Show N lr rn r r j 11 HISTORY ON THE STAGE F I iret t d In n Supplying Corr Co Cos turns Demand That DIs of the tho then 5 n Period be shown hown l I It would a appear per that elegance anti and ap ot of costuming u as well u as scenic n had about reached I Its on lb the stege There hero WI was n a thins ald amid not so 0 long loni aiO ago either that anything WA was go good enough to represent any period In iii hi hIstory tor Jut but those have gun nl orter Dil It if the stage hAi has en entered t a ot of great It h ha not ot I a at the fX cx ot of good oo taste Miss Il Viola rula Alel production or of In tl the o of the l Ing and Richard Mansfields Presentation o of Henry Y Yae Yare ae are cases can tn in point la ways the Press The characters II Jim each o of thele thesa are In the main macin and the which the wear mire art exact duplicate of at those thol worn long ago by time the themselves I It wi vIll then b be eI easily it I a large luge expenditure of oC mont money to put ut such pla plays I as these thee on the atlle stage During the ealy early dl days of oC the drains timer thre WA Was no thought ht I as to time the costumes ut the bellr being al loprAte to the characters represented or In hamon harmonY the period deMit dealt wih with lIy by the drama dramatist Ut UtI I Nor or did the spectator fault aul with I arrangement It did not disturb th lit In the least to Old and for tor instance wearing much ant the theae ae same kind or of clothes u sa and his Ral sigh Ald Amid In this way ot of other kinds readily obtained It if indeed they ever eer moved attention at atall all 11 Certainly the her hero or of an aim early Roman tory story should not have 1 spoken of oC gunpowder much lel less produced 1 a from ht his belt but hi lila conduct In this Ihl wise beate almost reasonable seeing that he did It not lu wear r a toga toa but doub leLI arid and te dress In eed ot of I a gallant of day It is II only tim In quite recent times that the correctness of ar stage tae costumes has ha undE undergone systematic tc consIderation and anu I 11 treated as al a latr matter o of real Ir Un although I experiments II in the direct Inn of at reform Ire luc to be found recorded In eniy accounts o othe of the drama dram Mr describes hi I visit vilU to the theater tn In 1504 to see lee ler or the o of time the East But and notes nOlea tile garments like Romani vry very wel well d ct at the b beginning at al time drawing up ot of the curtain there WAi iii finest scene Icene or of time the emperor Ind mind his about him standing In their fixed and amid different postures In their noman habits abo above al that I ever IW Raw at al any of at the theaters Hut But attempts to 10 be accurate In this way were only or of al intermittent kind kindal al ally enduring amendment can hardly he be found until We approach a that is III within Ile time recollection or of I hIS time Jr Donn In one ot of hl his 1011 essays on the drama We STe has seen rh Rivals Rival Performed II a sort ot ot of the chan chance 1 medley In between the respective It at attires tires or of Sir Anthon and anu Abo Absolute lute he adl We hAve the same comedy dressed Ith crull lou bus attention to the date ot of the wigs an hoops but We whether In Inan an any essential respect excellent play wa was II a gainer b by the carl care and expenditure ot or the manager Sir W aler alter Scot Scott hall hail previously writ written ten tell We have len Jane Shor Shore act acted Id ed with In tIme old English cloak Lord IM hastings In 1 a tul full curt court tIr with lh his hll white rod like a lord chamberlain of the last reign smut ni Jane Shore hore and Alicia III stays and ant hoops W Se have hae Ip seen n Miss I Young alt act as Zara ara In whalebone to 10 an OlmAn dressed h Turk while a Christian I Im the time ot of the Crusades strutted 1 ti white uniform or of tile the old French ru guards rl Another remonstrant describes lCd Ed a as Othello more moreIn In te the gay rb ot of Rn an Albanian Greek than thana a Moor or IOU goes through the lie battle without hout armor while is II amed armed amid Young plays In a and gilded velvet Jacket and cArl carries a shield until h ime begins to ln anti then throws 1 it away wa The condition or of the stage In regard to It its improved and splendid scenery decorations and accessories ant o ed mich much to the lie intervention and of Lull Louis XVI Sir Walter Scot Scott ascrIbes to Voltaire the sole meri merit of Introducing natural anti and romet costumes le torI hi time the actors whether Romani or ap eared II iii time the tul full dress of the 1 French court Ind and Augustus himself was a rep represented resented In a image hure tul full bot bottom tom wig 11 I 1 by K a Irown crown