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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...best comic actor Harvard has had for years. He alone would make a show worth seeing. In "The Legend of Loravia," however, he is by no means alone. Hodges does a remarkable piece of acting in two contrasting roles; so completely does he differentiate the twins that one almost expects him to walk up to himself at the end and stand beside himself for the final chorus. Freedley makes a fascinat- ing and talented heroine, and wears his clothes and manages his hands with unusual ease and naturalness. Most of the minor parts are admirably played, and the dancing...
...course there are interpolations, but they are so few that they do not slow up the movement, and they are well worth doing. Perkins' accounts of baseball from the British and Italian points of view is almost Caseyan, and the society comedy skit and the movies act are both entertaining...
...Beach's play, in contrast to his farcical "Let's Get Married" which the club presented in the fall, is written in serious vein. The plot hinges upon the struggle of a woman's "almost atrophied will with events that demand forceful direction." "The Bank Account" is a drama of modern scene depicting the destruction of an office drudge's hopes by his wife's financial mismanagement. "The Fourflushers," the only comedy of the three deals with a domestic situation of humorous complexity...
...qualified to speak on the Navy and its relation to the welfare of the nation as is Admiral, Chadwick. His naval service goes back to the Civil War, and extends through the Spanish War, when he commanded the flagship New York in the battle of Santiago. His experience includes almost every branch of the Navy, as well as seven years as the naval attache of the United States in London. He was one of the noted captains under Admiral Sampson, and was in command of the ship which was sent to put a pressure on the bandit-chief Rais Ullah...
When all is said and done, the mere undertaking deserves credit. In the short time allowed for rehearsals, the cast and orchestra managed to give a creditable performance. And the play had its own merits, while the music was an achievement almost throughout...