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The article discusses three books about stage, which are "Le Théâtre," by Francisque Sarcey, "Trues et Décors. la Machinerie Théâtrale," by Georges Moynet and "Essai sur l'Histoire du Théâtre. la Mise en scéne, le Décor, le Costume, l'Architecture, l'Éclairage, I'Hygiène," by Germain Bapst. Bapst's report, prepared for the Paris Exhibition of 1889, is a sumptuously illustrated volume and very welcome, though it is but a fragmentary history of the theatre. The book begins with mysteries and considers next what the author calls the patriotic mysteries, the French equivalent of the English chronicle plays. It offers, perhaps, the most detailed account yet prepared of the stage and scenery and costumes and machinery used in the representation of these punitive plays. |
