 Loutherbourg planned the scenery. He had previously invented transparent scenery — moonshine, sunshine, fire, volcanoes, &c. as also breaking the scene into several pieces by the laws of perspective, showing miles and miles distance. Before his time,...  British Pantomime Performancevon Millie Taylor - 2007 - 208 SeitenKeine Leseprobe verfügbar - Über dieses Buch
 | John O'Keeffe - 1826 - 448 Seiten
...voyages with Captain Cook. With Mr. Webber and Commodore Phillips I had much conversation on the subject. Loutherbourg planned the scenery. He had previously...broad flat, the whole breadth and height of the stage. " Omai " was acted forty nights the first season. Loutherbourg had 100/. for his designs, and I another... | |
 | George Clinton Densmore Odell - 1920 - 612 Seiten
...Captain Cook to the "newly-discovered islands in the southern hemisphere." Loutherbourg, says O'Keeffe, "planned the scenery. He had previously invented transparent...flat, the whole breadth and height of the stage." This testimony from one who knew is invaluable as establishing the claims of De Loutherbourg as the... | |
 | George Clinton Densmore Odell - 1920 - 546 Seiten
...Loutherbourg, says O'Keeffe, "planned the scenery. He had previously invented transparent scenery—moonshine, sunshine, fire, volcanoes, &c. as also breaking the...flat, the whole breadth and height of the stage." This testimony from one who knew is invaluable as establishing the claims of De Loutherbourg as the... | |
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