lecouvrer

Updated: May 18, 2025

There is a good deal too much dying in Frou-Frou, La Dame aux Camellias and Adrienne Lecouvrer. Without going back to the traditions of the Greek theatre, one may say confidently that, if death on the stage is permissible, dying is almost illegitimate, and trick falls, exhibitions of agony, and the like are mere pandering to a very vulgar taste.

Edward Fordham Spence - Our Stage and Its Critics : By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette"