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There now followed, as a separate episode between the
third and fourth acts, the "Alexandrian Festival: an Allegoricr.l
Interlude representing the Conflict betv/cen i.y and Ni (roial recovery and cttt . :^.Q_^Z-JC; described
as "a purely convention 1 ballet which mi : lit r»Y>roy;riately
be transferred to the st; ,ce 01" the Alharabra" - it was at thai;
theatre that D*Auban v;as employed as ballet- r;tor. The scene
did not c ntribute :.iucii to the porti-syal of the orot£.f;ciiist *
:,ct^rc - uj-Mth cont:ii erod. their appe r.- Mice f -r from
"rrand, ir.nocinc, or Q ;"'like M . Scott described t'-cm, "elov; ted
on r> throne at tlic banc.u^o, surroundcc b; GC. rlet oolci- ry,
v/hilst their finucernent consisted of rtrmciiv; nymphs in f.'-uzy
materi In". In addition to the nymphs there v/er-e, accordiiir;
to Tr/.o xjL.iG:;-, a few "svnrthy slaves", and \2\ic 3ta ;gc noted
the presence of rn ivf:^';;ti^ii ruvi; ;y - E;G a m c^.c^o rnori, rnthor
thr.n a guert.
The prepr,r;>ti::>ii of tiiis ^i^r^tuitous spectacle took cone
time. On the fircjt ni"'ht ti:.e fourth c=ct be^fn . ;it^ a jcene
Let iu "O^en Country", ap/nroritly made up fro.n parts of IV. 7
and IV. 8, which de;>l vith the aftcrr-ath of bottle. This scene
appenrec 1 on the onrly copies of the program e, but is nisi ivrin
the souvenir edition of the tejct - It sot no that .in^field
economised by cuttin; dov.n tiie business of the pl;~:/ so as to
retain the expensively ^ronucoc cnrc-G^cle of tlio "Tria'~in:r 1
Kece^tion of Antony and Cleoor.tra" which formed t ;he second
-cene of his fourth f.ct. Archer, on n. secone vit.it to the
pro- notion, com^lrdneO :
...whole scenes... iv.cl di^--:perrec e± ^ce the :tir-:;t
ni;.;at, v.hereac I did not ::iss a oi/._le i:uoer or a
shrea of costu, .e.
(3 oc ember 1890)
Without these short scenes t' c ..hole :ir :oce of the tiiunph