Word: acte
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...psychological interest of his plot to overdraw his principal character, Robert Fergan, and to suit the demands of his climax rather than to fit the climax to his character. With this climax still in view, he has brought in a period of ten years between the second and third acts, which even the long and rather tedious accounts at the beginning of the last act fall to bridge over. In spite of this break, however, the play still merits the highest praise for its subtlety of analysis, clearness of exposition and above all for the simplicity and directness...
...interpretation was of an order rarely seen on a Boston stage. Mr. Blair's conception of Robert Fergan was virile and not unsympathetic, and his acting was finished to the highest degree. His support was of exceptional strength and evenness. Miss Kahn resembles Mrs. Fiske in the naturalness of her method; Mr. Lewis, as Michael Daverines, though a trifle stiff, and not altogether convincing, made the most of a thankless and difficult part; and Miss Harrington and Mr. Anderson played the colorless sister and brother-in-law with excellent taste. But, on the whole, the cast failed in only...
...conventions of 1881 and 1884 was home rule given to the Transvaal. He went on to show that these conventions were given upon certain specific conditions and that the Transvaal had repeatedly broken these conditions. From these facts there can be but one conclusion, that by its own act, by the failure to keep the conditions of the grants, the Transvaal has sacrificed the protection of these grants. Great Britain is released from the obligations imposed by her conditional promise not to interfere. Then passing to the second justification he pointed out that since British subjects have been maltreated...
Major-General Leonard Wood, M.S., '84, was yesterday assigned to relieve Major-General Brooke in command of the division of Cuba. Ae will also act as military governor of the island...
...most noticeable fault was the over-prominent, strained and labored acting. There were many groupings of useless characters on the stage, and a tendency towards long and wearing some soliloquies. The last two acts showed much skill in construction, and went off fairly smoothly. The scene chosen for all three acts was the square in front of the College of Beauvais. It was well made up, and the moonlight effect in the last act was excellent. The costumes were especially good, and in keeping with the characters...