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Newspaper

Cincinnati Commercial Tribune

Location

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1908

Page

17

Belasco the Idealist of Romantic Theater

Critics hail Belasco as the Romanticist builder of the beautiful whose Rose of the Rancho showcases his genius in staging and acting. The piece demonstrates how atmosphere color and poetic life elevate realism, with Richard Walton Tully credited yet Belasco’s mastery dominates the production and its enduring legacy.

Belasco Zola Richard Walton Tully Drama Fatma Rancho

Belasco and Zola on romance and stage idealism

The article contrasts Belasco's idealist stage craft with Zola's naturalist attacks on realism. It traces Belasco's poetic approach to The Rose of the Rancho and The Girl of the Golden West, notes Hugo's romantic drama critique, and honors Belasco as a living exemplar of romantic stage imagination. It then shifts to Henry Russell, tracing his early life from England to Milan and Paris, his royal patronage, and his prolific song composing career including Woodman Spare That Tree and Cheer Boys Cheer.

Montgomery Phister David Belasco Zola Hugo Pinero Henry Arthur Jones Maeterlinck Belasco Becque Antoine Dumas Fils Sardou Sarcey Augier Henry Becque Noart Rancho Alexander Mr. Huneker L’assommoir Golden West Clayhouse California Bret Harte Flaubert de Goncourts Scribe Dumas Victor Some Henry Russell Covent Garden San Carlo Grand Opera Cincinnati Russell Rolla London Robert Elliston Surrey Theater Elliston George IV Brighton Richmond Edmund Kean Kean Milan Rossini Donizetti Bellini Sarasi Piccolo Piccolo Inglesi Balfe Italy Paris Meyerbeer rus _ r His Majesty’s ‘Theater Mari_ Berlot Penton D “Russell Toronto Deacon Ifs Handel and Haydn Society of Boston The Handel and Haydn Society Rochester Henry Clay America Charles Mackay Ivy Green Charles Dickens Dan Tucker George P. Morris New York Mirror Samuel Woodworth General Morris Don Carlo Epes Sargent Mr. Russell Sargent New York Harbor General Mor Morris Russ Broady Ae Sega 2A

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Ernsy Huneker Hernani Raght Dently Belasco Tully de Mille Talma Lamertine Corneille Racine Shakespeare Gautie O. Woodman
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