The sociable, or, One thousand and one home amusements : containing acting proverbs, dramatic charades, acting charades, or drawing-room pantomimes, musical burlesques, tableaux vivants, parlor games, games of action, forfeits, science in sport, and parlor magic, and a choice collection ofcurious mental and mechanical puzzles, &c., &c. : illustrated with nearly three hundred engravings and diagrams, the whole being a fund of never-endingentertainment (1858)
Arnold, George, 1834-1865 · New York : Dick & Fitzgerald Publishers · leaf 174
fly. On the right of stage, a wounded man is lying, in his shirt sieves, with his head and shoulders supported by his second, who is in a kneeling position, and looking at the injured man with a terrified expression. By the side of the fallen man is a doctor, ex- amining the wound with professional… … FKONT OF STAGE. 5. The 'wonnded man, 1. Chairs. 6. His second. 2. Table. 7. The doctor. 8. The duellist ■wiping his sword. 8. A sword. 4. His second. In this tableau the lights should be softened as much as possible.
Amusements · Amateur theater · Charades
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