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Some raised two hands and shouted. "The scene shifter has been hurt," explained Mana- ger Smith, The hands immediately fell and a general apathy prevailed, -:;- In Albany however the debut of Menken in Mazeppa at the Green Street Theatre on June 7, 1861 was without the thrill of accidents. With her short-cropped hair, and clad in pink silk fleshings, she certainly provided a frisson nou- veau. By comparison with her ruffled, high-waisted, petti- coated contemporaries she appeared practically na...ked. From now on, said the prudes in awful, dirge-like tones, there will be no more decency in the land -■^ this is the beginning of nude drama, corruption and immorality! It was indeed strange that Albany of all places should have been selected as the scene of Menken's experiment. ■«■ Falk, Bernard. The Waked Lady . (..-ffidn' 57 Albany had a very staid tradition; it was dominated by the Schuyler 3, the Van Rensselaers, the Tov-nsends, the Van Vechtens, the Seymours -- ultra-respectable descendants of church-going ancestors.
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