Sentence examples for shift the scenery from inspiring English sources
The fruits of Rupert and Conrad patronage holding the stage, as more ex- and current journalists shift the scenery.
Whether Rose is showing her erstwhile suitor Herbie (the appealing Boyd Gaines) some leg, plying a manager of the Orpheum Circuit with Chinese food, or tiptoeing upstage to shift the scenery while her kid act, starring Baby June, is in full swing, LuPone is a delusional whirlwind whose innate humor manages to humanize the toxic termagant.
Mimes, in the form of God on high, Mutter and mumble low, And hither and thither fly -- Mere puppets they, who come and go At bidding of vast formless things That shift the scenery to and fro, Flapping from out their Condor wings Invisible Wo!
Just for a moment, Porcupine Tree suggest, we see things as they really are, catching a glimpse of the underlying programme or the stage-hands shifting the scenery or the unimaginable horrors of the void beneath.
Tom Pye's design and Peter Mumford's lighting add to the air of luxury and a special word should go to the ensemble who execute nimble dances while shifting the scenery.
Meanwhile, just offstage, the man who (after a fashion) chose her, Sajid Javid, was announcing a review into licence fee funding – which shifts the scenery and opens trap doors wide.
It's during this scene — which like the rest of the show benefits greatly from Jennifer Schriever's splendid lighting — that George finishes "La Grande Jatte" before our eyes, shifting the scenery and more than a dozen actors into position until all of them conform to images in the famous 1884 painting.
The shifting scenery and the unpredictable sounds kept intruding.
This invention, adopted by every European country except England and Holland, was the standard method of shifting scenery until the end of the 19th century.
Actually, rather than subtly shifting the quality of the light, the chimneys' movement merely made the actors and scenery more or less visible.
