scene-shifters

Mr. — — was once behind the scenes at the Opera when the scene-shifters were preparing for the ballet.

George Cruikshank 2006

Company and the stipulated wages of the supernumeraries — scene-shifters and others.

Ralph Rashleigh 2004

Garrick, Madam; was no declaimer; there was not one of his own scene-shifters who could not have spoken To be, or not to be, better than he did; yet he was the only actor I ever saw, whom I could call a master both in tragedy and comedy; though I liked him best in comedy.

The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. 2004

And there, as I sat in that open boat, midst of the Sunderbunds, at my domestic antipodes, happened to me the most wondrous transformation which the tricksy stage-carpenters and scene-shifters of the brain have ever devised.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 Various

Such an arrangement may be convenient for the carpenters or scene-shifters, and is very likely cheaper than a properly designed interior.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 Various

The Opera is thin of company, thin of performers, thin of lights, thin of _figurantes_, thin of scene-shifters, thin of everything!

The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1 A. M. W. [Compiler] Stirling

And on the stage, which had been cleared of every superfluous piece of property, splendid order reigned: the scene-shifters, up above, had their hands on the windlasses; the two electricians, on their perches, turned the lime-light where it was to fall; the drops rose and fell without a hitch; the scenes slipped into their places, shifted, in the English fashion, by one man.

The Bill-Toppers J. Andr�� Castaigne

Instead of representing an interior scene by a series of wings set one behind the other, the scene-shifters now built the side walls of a room solidly from front to rear; and the actors were made to enter, not by walking through the wings, but by opening real doors that turned upon their hinges.

The Theory of the Theatre Clayton Hamilton

And darkness anew, the stage suddenly invaded by scene-shifters dragging heavy sets along; and

The Bill-Toppers J. Andr�� Castaigne

The scene-shifters and gas-men were standing about; everything was supposed to be going up.

Ten American Girls From History Kate Dickinson Sweetser