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of the ball at the end of the c.< rk cypressavenue,
c'nd in that piy ^ives the
following businesb for the end of the scene:
L.Cap Juliet.
Juliet on Stairs v ith Nurse.
L.Cap on top of strirs.
Boys put out lights.
It may be that the set ing eao the directions were ; Itereci
to allo ; ior shallower stages then th; t of the Lyceum - both
scene-endings strike the same note of wistiulness, MTK, the last
line is the Curse's "Come, let's away. The strangers are
all • one".
The act-encinc,s oi th^ production .ere marked by the
use of tc -blcjjiu-curtf.ins, but scene-chi n0es i ere accomplishes
during black-outs. The scener, v/c s built on liveable unils
and couk be struck ano set ith reasonable spued (cnc
presunj .jl/, orchestral accom >cr ni' ^eut) without lo, erin^ a
curt- in. Ben Greet, '- ho ;layec the A^othecr-r/, rener.ib^rec
this cs ;. n Aneric; n inniv, tion - "They could c.o it over tueie
..here they had electric li^ht in thertres yet rs before . o die.
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here"^^. It is not cle^r ho. .,ell ti.io Tiothod of st. ^eman:
^oment wa^ ,-. ca.jtect to the Lye our., . hich, in accordance
:ith Irvin0 's preference for i_^z, v;tsnot lit elec rxcclly -
working li^.hts r.ir y Lave been installed, but grs b;. t eiii: coulc.
iiOt be ci , ,ec fully cio ,n ..ithout e-rtin^uisiiing the ilaine
altogether. Irving's preference for dark scenes must hi ve
re quired r.Miy nec'r-blackours, but a fully dark stc^e can
o /I
: n ly h, ve been possible"3
jjoth Irving ond. Mary i ncerson o ittec. the G-.or.o before
the second ret, pnd both n^c o substrntially the a; me cuts i::
the si ort first ucene. ,..on:eo, me his first t.o lines, ere