New-York tribune., 1896-10-25

stretched on frames and they are set up on the
stage and fastened In place by inclined poles. at
tachcd TO the frames at the back by hooks ana W
the floor OF the stage by large screws ihes'
wings may. OF course. be placed at any ahsis WI"
the curtain line. and need not be all paraiie VIII"
IT, as they In old times. Formerly the Why
in grooves which were placed a, hersns en "a ach
side In two three four. five or more sets. acc0rd-
Ing to the depth Of the stage A room was then
VIXEN the audience was asked kindly to imagine
formed an inccsng WALL The audience nd %ds d,d Sot
much mind, but when box scenes for rooms o,,s
Side walls. instead OF wings and with ceilings In; In
stead OF hanging strips OF sSos ~ rooms
are held up 10y braces. like the new style OF wings
already described ,a ,,o, tho u,,cs and all
the parts OF the modern builtup scenery nave 10 De
made OF sections OF the proper Size to III ~ mo , q
up into OF squarish shape that WIN not not
get knocked off OF them nnd VIII 'le aun auie
themselves the doors Il may be mppropIha'd m h inst t
nc%ak IN Rassns thi with
They are hard TO carry at best. and they develop
nf TRADE scene oa sne eanrs of the old sort
anything cannot be painted might AZ wen hn'r mGr
ho used and they have a show OF right on their
side in spite Of the many fine effects that ,,e have
been produced by 6p h Sa@ns As om he
banquet scene in Auglstin palys produe',ohh Sh,ch Oh
gained much celebrity when i was new ana nas
never lost IT, Is always carried ens up easW scene
t,' tn carry. p'ry For it is all painted drops.
To nx t r old
nj all now and companies with modern eluip l
ments find them tSeS OF are s used They
are Of service In setting up the sceher. i'. th
good New-York company nr,hsS hsv w," NAV ~ he xed
immovably just where he Ncw-fork stage man, man
then he build around them the the best he , ta oi
the scene that he got in his own theatre
r,cu-c oL pE(I'IIAR SHAPE
Here then comes the discussion of the de-
oc,epcies Of the out town theatre In accommo-
dating the New-York scenery. Sometimes the
Stage IL too small and then the scenery VIII he
too nuch crowded or only part OF II can De
used The stage, the other hand ma, may s be too too
large Then IT has to be closed IN AS W Wen h as eSes
sible so as not to show blank spaces AZ 'he eoses
OF tho scene. . - - <- -. ..,or. ,ra,
or it may be of suitable SIZE & as Jar as mere area @
New-York stages have extraordinary depth at one
the , Fourteenth street theatres. Such stage ad-
mts OF ne effects OF perspectye wheh cannon tbis %s
respect The deepest stage n ,s ,hs , eSSnTgy ,Ss
sssTs wses pay"s IN MIA ;n1oxS 5sS
this q wSsh SaenitiG" te boy S6
searching for his .d Sa as the boy crossed and
recrcssed the stage, back drop ,,S was raised & re
eag another Sshna and ress h hs
was raised and another was disclosed. anu so on
and al the 'es%i' esS was az wandering Inn
mense depth of the stage with trees & ana den ,ress
nS anS think Of the predcament OF the stage manager
got to ,Wssy ee deep hs Is It
sary the fault S the SHwYers es al s Il sce%c S%t
Of whSh n Play aoes IS h best he
about with him NO, 0 hs and and the the
eqties az" for his plays. For instance the Lyeeum