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Show The Greek Days. Professor Seymour gave a special lecture lect-ure on tha Greek theatre to tho ladies who are interested in the presentation I of '"Antigone," illustrating by the use of drawings and pictures made by himself , of the Acropolis, In the discourse he ' i said: i As the Greek plays were produced ! in the open air the effects of gas illumi-' illumi-' nation were missing. The audience al-, al-, ways assumed that tho conditions do- scribed actually existed. If an actor en-I en-I tered clad in a big cloak and observed j how "cold it was, even though the mercury mer-cury regisfored B5 degs. and the sun waa blazing hot, the audienco folly under- i stood the conditions and enjoyed in im-1 agination just as well as do the theatre- i goers of today, who behold on the sburfl ' the most artistic attempts to portray the seasons, conditions and scenes amid which the play is centered. The Greeks were early riners and re- : tired very early. They were ready to go to the theatre soon after sunrise, and it , was at that period that tho Greek plays j were presented, It was frcnenilly tha i custom to have three or four dramas pro-. pro-. fientod iu u day, and theatregoers re-iimined re-iimined at tie thearre ail day. Except in a passage in Plato there is nothing in history or ancient Uroolc literature to indicate in-dicate that women ever attended tiie theatre. Usually drama, was presented by three actors. Few plays could bo enacted en-acted by so fow characters, Iu some of the more elaborate plays more characters appeared, and by assuming masks and changing their costumes the actors managed man-aged to represent as many characters as were desired. New Haven Cor. XeW York Times. - |