Jules Guerin at the theater, 1904

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The lead article for Scribner's Monthly Magazine for November 1904 was by John Corbin, author and drama critic, who lived from 1870 to 1959. Such Stuff as Dreams are Made of was its title and it was all about theatrical production. Guérin had two color illustrations in the piece but four-color process reproduction being what it was in those early days, you'll have to appreciate this work more for its scope than its clarity.

This is The rehearsal, seen from the fly floor. The ballet going through its steps to the music of a piano.

The chorus on a stone wall. How the scene looks from the back. Rarely it seems that a painter so proficient at architecture and scenics depicts people so well.

Next: The Chateaux of the Loire by Jules Guérin

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