Word: spectacular
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Youth" is a great success at Wallack's. The play is a bad one, but the scenery is superb, and spectacular melo-drama is now queen of the theatre...
...Globe Theatre next Monday evening "Patience" will be presented in a spectacular form, and on a much larger scale than has yet been attempted in this city. The company is a new one which has recently been formed by Mr. John Stetson. Miss Hattie Moore, late from San Francisco, will take the part of Patience, and Madame Jarbeau that of Angela. Miss Moore is spoken of by the San Francisco papers as a charming actress...
...Mille et Une Nuits," now the sensation of Paris, is said to be the greatest spectacular play ever produced...
BOSTON THEATRE. - 7.30 P.M.; Matinee, Saturday at 2. On Tuesday evening, "the event of the season," a grand spectacular play, founded on Jules Verne's novel, "Voyagers in Southern Seas, or the Children of Captain Grant," was produced at this theatre, and will be continued until further notice. As a spectacular play it is a great success, and fulfils the expectations raised by the announcement of the play. The tableaux, the ballet, and the costumes are all remarkably good. The ballet, in particular, is the best that has been seen here for a long time. The feats of Ariel...