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... effect of the Russian Ballet. It introduced Western Europe to a new world of legend, profoundly modified its conception of the theatre, and even dictated the colour of the cushions in suburban boarding-houses. Even before Diaghileff died it was obvious that ...
... to give himself a shining if dubious genealogy. Perhaps? What does that sentence mean And the wealthy Venetians at the theatre did not shower orange peel on the pit, the Bucentaur was not rowed down the Grand Canal, it was much too large, it lay off ...
... England which provided the material for this charming tale, then went to America and died while acting in Christopher Morley's theatre at I-Ioboken. The second novel will be Time to Stare (Murray- 7s. 6d.), by Marjorie Booth, the history of the loveo Bret for ...
... York tenement house. Ivan loved leather he was a craftsman of the supreme order who could make shoes for the puppets of the theatre, be they ballerinas, prima-donnas, or the traditional figures of the Russian follc-draina. His fifth son was also an artist ...
... fathom (of course there is no reason but just an unfortunate chance) a brand new theatre almost invariably opens with a bad new play. Look round at most of London's new theatres and you will find that they have made their bow with a failure; some have not ...
... take most off. Mr. Gill rightly ob serves that a person will think no thing wrong in a woman who goes nearly naked to the theatre pro vided, of course, she sits in the stalls or boxes, and is protected by a barrier from the poor and needy. There is much ...
... Rusticana. The Fountain of Youth. I doubt whether The Fountain of Youth, Sir Nigel Playfair's midsummer offering at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, cost a tenth of the Nina Rosa production (which, in all fairness, is most sumptuous, conscientious, and beautiful) ...
... Gordon Craig and the Theatre, by Enid Rose (Sampson, Low. 1 2s. 6d. net).-- A high tribute, written with insight, care, and feeling, of the man who has done more for dramatic production than, perhaps, any other figure in the theatres of the world. An Army ...
... to their ends, and not to defy it. As a force in the theatre, he is not spent, but as a force he remains unbridled, indifferent to economic facts and to the psychology of those who work in the theatre. Here is Prometheus, bound by his own uncompromising ...
... It was expected to run for six weeks, it ran for more than a year. After that Mr. Maugham took a fife lease of the British theatre, with the results we all know. Heading these three plays I now agree with their creator that they are tinsel. They are second-rate ...
... is doomed or that we shall hear no more music in the theatre because someone has invented a new form of limelight. I do not put the three-act play among the immutable things of the art of the theatre, though long experi ence has shown that this is a useful ...
... company thought that I would break my legs during the leaps and falls on to my knees that I used to do. Before I left the theatre that evening my legs were a mass of cuts and bruises. Each perform ance of the ballet in London only served to deepen the ...