| 单词 | stage effect |
| 例句 | “Jefferson ran away with the stage effect,” Adams lamented, “and all the glory of it.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Tannhaeuser is the bigger buzz this year - less because it's a new production, more because of its audacious directing and stage effects that relegate the opera to a supporting role. Rats and recycling: Wacky Wagner at Bayreuth 2011-08-03T22:16:04Z Cirque Mechanics: Pedal Punk Circus troupe merges acrobatics and storytelling with mechanical stage effects. L.A. theater openings, March 1-8: 'Circles' and more 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z The audience at the Santa Fe Opera this past week couldn't help but chuckle at the stage effects, since at that moment nature was providing thunder and lightning more awesome than anything inside the theater. 'Maometto' takes Santa Fe Opera by storm 2012-08-05T16:44:09Z The stage effects in this production are sometimes amazing, sometimes clunky and intrusive. Opera Review: A ?Walk?re? Still Obsessed With Its Big, Expensive Toy 2011-04-23T18:40:58Z Computers were still a futuristic concept when Mr. White first set up shop at the Fillmore East, conjuring a Flintstones version of the stage effects now achieved with digital software. The Gimlet Eye: ThirtyDaysNY Is a Bookstore Experience in TriBeCa 2010-04-21T23:35:00Z But while Dorrance dancers are exquisitely skilled tappers, their stage effects are not limited to percussive footwork. Perspective | At the Kennedy Center, Michelle Dorrance’s tappers pay homage to Ella Fitzgerald and Christmas 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z The theater, especially the technologically sophisticated Paris Opéra, offered aspects of both — heightened moments of great dramatic conflict and sumptuous visions of landscape in its backdrops and stage effects. Review | It was at the Paris Opéra that Degas found the whole world — and his own tormented self 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z In many cities money has been lavished on special stage effects: the Christmas tree that suddenly grows immense, the snow that falls for minutes on end. Critic?s Notebook: The Smallest Dancers Steal Their Own Show 2010-12-22T23:06:19Z He pointed out that the text – "such a shadowy, penumbrous, dark play" – is shot through with references to light and darkness, and stage effects that depend on shadows and deception. Shakespeare's Globe opens indoor theatre to stage winter's tales 2013-04-22T17:39:37Z On Thursday, it was good to see Mr. Lepage’s climactic stage effect the way he conceived it–an impressive, if somewhat cumbersome, theatrical feat. The Gods Get Their Bridge at 'Rheingold' 2010-10-01T05:03:00Z Quotidian doesn’t have the budget or the venue for lavish sets and fancy stage effects, but it does have a company of increasingly seasoned actors who can handle such difficult, literary scripts. Solid U.S. premiere of Conor McPherson’s ‘The Veil’ from Quotidian Theatre His version, which has been performed at City Ballet every year since 1954, is famous for its magical sets and stage effects, like the Christmas tree that grows several stories tall. The Genius of ‘The Nutcracker’? It’s the Sugar Plum Fairy 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z In his pop number "Heroes," the Swede chose to forego the usual elaborate stage effects, relying instead on his strong singing and an innovative backdrop. Sweden Wins Eurovision Song Contest While Russia Is Booed 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z A stage effect didn’t quite work, and Ms. Levy noticed. Replicate or Reinvent? Disney’s ‘Frozen’ Moves to the Stage 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z A sweet stage effect embroiders the evening’s final moments, as Celie’s happiness reaches full flower. Review | ‘Color Purple’ is lifted by powerful voices at Signature Theatre 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Mr Sorcar soared above other magicians for his flamboyance, his stage effects and his chutzpah. The 'maharajah of magic' who terrified the UK 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z The kitsch is conspicuously absent this year and the usual extravagant stage effects are nowhere to be seen. The Latest: Eurovision final expected to get big TV audience 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z The stage effect of this kaleidoscope of bedraggled bodies is powerful at points but also a little monotonous. The Actors' Gang's story of America: The tired, the poor, the huddled masses who bind us all 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Each stage effect rose above the last, amping the audience energy ever higher, and inspiring the band to play even harder. CONCERT REVIEW: Metallica tour kicks off in Baltimore 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Ullrich also notes both men’s talent at playing the media, making use of new technology and their propensity for stage effects. Should we even go there? Historians on comparing fascism to Trumpism 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Cincinnati Ballet: “The Nutcracker” The D.C. premiere, choreographed by Artistic Director Victoria Morgan, includes acrobatics, elaborate scenery and stage effects. Going Out Guide for the District of Columbia, Nov. 17-23, 2016 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Theatre critics are seldom called pedants for analysing how a stage effect is achieved. Deconstructing Jimmy Carr is no joke 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z When he became a producer his flair for stage effect amounted to genius. