Word: actor
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...dramatic club is at last a reality. The language societies occupy a sphere of their own; club theatricals, with one possible exception, are of a purposely trivial sort; but the Harvard Dramatic Club, open to the best talent of the entire University, presents a new field for the rising actor and dramatist. Its productions, we trust, will be of a more earnest and useful type than has yet been attempted; and will, therefore, appeal widely to the more serious side of the University. We extend our best wishes to the organizers for the success they deserve...
...play was first produced in Hope Theatre, London, in 1614, and quickly became one of the most popular pieces of the time, because of its ridicule of the Puritans. After the Restoration it was revived, and the part of Cokes was played by Nokes, the most celebrated comic actor...
...second annual and dinner of the Circolo Italiano will be held this evening at the Lombardy Inn, Boston, at 6 o'clock. Ermete Novelli, the actor, who has recently been elected an honorary member of the society, will be the guest of honor at the dinner and will be presented with a medal. This afternoon the entire club will attend the performance of "The Taming of the Shrew," by Mr. Novelli and his company at the Majestic Theatre...
...some years since Forbes Robertson played "Hamlet" in Sanders Theatre; but there is no reason why we should wait several more years for a similar performance. Miss Maude Adams's first performance on a Harvard stage should be the fore-runner of the appearance of many other actors and actresses who are willing to appear before Harvard audiences in Cambridge, rather than have a few undergraduates see them each night in Boston. Our audiences are critical, but they appreciate a good play and can give as good a reception to an actor of real merit as the general public...
...Famous Actor-Families in America," by M. F. Morse...