ARRANGED BY THE AUTHOR OF “PRESTON PAPERS.”
CINCINNATI:
THE PRESTON PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.
Copyright 1893.
GENERAL SUGGESTIONS.
In preparing tableaux to illustrate a song, poem or prose reading or recitation, the manager will find that success depends largely upon promptness. This requires a thorough knowledge of the part to be rendered, as well as of the places in the reading where tableaux are to be shown, and of the characters and stage settings for each picture.
A full dress rehearsal is indispensable, as many points--insignificant of themselves--will come up for adjustment that cannot be decided upon at the last minute; and although of itself trivial, the pose or expression of a single character, the misplacing of an article of furniture or ornament, the draping of a costume, etc., will help make or mar a beautiful picture.