Word: actore
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Henry Dornton is an English actor and stage director of many years' experience, coming from an old theatrical family that dates as far back as 1721. His mother was Louisa Robertson, sister of T. H. Robertson, author of the famous "Caste Comedies," sister too of Madge Robertson (Mrs. Kendal). His father was Charles Dornton for many years lessee of the historic Theatre Royal, Birmingham, England...
...Baker, and "The Purple Dream," a fantastic one-act comedy by D. L. Breed 2L., a graduate of English 47, who is now taking English 47a. Beginning with this production the Workshop is experimenting with a new plan for an amateur stock company. This company, includes a number of actors and actresses from Cambridge and Boston who will give their services for the year to the Workshop. With this company. Professor Baker hopes to carry out the plan which Miss Horniman has so successfully tried in connection with her famous Manchester Theatre which is one of the foremost experimental theatres...
...Claude Rains, Granville Barker's manager, who is handling the productions in the Stadium, when interviewed concerning the rehearsals, spoke very strongly of the difficult work involved. "In Mr. Barker's ideal school for acting," he said, "the actors would all be taught to fence, to ride, to wrestle, to run across country, to raise, lower, and modulate the voice for a period of at least four years. The feeling of colors, tones, and rhythms, melodies, harmonies, all that sort of thing would be developed in each student to the limit of his individual capacity. Physical perfection is, of course...
...Radcliffe, of Lynnfield Centre, one of the two plays between which the MacDowell Fellowship was divided this year, and "Court Favor," adapted by Mrs. David Kimball from, Oscar Wilde's story, "The Infanta's Birthday," will be produced by the 47 Workshop next Monday and Tuesday evenings, and an actor's night performance will be given on Saturday, March...
...Pichel '14 spoke of his experience as an actor and stage manager since leaving College. This is the first of a series of open meetings to be given by the Dramatic Club during the rest of the year, at which prominent persons connected with the drama will speak...