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...Goirl of the Golden Pest," by his not too emphatic satire of the matinee idol. It was a piece of mock heroics all the funnier for being in restraint. The palm for genuine acting, however, must go to the player of a subordinate part. H. E. Widener '07 as Abadiah Butterworth," the self-made man, was the thing itself. He stayed in his part, and he never failed to make his points carry. As the sheriff in the burlesque he was even better, and his complete change of voice, method and manner, proved that his genuineness in the other role...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H. P. C. UNDERGRADUATE NIGHT | 3/18/1907 | See Source »

Percival Winterbottom, a Harvard Student (?) C. L. Hay '08Professor Domehead Winterbottom, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Harvard F. M. Gunther '07Ethel Adams Winterbottom, his daughter W. P. Blodget '07Mrs. Jane Abadiah Butterworth, a masterful woman from Chicopee Falls, near Springfield, Mass., C. G. Osborne '07Mr. Abadiah Burdock Butterworth, her husband H. E. Widener '07Amelia Barrymore Butterworth, their daughter G. C. Bacon '08Angela de Cazonetta, a Castilian with a past W. Robbins '08Don Juan de Pistadio de Gorgonzola, a very bad man, B. Moore '08King Alphonzo of Spain S. P. Henshaw '07 Carambo, lord Chamberlain S. Ervin '08 Henry Lacklustre...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H. P. C. UNDERGRADUATE NIGHT | 3/18/1907 | See Source »

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