Two Gentlemen of Virginia: a Novel of the Old Regime in the Old Dominion
Two Gentlemen of Virginia: a Novel of the Old Regime in the Old Dominion
Eggleston George Cary
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The theatre maintained a scenic artist of its own, who also had a playing part in the com- pany. He was expected to produce all needed scenery for each star's repertoire and to appear as an actor in each piece. Every theatre also, maintained a stage carpenter and a costumer of its own and these also were actors who must fill parts when necessary. It was the custom in those days to begin early and give two or three plays of an even- ing — usually a tragedy or a romantic drama, followed by a thre...e or four-act comedy, with a roaring farce to complete the entertainment.: The highest price of admission, authorizing one to take the best seat he could find unoccu- pied, was half a dollar, and it was the conscien- tious endeavor of the management to give the audience its money's worth. Therefore in ad- dition to the three plays, the chief ones acted by such " stars " as Edwin Booth, Joseph Jef- ferson, J. S. Qarfc, Maggie Mitchell, Fanny TWO GENTLEMEN OE VIRGINIA 183 Morant, Laura Keene, and their like, there was always a dance and often a song between the several plays, and sometimes also between the acts of the principal plays.
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