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Show Hpfakinu OF thenudorii tendonoy to reallun on tl e stage, the New York llord notes that lu no other direction Isltexblultod mire clearly than lu the keener). Mr. Irving pirtlcularly pajt scrupulout attontlju lo the detail! of hit ttage-settlng, mil not uvon the unst exact of authors Is a greater stickler for "I cal color." When be was renrlng hit 1'aujt ho spout lix weeks in (Irrmtny with tho Lyceum sccnlqartltt, Mr. Craven, an n similar length of time wat pstsed lu Scotland for Macbeth, In Venice for Tho Merchant Mer-chant of Venice, and In Varlt for The Hells. Hough drafts of each scene were carefully prepared nn J s ibmitted Or criticism before the roll painting wus begun. |