ot of lAurel Upon time English stage reform In inthis this matter was certainly a mater matter of slow Ilow growth lowth A German gentleman I Jt N Christan Christian Augustus Gottieb Ged Goede by published In 1521 II a long account of oC 1 a Visit he imail recently mad to 0 England expresses In strong twins hi his opinions on certain of It theaters You never behold Wil lie he foreign actors dressed In such In an abul absurd style II as upon tIme Len Ion dOl don Ital stage The h of nil other ni nations the mOt most superstitious worship er era o of are nevertheless to 10 manifest manlest 1 a strange Iran indulgence aCU for tor tIme the this encounters their Kemble Il Iii The WR Vay to I t I him acted the part ft of Sir lant have Fashion I a name which ought to suggested to him a proper Itle ot of I dress drel In a frock threadbare an obsolete doublet long a prodigious watch chain of steel chin mind and a hurl hugs unter under hil his arm This Thill I last article indeed was artcle 8 all aim appendage ot of 1801 but all time ret rest Q a genuine portrait of an cox comb le II must mUll hA have known that pan Ilan and In en rUl rumpled anti folded of 01 toled together Ar are incongruous no gentleman much h less Sir Brilliant Fashion Iu 01 Quid make hil lii up In a threadbare coat In I relly reply to these the arid and similar COlI strict Ures there I ii nothing much to be Mid Ulle Unless It ue be that actors and n audience alike aUke were content with things as they lh a were and that now all anti then reforms had been attempted without however hower resulting In any particular alY Success Garnick ham hall the theater In valuable both as actor acter and 11 stare ta manager but he hAd been unable to effect an any ver very change th the Inciter o of dress it seems I Probable that his attempt Othello hil to as l Othelo had failed ted lecaue ho he had leau e after a Moorish fashion the military forms urn In which ld Barr had ben wont to plum al th the part lIar The actors aorl short stature bl binok lk race face anti hd Oriental drees had reminded the audience ot of the thA turbaned negro pages Ilae in attendance u upon on ladis or at quality II At that period Pompey with the teakettle perio Ih as Quin laid had said Raid having tp hlll PoSsibly a plate plat ot of Innovation In hi his mind time the which was Wal certainly em corn enough was re esen een to incurring ro tempt seine lome con Part I It is II or of wel well known that In the wore a court suit of I scarlet mind and gold Kold lace lac with In the hatter scenes of at the wih tle a wi as Leo Iea I the actor la says In his as large alIn as any nOI now Worn bv b the gray grav et eat of our barons ot of the similar costume being a Macbeth adopted b by other of that ry for instance n and liar Macbeth indeed p never 1 dreSSed to tn the taste or of antiquarian 1 until the ornate revival of at the tragedy b by Mr r II at t Sadiers the S ella In 10 1340 II Ind anti theAter b by Charles Chule Jel Noan ot at some five fie years earll later The costumes were er of the tho cloy elev or of each or of these thele occasions Mr Ir ventured upon various archaic anti n nt at Covent COnt Garlen and Drury Lane Mr Ir Phelps Lne Phelp ILean cult at lt at time Sadlers Princess Wells Selig un an ii It seemed t that ot of attire Splendor ot of scenery and appoint mel mens no further be carried In II deed alarm aro arose lest the rama should perl perish h alo altogether ether under the weIght of upholstery and wardrobe it was doom doomed I 4 In 10 bear beRr Here wal was to b be l seen n I King John In hIl imis habit A as he lived lien here appeared the 1 second and nd thIrd Richards King Henry Queen an antY Woley now nos vas R re London wih with It its I I it the middle RC ages nw new time Venice or of presently the of oC the da days p pf King ing Leontes The Tho spec tato talon time anti and tIme the skill ot of time the anti and th their favor le ite verdict upon Ihs coun counts te I carried wih with It approval ot of the players mind perhaps n a measure of at homage to Shakespeare To revert to the shortcomings ot of the tho stage WOI would b be ot of COure course The Imagination ot of the e would now steadily refuge to I be taxed to 10 meet the abet absence ot of reust the incongruity or of costumes and the other ot of the oarl early theater Some de degrees rell o of accuracy our modern play pla gems o r would demand It If they die or disregarded minute correct Jes After al all what is b chiefly needed to preserve presen theatrical Illusion Is a certain harmony harmon of arrangement which shall be so 10 complete ne as to 1 escape No o note nole must b be struck to divert attention alO tom the design of the dramatist and from Cram his players |