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z There is an expenditure of all possible means of producing stage effect, that I never saw equalled on any stage. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z We have seen that they directed all their energies to the marvels of stage effect. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The effect was magical as a stage effect: in a few minutes not an Esquimaux was to be seen. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z In these and other dramatic writings, more remarkable perhaps for poetic than for stage effects, D�czi still maintains his brilliancy of diction and the delicacy of his poetic touch. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z The act was written long ago, when I had seen so few plays that I took pleasure in stage effects. Poems 2012-02-15T03:00:33.707Z Consequently the great revelation of tragic fact which he gave to posterity was limited by these stories of crime and hampered by their improbabilities and stage effects. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z The stage effect was perfect; the curtain might have been drawn by a clever manager's hand to reveal the great Hatamen Gate in all its magnificence. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z It is easy to understand why Massenet was attracted by the story, in spite of its dramatic weakness and lack of stage effects. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z The pictures of the first distinguished Marguerite give a fine idea of the French stage effects in the sixties. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z It is the definite mission, or some part of it at any rate, of the repertory company to encourage new dramatists, new players, and new stage effects when such encouragement is advisable. More Portmanteau Plays 2011-11-11T03:00:27.887Z In "Faustus" new and even more surprising stage effects are supplied to illustrate the wonders of magic. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z It was brought out with great splendor of costume, scenery, proscenium, and the other usual accessories of stage effect, and presented one of the most gorgeous spectacles of the season. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z Indeed I hold myself inadequate to estimate those criticisms which rest on stage effect, having been of late very little of a play-going person. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 2011-10-07T02:00:22.270Z The good works of Jesus were not melodramatic marvels for stage effect: they were the natural acts of supernatural power and love. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z As he himself stands above the laws of theatrical routine, he raises us far above what we term stage effect, as it were into a loftier sphere. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Much of the old stage effect reappears, as in the masques, funerals, ghosts, and exhibition of dead bodies, but there is a great increase in the number and ingenuity of melodramatic sensations. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z They are melodramatic, and the striving for stage effect is evident; but yet they are interesting and well adapted for representation, and the melodrama is good of its kind. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z In fact, in many cases, the word "art," in connection with the soubrette, is purely conventional; instinct would more correctly describe the means employed by her to gain her stage effects. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z The scene is so enchanting, so brilliant, that one is perfectly enraptured, and feels inclined to burst into open applause, as if in the presence of some grand stage effect. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z I wished to bring you here at once; and I prepared, carefully, this little stage effect for your benefit. By Wit of Woman 2011-04-13T02:00:13.247Z "Tamburlaine" set a standard in stage effects as well as in poetry. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z It does indeed betray a lack of theatrical instinct, a want of knowledge of stage effect, and of the resources of an orchestra, and some ignorance in handling it. Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music 2011-04-12T02:00:25.667Z The marvels of acting, scenery, and stage effect, come to add to the pathos of incident, to multiply tenfold the charms of poetry. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z Their licentiousness, 102;points in common with Shakspere, 56, 57;representations of passion, 95, 96;stage effects, 74;subjects, 63, 73. Dante, A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen and on the characteristics of Shakspere's style and the secret of his supremacy 2011-03-21T02:00:11.187Z He was very fond of the theatre, and, having been behind the scenes, had learned how stage effects are produced. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z "Antonio's Revenge," however, is not wanting in inventiveness; its abundant horrors and its melodramatically ingenious stage effects were probably recognized as an advance upon the old favorites, and they excited the emulation of succeeding dramatists. