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The comedy was well put on the stage, the dresses for the most part being rich and appropriate, while the scenery was a great improvement on what we are accustomed to have before us in Dunedin. Still, as a spectacle, 'A Winter's Tale ' was not by a long way so imposing as 'Antony and Cleopatra'— the only grand effect being produced in the second act, for which an artistic scene representing a roofless amphitheatre had been prepared. On a large stage, such as that of the Royal in Melbourne, the scene would have had a splendid effect. As it was, the people being all huddled together into a small compass, Mr Hennings' fine painting was robbed of much of its beauty…. |
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