Word: curtained
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...word, a very remarkable production of a very unusual play. Its few faults are easily remedied; the prayer at the climax of the second act is not effective. The curtain should fall on Nell's line to her child: 'Pray as you have never prayed before.' The opening of the third act drags too much with street detail, and the entrance of Myrtle gives this scene its one false note. But these are tiny specks upon a wonderfully effective stage sun. Mrs. Fiske's production as well as her performance at the Hackett will go down into theatrical history...
...Providence this evening. The play, which tells the story of a member of the Salvation Army, was accepted by Mrs. Fiske, several months ago. The leading part, taken by Mrs. Fiske, is that of a drudge in a saloon on the Bowery, upon which, on Christmas night, the curtain rises. As usual in her mounting of a play, Mrs. Fiske has striven to make setting and action atmospheric...
...more at their ease on the hitherto unfamiliar Elizabethan stage. Although the demonstration on the part of the audience was not so marked as on the preceding night, the performance brought round after round of applause, to which Miss Adams responded with a brief speech in front of the curtain...
...peculiarly intimate relation between audience and players not only resulted in a far further appreciation on the part of the spectators, but allowed the actors a subtlety of method which, with our modern arrangements, could not have proved effective. The position of the stage, the lack of any curtain, and the absence of the usual waits contributed largely to this continuity and naturalness of impression...
...whole, the play was presented strictly for its own value, and was in no way distorted to emphasize the relative importance of the various parts. At the close of the performance Miss Adams was presented with a wreath of laurel, and, after several curtain-calls, a regular Harvard cheer was given...