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z The plot is one of the best, and this, with the opportunity for striking stage effects and brilliant costumes, has made it the most popular of all Shakespeare's plays. Comfort Found in Good Old Books 2011-01-31T03:00:11.907Z I hope you don't call sickly sentimentalising over the stage effects for your funerals preparing for death. Concerning Belinda 2011-01-21T03:00:12.087Z In contrast to the great French actress she avoided all “make-up”; her art depended on intense naturalness rather than stage effect, sympathetic force and poignant intellectuality rather than the theatrical emotionalism of the French tradition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z For the dripping Peckover was still holding tenaciously on to the side of the punt, with a fixity of purpose which no mere considerations of stage effect seemed likely to dispose him to relax. A Poached Peerage Yet, whether this charm was due to the stage effects or to themselves, sitting there in the stalls together, escaped him. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath I understood how many illusions were produced, and one of the proofs that I was meant to be an actress was to be found in my enjoyment of the mechanism of stage effects. Life on the Stage Then the active engineer who is responsible for the heating and ventilating, and also for many of the stage effects, is another necessary and important member. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists This is called knowledge of stage effects; also psychological insight; also cheap politics. H. R. With a fine eye for stage effect, Wallingford had had the covers of the boxes loosened, but had not had the excelsior removed. Young Wallingford I had this stage effect quite planned in my mind. Geraldine Farrar The Story of an American Singer “Manfred” is merely dramatic for the sake of stage effect, and only excellent in impressing us with the artistic skill of the author. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series He will regenerate the race; he will ennoble humanity, without sparing one caitiff of them all; he will establish it on some perpetual mount of transfiguration; and all by the magic of stage effect. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 To reach all these objects with one blow, he devised a new piece of jugglery, which did honor at least to his practical knowledge of stage effect. Tales from the German. Volume II. The Lichtensteins, The Sorceress, The Anabaptist The thing was delicious; such a bit of stage effect. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I Her charity requires stage effect; objects that have novelty, and circumstances which, as Mr. Bayes says, 'elevate and surprise.' Coelebs In Search of a Wife I think the best part of an intrigue is the hopes of incident, or stage effect—however, I can't stay. The Dramatist; or Stop Him Who Can! A Comedy, in Five Acts Is that part of the stage effects as well? The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature You will carry your stage effects into real life. Kildares of Storm Did you think we were practicing stage effects in the journals? The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals The show was continued, and again Don Quixote broke in, criticising some of the stage effects: bells were never used by the Moors, only kettledrums, he said. The Story of Don Quixote He paused, and having gained that heightened stage effect of a well-managed silence, he continued: “Mr. Bruce, something very serious has occurred.” Counsel for the Defense The actor on the stage is admired whilst he is elevated by the cothurnus; but young men are not to exhibit their oratorical talents always with the advantages of stage effect and decorations. Practical Education, Volume II But this intended piece of stage effect, if it was really planned, failed in the execution. Richard III Makers of History When the day is fine and the fair field has a background of wooded hills, you see where the librettists of pre-Wagnerian days went for their stage effects. Home Life in Germany They can be true only if Professor Thorndike's theory is correct,—that the delineation of character is solely for stage effect. The Critics Versus Shakspere A Brief for the Defendant Much, no doubt, is lost for stage effect by this notion of acting. Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. In any event, my makeup directions will make a vast improvement in your appearance for stage effect, as well as for street. The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession He had a genius for stage effects and made many practical suggestions. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man It seemed a favorite stage effect with him; the Duke was not slow in catching its significance. The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play His eye was unerring as to stage effect, and he would go to all ends of trouble, partly for sentiment, partly for accuracy, and always for novelty, to create the desired results. Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The Moth and the Flame The libretto of this opera is adapted from Sardou's tragedy of the same name; it possesses all the exquisite stage effects of which this writer is capable. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas She did not aim at “stage effect,” and her singing and acting were exquisite. The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 "It is evidently from the pen of one unaccustomed to dramatic composition, yet familiar with stage effect," added the journalist. Edmond Dantès The immediate successes of the strong religious influence on the weakened nervous system, especially on the nervous system of a weak inherited constitution, are too often stage effects which do not last. Psychotherapy But his talent is essentially dramatic talent, and when he writes a novel his inner consciousness, in spite of himself, is centred upon the stage effect. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 The two rival companies vied with each other in stage effect. