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Karl Waltz
Waltz
also: Вальц, Karl Fyodorovich Waltz
The real stage machinist and pyrotechnics specialist of Moscow's popular theaters in Chekhov's day, celebrated for elaborate special effects; cast here offstage swallowing swords and red-hot coals.
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- Unclean Tragedians and Leprous Playwrights §28 Waltz
Karl Waltz, the real stage machinist and special-effects specialist of Moscow's popular theaters, celebrated for elaborate stunts -- cast here offstage swallowing swords and hot coals.