestra , ( called by us the pit , ) so that all could see with equal convenience . The diminution of effect by distance was counteracted to the eye and ...
... spectators were formed by ascending steps which rose round the semicircle of the orchestra , ( called by us the pit , ) so that all could see with equal convenience . The diminution of effect by distance was counteracted to the eye and ...
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... spectators , was raised to a level with the uppermost tier . The scenic decoration was contrived in such a manner , that the principal and nearest object covered the background , and the prospects of distance were given at the two sides ...
... spectators , was raised to a level with the uppermost tier . The scenic decoration was contrived in such a manner , that the principal and nearest object covered the background , and the prospects of distance were given at the two sides ...
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... spectators , and were real doors , with appropriate architectural decora- tions , there were also four side entrances , to which the name of doors cannot properly apply : two , namely , on the stage on the right and the left , towards ...
... spectators , and were real doors , with appropriate architectural decora- tions , there were also four side entrances , to which the name of doors cannot properly apply : two , namely , on the stage on the right and the left , towards ...
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