Spectacle in the Theatre
1984; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 25; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/s0040557400008176
ISSN1475-4533
Autores Tópico(s)Historical Art and Culture Studies
ResumoIn his history of the Crimean War Henry Tyrrell describes the victory celebration held in Green Park, London in 1856. The celebration began with a burst of color in the night sky. Then “for two hours, followed every conceivable design of elegant and dazzling pyrotechnic art. Flights of rockets, a hundred at a time; revolving wheels, suns, stars, golden streamers, and fiery serpents chas[ed] each other through the air.… The triumph, however, of the entertainment was reserved for the close of it.…” A stationary piece blazing and revolving fantastically, “exhibited the words ‘God save the Queen. … ‘”
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