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he mentioned those used in the Irving pro< uc-cion of ..O..IQQ
and Juliet'. In 1CP7 the - ir>logue between the Bohemian lci;-ir
and Oa;.iillo was separated from the p.-^ceding linos, in oiver
to create a "carpentcic' scene" urin ; ..iiich the elabor te set
of the firct scene might be struck, and that of the queen's
apartricvit prepared. AeC. cod to a i'ront-ccona of "Gard -us before
the Palace" (by Hann), tiie ^.v^a^o muct lir.vo seemed perfunctory
and lacking in force.
1'Iie third scene took up thirty feet, , ix inches of the
stage's depth; a series of i'lown pieces is inr ic: toe! by
Napier Lothian's notes, the first set nine foot beck from
tne curt in line, the next ;vdx foot, six inches further back,
the ...ext eight feet j.ror> the re- r::oot, and that svven from the
backc-Jro-}. Jlii;. episode, v.xth the revelation of t'n of the
surroundiii"s. itii a mock-serious unile .Jie invites
her little boy, "pray you sit by us,/And toll's a b"le,"
and then follows a delicious scene, u'lich shovvs '' r i:-;o
.'Uidorson ^.t her very beet. AJ t'.i'j little fellov; toxins,
"There v,-as a Man, d'.volt by a cliur-cii-y rd", she
shrinks from aim in pretended i'er-ir, and t v:?n cov r
iii:''i \:it:L ::ic'-.e,j.
i'To:-a t.:c prou.tbo'jk it c.n icrrs tlx o -,!.• .uilius acco:.vs. niec t.ie
line,"Yonc crickets r; ~11 not licr.r it" by pointinr; to the
fireplace, •'rom tlio cano ronrco there is some in.ic;'tion of
tac silent bu iiicss v/iiich ^eceocd tlie firot Line of the r.cene:
Song pp behind
s scroll from her
ix,- iid. oho retu .OB reaci.uG whon he pit ces h: ,.i- .
on Tis-r eyes. 3he -our:ho;:; .-in ::v;r.7, he run- round
in front of cvuc'i, "^ els, -1-cos hrnd under her
c^in and vhen she lets tlio .jcroll f"ll —-->c::s
it out of her n'-nd. .lion , onr over lody xcc
[i.e. crorsesj rl^./lj at bad: \d-ch byre and off.
1 ve at b.'^c 1 : re".iovos eu::liionc and orcit L.C.