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This is the long postponed Christmas reading which Professor Copeland usually gives. One of his readings will have a reminiscence of that season, Benchley's "Christmas Afternoon." The other two readings will be Tennysons "Ulysses" and Kipling...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COPELAND'S LONG-AWAITED READING TO COME TONIGHT | 2/25/1924 | See Source »

...Committee of Judges this year will be: Mr. R. G. Herndon or a representative named by him; Professor Baker or his representative and Edward Sheldon. In 1922 the third judge was Mr. Walter Prichard Eaton '00 and in 1923, Robert Benchley...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: E. B. SHELDON TO JUDGE BELMONT PRIZE PLAYS | 2/1/1924 | See Source »

...curtain, this time a mermaid-one?much color?much beauty?only occasional lapses in taste?Grace Moore's voice ?Florence O'Denishawn's dancing? Frank Tinney?Josephy Santley? John Steel?Florence Moore. And this time, praises be, a revue with at least three uproariously funny interjections: R. C. Benchley's inimitable reading of the treasurer's report; a skit entitled If Men Played Cards as Women Do; an operatic rendering of Yess, We Have No Bananas! In many ways easily the best of all the revues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Oct. 1, 1923 | 10/1/1923 | See Source »

...committee of judges this year consisted of Mr. R. G. Herndon, the producer, Mr. Robert C. Benchley '12, Dramatic Critic of "Life," and Professor Baker...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "THE DUD" BY DOROTHY KUHNS WINS BELMONT THEATRE PRIZE | 9/21/1923 | See Source »

...Benchley has long been known as the brightest contributor on the staff of Life. He is the author of a number of books of humor, of which Love Conquers All is the latest and best. He is a Harvard graduate, class...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre Notes, Jul. 16, 1923 | 7/16/1923 | See Source »

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