Word: stage
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...that should equal in prominence the famous sporting club in London. The site of this new International Sporting Club, as it will be called, has been selected in New York, on Lexington Avenue between Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth streets. The principal use of the club will be to stage the biggest boxing bouts that can be secured for the United States...
...plays which are on the program of the Dramatic Club this fall are "Fame and the Poet" by Lord Dunsany which is being produced for the first time, and "Erasmus Montanus" an old Danish comedy by Holberg which is also making its debut on the American stage...
...effective and striking scenery, suggestive costuming, and originality of staging, the performance of "Erasmus Montanus" was something of a triumph. The scenery made no pretense at realism; it was frankly imaginative and showed real skill and knowledge of stage values. The costumes were in harmony with the scenery and both admirably suited the character of the play. It is not too much to say that the success of "Erasmus Montanus" was in considerable measure due to the accurate conception of scenery and costumes. Again, it is not over enthusiastic to say that seldom, if ever, has there been such uniformly...
...play is a welcome contradictor to the too patent idea that all modern stage productions must end happily it that were its only recommendation, it would command the attention of people who desire art at the theatre...
From the legitimate stage there will be many stars of varying magnitude, among whom are Alice Brady of "Forever After"; Marguerite Zenda and the "Angel Face" Company; William Gillette and Madge Bellamy of "Dear Brutus"; Fay Marbe, Adele Rowland, May Milburn, Claude Gillingwater and the "Three Wise Fools" Company, and a number of others...