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...Ballard, S., Russell...
...work of the teaching of technique of dramatic composition. Though not subservient to popular tastes, he is eminently practical, urging his students to write with a view to a New York production. The work of such of his students as Edward Sheldon, D. Carb, R. E. Rogers, J. F. Ballard, Florence Lincoln, and Elizabeth McFadden is sufficient proof of the efficiency of Professor Baker's instruction and a justification of the "47 Workshop." The "Harvard School of Playwrighting" seems to be an accomplished facts...
...first public performance of the spring Dramatic Club plays will be given in the Hasty Pudding Club Theatre this evening at 8.15 o'clock. Three plays will be presented--"The Wedding Dress" by Miss Katharine McDowell Rice, Sp., Radcliffe; "The Good News" by J. F. Ballard uC.; and "Ygraine of the Hill-folf" by R. E. Rogers '09. Prof. G. P. Baker in whose course all of the plays were written, believes that they will be of unusual interest. Mr. Ballard's sketch, in contrast with his other work, is in a serious vein, and "Ygraine of the Hill-folk...
...Good News" by J. F. Ballard '11, author of "Believe Me, Xantippe," which ran eleven weeks at the Castle Square theater this writer, is a play touching upon tense events which arise in the life of a western farmer's household. "The Wedding Dress" by Miss Katherine McDowell Rice, Sp., Radcliffe, also treats of farm life, but the scene is laid in New England, so that the character of the piece contrasts with the work of Mr. Ballard. It is a homely little drama of swift, unforeseen turn, against New England character in some of its strange phases. The third...
Arrangements for the Dramatic Club spring productions have now been completed. The three plays which have been finally selected for presentation are--"The Wedding Dress," by Miss Katherine McDowell Rice, Radcliffe; "The Good News," by J. F. Ballard uC., the author of "Believe Me, Xantippe!"; and "Ygrame of the Hillfolk," a poetic drama by R. E. Rogers '09. As it was impossible to procure Brattle Hall for the Cambridge performances, the Hasty Pudding Club kindly offered the use of its theatre for the evenings of Tuesday, May 6, and Wednesday, May 7. The final presentation will be given...