Category: Plays/Films/Dramas
[_The stage is in deep shadow--nothing being visible amid the gloom save the silhouetted grey forms of some old, women and the faint outlines of a large and lofty chamber. Clad in weird, shapeless garments, the old women look, as they crouch together, like a little cluster of...
[_The stage is in clear light, while the scene represents a large, lofty room with bare walls of a bright pink colour that is intersected, in places, with grey tracery fantastic...
4. ACT IV--RUIN AND BEREAVEMENT[_The scene is a large, square room of poverty-stricken, dilapidated appearance, with walls, floor, and ceiling dark in colour, and the back wall broken only by two lofty, curta...
1. ACT I--THE BIRTH OF THE MAN[_The stage is in deep shadow--nothing being visible amid the gloom save the silhouetted grey forms of some old, women and the faint outlines of a large and lofty chamber. Clad...
3. ACT III--THE BALL GIVEN BY THE MAN[_A grand ball is in progress in the salon of the mansion which the Man has built for himself. The scene is a large, square, lofty room with smooth, white walls and ceiling and...
5. ACT V--THE DEATH OF THE MAN[_When the curtain rises the stage is discovered wrapped in a vague, dim, flickering light--the sort of light which makes it difficult to distinguish objects at the first glance...