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THE MISE EN SCÈNE
 

those ambitious dramatists who are lured by visions of marvellous picturesque effects: they require a series of brilliant transformations, where, in a few seconds, a wild forest has to be turned into a royal palace; the royal palace into a country inn, and the country inn again into a rocky glen. These transformations give the producer, the scenic designer, and the fore-

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