Menpes, Mortimer, 1855-1938, Menpes, Dorothy · London : A. & C. Black · leaf 100
take the place of the decorative paste-board monkey which had always been used on thestage. This animal, unlike the horse, was trained toknow the stage as well as his masters room, andgrew quite accustomed to the lights and the peoplesurrounding him. So thoroughly at home was thismonkey that on its… … Art and the Drama carefully trained to do. After this the pasteboardmonkey reigned supreme. Mr. Fukuchi, although he is a brilliant Englishscholar and has an intense admiration for Shakspearesworks, thoroughly realises how impossible it would beto attempt to put Hamlet on the Japanese stage :…
Art -- Japan · Japan -- Social life and customs 1868-1912
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