The Furies (2012)
“The jets throughout most of the auditorium had been turned off for the meeting, which was being held in lieu of a performance of the Bowery’s current attraction. Together with the footlight candles, the gas fixtures flanking the proscenium opening illuminated the half dozen speakers seated behind the podium. The six were paying dutiful attention to the preacher addressing the three thousand people who had packed the main floor, the boxes and the galleries.
A few feet upstage from the half dozen... chairs, a drop painted to represent a European drawing room added an incongruous note; the theatre management had declined to remove all the scenery for the comedy now playing six nights a week. But since the comedy was not particularly successful, the management had been happy to rent the theatre for an abolitionist rally.
The preacher, a Congregationalist, had been talking for twenty minutes. His function was the same as that of four of the men behind him—to lengthen the program and build anticipation for the featured address by Frederick Douglass.MoreLess
A few feet upstage from the half dozen... chairs, a drop painted to represent a European drawing room added an incongruous note; the theatre management had declined to remove all the scenery for the comedy now playing six nights a week. But since the comedy was not particularly successful, the management had been happy to rent the theatre for an abolitionist rally.
The preacher, a Congregationalist, had been talking for twenty minutes. His function was the same as that of four of the men behind him—to lengthen the program and build anticipation for the featured address by Frederick Douglass.MoreLess
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