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Title: McVicker's observanda; containing a graphic historical sketch of McVicker's theatre from its inception to the present date
Year: 1891 (1890s)
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Subjects: McVicker's Theatre Theater--Illinois--Chicago--History
Publisher: (Chicago : W. J. Jefferson Press), 1891.
Contributing Library: Loyola University Chicago Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: CARLI: Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois

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ptured, andabove them the re-cessed panels con-taining the bas-reliefs.These highly artisticpanels are companionpieces, one represent-ing LaSalles triumph-ant march through Ill-inois, the other theterrible Fort Dearbornmassacre. The entiresurface of the prosce-nium is covered withthe mostexquisitely wrought plastic ornamentation, graceful, yet vigorous, witha charming play of surface light and shade. The superb effect of this original andfine proscenium is heightened by the extreme beauty of the color scheme whichseems to play over the house, so skilfully worked out has been the symphony oftints and shades. The basis is a deep salmon brown, that gradually diminishesinto a delicate pink as it ascends to the ceiling. The eye is at once captivated andsoothed, so perfectly in harmony are all the striking effects of this art treasury.Gold and bronze enter sparingly into the ornamentation, and a dark wood wains-coating serves as a strong basic contrast to the whole color scheme that is pre-
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ChiekePing Chase Bpos. Co., 219 and 221 LCtabash Hvenue. The eelebfated Chase Spos. Pianos can be found only at served in the rich carpets, draperies and the red plush of the unique operachairs. An auditorium more beautiful, balancing charm with dignity andgrace with solidity, is hardly to be imagined. There are two curtains, theprincipal one, of asbestos, weighing several tons, presenting an idealized viewof Chicago in 1833, painted by Mr. Walter Burridge, and made complementaryto the house decorations ; the other, used as an act drop, being an artistic re-production of a Greek ideal, painted by Mr. Ernest Albert. Both curtains areworthy the theatre. BELOW THE STAGE. So much and more the public sees, but McVickers theatre did not gainits national celebrity from the grandeur of its auditorium alone. Much of itsreputation comes from its superiority of conditions of which the general theatregoer is ignorant. It has the best regulated stage of the American theatres, andunderneath the sta

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