Cymbeline - eTheses Repository - University of Birmingham

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performance was unsatisfactory" and concluded:
... we would counsel the management not again
to attempt a revival of a drama of such
importance without the necessary accessories.
It was generally considered that the scenic "accessories"
of Marylebone productions showed remarkable extravagance on
the part of the proprietor (who was, after all, secretly
using the funds of the Globe Insurance Company). Davenport
had written to a friend comparing American laxity with
British thoroughness:
We can play Shakespeare almost without a
rehearsal - not so here - the actors all
know and feel their responsibility. I
am speaking of the genteel theatres ...
Stage appointments are all here more attended
to - effects of scenery more studied -
the artist being for a period the director
for his own purposes - then the machinist
and thf-n with good acting requested by a
stage manager who knows the business - you
see things done well, but remove any one g
of the screws - it will lame the machine.
To this lavishness and ensemble, the 1&49 Cymbeline seems
to have been an exception.