Word: scaling
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...unfortunate restriction which the custom of our theatres imposes upon the art of the dramatist--that he must scale all his pictures of life to the measure of about two hours and a half. Clearly things do not happen with just that degree of complexity which makes possible the stating and solving of a problem within any one limit of time. So we are ready to welcome such a departure as enables us to see this week at the Bijou Dream Theatre a piece written to be played in half an hour...
...both powerful enough to make it regrettable that the author did not take time and room enough to be convincing. Yet, in spite of indifferent acting, the performance is not dull; and the success is sufficient to make us hope that this opportunity for dramatic experiment on a modest scale may be kept open...