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the beauty of proportion, and the mechanic's skill for
invention". As for the antiquary, hie pi co is ,,oll below tlirt
of th i, n. ; ,,r, whose duty it ic,
to --joint out to the ar^ 'ideologist the particular
rrci-i. oolorical "cr. in" required; fo the costumier
the , i:.r ->o, ..;;>. tori: 1 and coTour of tiio coctume; to
the "ird;-)07.'ty man tho rinke, ; iac, dimensions, and
( rite of tiio furniture an: 1 properties requisite*
Color.i n's own talent as o. manager was slight, as his productions
to;.. tifi-.c! - tlio most memorable was a catastrophic Pericles ""
at
otrstiord-upon-Avon in 1900 - but hie view of Godwin's
pretensions v/rs not unrepresentative of such kindred noirits
ao Daly and Harris*
Godv/in's series of articles continued with a discussion
of the t. Jrjaos's Theatre As You Liko It (7 = larch), which will
be referred to in tl^.o subsequent chapter doolinr • ith that
P :oc.uction. The c i: cuacion was extended in the next article
(15 September), ; here Gc -vir claimed that poor re tine should
not be blamed on good stagings
U.:IG fuct ic, tlic curioly of actors, though plentiful
enough, is bod, and the more scholarly and i
your scenery and surroundings tho more evident does
';li-i c unv.elcono Js-'.ct become — that t./.ere ir no
school of acting in England.
The fifth article describee the author's vork on Clsudian (19
September) and the sixth returns to the desirability of one
artier be in;; fr*iven sole command over . 11 ni tters of dcci; '.
Godv/in nentions that ?.ilary Anderson, iiavin • obtained designs
from the pj.i.ntor G. !.V#rvbts for hor ov/n costumes as Tiocalind,
offered him the co.:..:dcsion for aJLl tlie ot.ier dresses in her
production of As You Like _I_t.. - he refused the offer:
A;- You Lil'e It, i'ron :;he uocicris of Mr G.P./tatts,
•..D'ald li.. .vo bu.cn as interesting and, po;.,;. ibly, as
inctructive as Joriolaiius by t'.r ^il-aa-'JaiJcms*
.r Irving, hor;evcr, i; i1 . r too clover thr n to
dream of r;iving only a bit of hie st ;;;e "icture
by IJr Al. -a-^ador-a. lo is good --nca, h manager to
know til t if he starts in A iajor he rrast keep in
the same !;oy..« -, f-
(10 October 1885)
The final pJ.cco, published on October 24» atts.cks S.G "unscientific"
the ^ro^'calD of the Oecie-ncr /-.Ifred Thompson for a Now
A
York production of isiomeo and Joliot, mentioned in tlie October