Word: acte
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...HUGHES,51 Perkins Hall."Entre Nous" says in Wednesday's Boston Herald: "That Amazon march in the last act of "The Beggar Student" at the Castle Square Theatre is one of agreeable surprise. The admirable marching of these pretty girls really takes one by storm. "She-who-is-to-be-Obeyed" holds her head up like an antelope, and is quite as agile as that beautiful animal. It was observed on the opening night that one of these fair warriors looked like a certain Boston beauty who has achieved some distinction by her capture of foreign celebrities to ornament...
...delighted to hear that Mr. Jefferson has consented to give a dramatic discourse to Harvard students. To listen to a man of such experience and reputation on the stage as his has been is a great and rare privilege. No one who has seen Mr. Jefferson act can have failed to be charmed by the personality which makes itself felt through all his characters. One longs to know the man himself apart from his stage disguise. To most persons this is unfortunately impossible; but an informal address will come as near to satisfying them as anything short of personal acquaintance...
Best general references: The Subway Act, Boston Herald, April 2, 1895; Letter of J. J. McCarthy, Boston Herald, April 1, 1895; Letter of George Fred Williams, Boston Herald, April 5, 1895; Letters in Boston Transcript, March 23, and March...
...Princeton Dramatic Club will give performances of a three-act comedy entitled "Snowball" on the evenings of May tenth and eleventh...
...Harvard team that will compete in the fencing tournament with Columbia next Saturday will be made up as follows: A. G. Thacher '97 (captain), J. E. Hoffman '96, J. P. Parker '96, H. H. Bowker '98 (substitute). Mr. Bloodgood of New York will act as referee; the judges will be Mr. Howard of Boston, Dr. Kemp, Dr. Hammond and Mr. Echeverria, all of New York. The judges decide the winner at the end of each bout with reference to number of touches and form. If the judges disagree the referee can settle the matter himself or order another bout. Each...