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History Well, you can't possibly imagine what it is like: the dresses and the lights, and the actors and the stage effects, as they call them, and the way the people talk—it moves you so. A Modern Tomboy A Story for Girls Besides, there seems familiar acquaintance with stage effect and the way in which it is produced. Edmond Dantès He's got a first-rate notion of stage effect. The Aztec Treasure-House It fell out on a day that the actor made a fine speech before a large gathering, and mindful of stage effect he introduced a telling allusion to an all-wise and omnipotent Providence. The Bibliotaph and Other People No great drama has ever flourished apart from a living stage, and it was fortunate that the Elisabethan dramatists were, almost all of them, actors and familiar with stage effect. Brief History of English and American Literature There is, it is true, something extravagant and bordering on stage effect, in many of the ceremonies performed, and expressions used, as recorded by the pen of M. Fransoy. Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 She declares that one of the proofs that she was meant to be an actress was her enjoyment of the mechanism of stage effects. Ten American Girls From History The french are amazingly fond of finery and stage effect. The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. From a dramatic point of view the works are very consistent, and the stage effects are of a remarkable kind. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present Every movement, gesture, and inflection of voice had been carefully studied, and when making an ordinary remark in conversation she would deliver her words with a deliberate attempt at stage effect. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis Footnote 28: The Prince, afterwards the Emperor Napoleon III., descended on Boulogne with fifty-three persons, and a tame eagle which had been intended, with stage effect, to alight on the Colonne de Napoléon. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 The Swede loves pomp and ceremonious display, and rarely misses an opportunity for a fine stage effect. Essays on Scandinavian Literature We must play upon him with the scenery proposition; what he can do in the way of wonderful new stage effects. The Way of Ambition His knowledge of stage effect, such that he knew by intuition what would do, and what not. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present He knew as he wrote that he could test that writing's stage effect in rehearsal and change it if need be. Irish Plays and Playwrights To make our points clear, constant reference to the stage is necessary; for from stage effects we are one and all free to enjoy and learn. Woman as Decoration These had spoken to her about her music and about lighting and other stage effects. The Golden Scorpion All this stage effect of situation, light, color, sound, is purely romantic, and even melodramatic, but of a poetic quality that melodrama rarely exhibits, and thoroughly reflective of the poet's "eternal passion, eternal pain." The Raven It was a necessary part of the mise en scène, of the stage effect, you know. The Disentanglers Day and night swung processions, stood spectacles, huge symbolic movements and attitudes, grown obscure and molded to the letter, now mere stage effects. Foes The simple pathos of the love story, and the supernatural element so well blended with it, which gave such unusual scope to the stage effects of scenery, etc., were two obvious reasons for its success. Records of a Girlhood As a stage effect I know only one thing to match it. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas It has no claims to greatness, and few to real originality, but it is full of graceful melody, and is put together with a complete knowledge of stage effect. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. But, above all, the rhodomontade of simulated passion that he heard in the theatre, and the extravagance of action necessary for stage effect, would of themselves have tended to render him sceptical and callous. Prince Fortunatus Carry uttered a slight cry of horror and surprise; but this too was only a bit of stage effect, for she had fully anticipated the disclosure. Macleod of Dare It not only furnishes far less material for stage effects, but also supplies little of that sympathy which the dramatist must find in the minds of his audience. A History of English Prose Fiction Its horrible bell still had the same note of intrusive artificiality that had vexed me on the previous night, but it no longer thrilled me with any sense of stage effect. The Jervaise Comedy But her music has an individual strain of romance, which stamps her as a composer of definite personality, while in the more dramatic scenes she shows a fine grip of the principles of stage effect. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. He cudgeled his brains to remember the stage effects of juvenile days; but these needed limelight, blue flares, mirrors, phosphorus. The Wings of the Morning Show how poetically suitable as a stage effect the entry of Theseus and his huntsmen is,—shedding the first rays of morning on the night-enchanted lovers. Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies Not for the first time, he was utilizing his maladies for purposes of stage effect. Montcalm and Wolfe The subject might easily have become intricate—in fact, hopelessly involved and entangled—but Wagner's consummate dramatic art, stage-craft, and knowledge of stage effect have combined to make all as clear as the day. Wagner Lewis spreads his banquet with a lavish hand, and crudities and absurdities abound, but he has a knack of choosing situations well adapted for stage effect. The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance But not only novel and startling stage effects should be avoided in the main dramatic moments of a play. The Theory of the Theatre I painted the scenes, copied out the parts, prompted, made up the actors' faces; and I was entrusted, too, with various stage effects such as thunder, the singing of nightingales, and so on. The Chorus Girl and Other Stories It is deplorable when one finds serious critics gushing about the beauty of costly stage effects belonging to the standard of taste exhibited by wedding-cakes, Christmas crackers, old-fashioned valentines and Royal Academicians. Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" Originally the plays were performed in churches, but owing to the gradually increased size of the stage and the more elaborate stage effects, the sacred buildings were abandoned as the scenes of mediæval drama. The Parish Clerk Whether it be his own play, or that of some outsider, with whom, in the final product, Belasco always collaborates, the manuscripts, constituting his producing library, are evidence of his instinctive eye for stage effect. The Return of Peter Grimm And how dare any one, if he could, pluck away the coulisses, stage effects and ceremonies by which they live? Emerson and Other Essays It is intrinsically deficient in the elements of surprise, novel situations, and dramatic action necessary for stage effect. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 They will sit and finick over a boulder for hours taking aim, and when they fire running it is chiefly for stage effect. The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents It lacks the close-knit plot, the feeling for stage effect, the swift progression and the sense of completed action which another and more favored sort of Novel exhibits. Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities He and Wilkie missed so many pieces of stage effect here, that, unless I am quite satisfied with his report, I shall go over and try my stage-managerial hand at the Vaudeville Theatre. Yesterdays with Authors Nothing in stage effect within our memory has equalled the pathos of the final tableau. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, October 11, 1890 Selections were made from this opera, and were performed by resident artists, without the aid of stage effects or orchestral accompaniments. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 05, March, 1858 This experience made me think more than ever of the advice of an old actor: "Never leave your stage effects to chance, my child, but rehearse, and find out all about it!" The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections The spectators had been told that there were imposing stage effects in the second and last act; and they were not disappointed. Round the Block For stage effect, Delsarte called in one of his children, about eight or nine years old. Delsarte System of Oratory The country, the scenery, and costume have much to do with this stage effect, and even aid the strong excitement of conflicting passions which pervades every act. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 534, February 18, 1832 In common with all great reformers, Christ felt that honesty in word and deed was the fundamental virtue; dishonesty, including affectation, self-consciousness, love of stage effect, the one incurable vice. Occasional Papers Selected from the Guardian, the Times, and the Saturday Review, 1846-1890 Then I thought it would have a good stage effect if old Damer could just walk once across the stage in the background. New Irish Comedies No great drama has ever flourished apart from a living stage, and it was fortunate that the Elizabethan dramatists were, almost all of them, actors, and familiar with stage effect. From Chaucer to Tennyson Archaeological accuracy is merely a condition of illusionist stage effect; it is not its quality. Intentions The vast crimes and the reckless bloodshed are nothing more nor less than stage effects used to accentuate for the common eye what the seer can detect without them. Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial He is one of those men who require great emotions: fine lovers these make for stage effect—but the worst husbands in the world! Tales and Novels — Volume 03 Here are no pictures for romance, no stage effect to be seen, no poetic language to be heard; nothing to charm the imagination,—every thing to disgust the senses. Tales and Novels — Volume 04 Indeed, the young lady appeared as much in love as could have been desired for stage effect, and rather more than was necessary for propriety. Tales and Novels — Volume 05 At any rate it made him at home in the dream-world of the imagination, filled his mind with grandiose pictures and gave him his first rudimentary notions of stage effect. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller The blame rested chiefly with Charles and yet it should not be called blame for it was mere ignorance of stage effect … he seems perfectly aware why and for what cause it failed. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 Now I think of it, let me place you all in proper attitudes for stage effect. Tales and Novels — Volume 03 Then we must tell things plainly and simply, but this will not sound nearly so grand, and letting the public behind the scenes will destroy all the stage effect and illusion. Tales and Novels — Volume 07 Fenton was too keenly alive to what he would have called the stage effect to fail of appreciating to the utmost the striking situation. The Philistines Nevertheless it contains powerful passages and telling stage effects. