This might not altogether prevent enjoyment of a familiar work by audiences accustomed to small theatres, but it ruins the chances of a new piece conceived on a larger scale, and presented in London to playgoers accustomed to more adequate boards.
"The Operatic Problem"
William Johnson Galloway
I can do it; I have done it; I've made audiences feel and even got my "notice" because the stage-manager said I was "too natural."
"Contemporary One-Act Plays Compiler: B. Roland Lewis"
Sir James M. Barrie George Middleton Althea Thurston Percy Mackaye Lady Augusta Gregor Eugene Pillot Anton Tchekov Bosworth Crocker Alfred Kreymborg Paul Greene Arthur Hopkins Paul Hervieu Jeannette Marks Oscar M. Wolff David Pinski Beulah Bornstead Herma
It was this power that enabled him to hold popular audiences even in a two-hours' speech on the dreary topics of finance.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs