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There are three sets of
these "burglar bars" at the first balcony, house left. Each individual
bar was produced in plaster, after I made a copper blade to cut the profile
in the wet plaster. They were then cut up and assembled to duplicate the
original pieces. Then a "dash" coat was applied. This "dash" appears on
the ornamentation throughout the theatre. As you can see here, the "dash"
really obscures the detail work. In my opinion, it is a real shame that
the crispness of the modeling work was covered up. I have no idea what
the rationalization was for this decision.