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller And how dare any one, if he could, pluck away the coulisses, stage effects, and ceremonies, by which they live? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics This and much more could only be explained by supposing that Wagner wrote, in operatic fashion, words without meaning, with an eye solely to stage effect. Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama It is impossible not to visualise the miles of wheat-fields, the imposing elevators, the railways cutting across endless prairies or winding among wonderful mountains, snowcapped as a stage effect merely. Tropic Days This bit of stage effect took me by surprise and affected me exceedingly; there was something very imposing and touching in this coup de théâtre and the King was much affected. Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N. — a Memoir It is here, in the picture of land and people, that Schiller's mature art, which had brought him to a sovereign mastery of stage effects, may be said to win its greatest triumph. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Afterwards, however, everything takes a perverse turn, and ends with the most violent strokes of stage effect. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature She sent it back with violent criticisms, based upon her long stage experience and her intuition of stage effects. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 In them he seemed to be composing for stage effect something to be spoken in character by a quite different person from the sensible and genial man we knew in daily life and conversation. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1 April 1861-November 1863 And, meantime, no such stage effect had been possible, since the knowledge that a man of genius was the offender had been what we started with from the beginning. Note Book of an English Opium-Eater Thus either ending is possible, and which is the better is mainly a question of stage effect. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Moreover the Greeks in general skilfully availed themselves even of extra-scenic matters, and made them subservient to the stage effect. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature Florestan, thinking he had alarmed his father in speaking to him of his project of suicide, thought it necessary to get up the scene again for a little stage effect. Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 I certainly think his experience of stage effect, and his interest with players, so important, as almost instantly to wish putting his sincerity to the proof. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 Like all Frenchmen, he has a passion for stage effect. Representative Men He was more familiar with stage effects than anything else, and had planned a pretty little scene. From Jest to Earnest Murphy, who was supposed to understand the temper of the pit as well as any man Page xxviii of his time, undertook to instruct her as to stage effect. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 It is the action behind the words that suggests the stage effect. Writing for Vaudeville As is the case with all such works, which are in reality always hampered by the superficiality of the dilettante, much should have been altered and rewritten for stage effect. My Life — Volume 2 "And what right have you to spy on gentlemen in this manner, listening to their conversation, and breaking in with a cheap stage effect obviously intended to startle?" Number Seventeen There was moonlight, and the song of nightingales—yes; the stage effects were perfect! Vendetta: a story of one forgotten Sometimes the stage effects are high painted poles merely. The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia He must indeed make his plot so slight that it will lead out from and blend into the overshadowing stage effects. Writing for Vaudeville If the crimes of men were exhibited with their sufferings, stage effect would sometimes be lost, and the audience would be inclined to approve where it was intended they should commiserate. Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): the Rights of Man It should commend itself at once to theatrical managers for a bit of stage effect. Noto: an Unexplained Corner of Japan Her past experience taught her to appreciate stage effect, and, since she meditated a tragedy, she proposed that everything should be as tragic and blood-curdling as possible. A Face Illumined The stage effects of corroborees are sometimes huge sheets of bark fastened on to poles; these sheets of bark are painted in different designs and colours, something like Moorish embroideries. The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia Garrick brought to the meetings his inexhaustible pleasantry, his incomparable mimicry, and his consummate knowledge of stage effect. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 "Never, upon my word!—But pray inform me"— "Or so just an appreciation of stage effect?" The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 The poor girl has been ashamed of them these two years, but momma has bulldozed her into staying young for stage effect. The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories Whereas, beyond his tallness, and wide-open, jocular eyes, eyes that seemed those of a not highly conscientious wild animal, there was nothing remarkable about young Lin except stage effect. Lin McLean |
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