Those responsible, then, for rehearsals, must not be afraid of long silences in which little happens. The play is intended as a series of meditations rather than of dramatic situations and developments. Again and again, if the grouping is arranged upon a wide and semi-heroic scale, the actors will be found to fall into tableaux, which may well be looked at in silence. During the longer of these involuntary tableaux, however, music is sung or played.
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FOOTNOTES:
[1] Bramley and Stainer’s “Christmas Carols, New and Old,” 1st Series, No. 1.
[2] B. & S., 1st Series, No. 19.
[3] B. & S., 2nd Series, No. 21.
[4] B. & S., 1st Series, No. 3.
[5] This carol is printed here by the kind permission of Messrs. Novello and Co. (B. & S., 3rd Series, No. 49).
[6] B. & S., 1st Series, No. 6.