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...Carb's "The Voice of the People" differs from most recent plays on the subject of boss-rule in that its realism is not a mere sham. The ordinary political drama shows a boss whose wickedness is monstrous, in conflict with a young reformer whose intelligence and altruism are superhuman. Mr. Carb has bravely faced the truth that the problem is never quite so simple. His young heroine begins as a worshipper of her uncle, the boss Dan Magee, who seems so strong and generous; and only gradually she comes to suspect that the system he personifies is corrupt...
...Dramatic Club play, "The Voice of the People", by David Carb '09, will be presented for the first time in Brattle Hall this evening at 8.15 o'clock. The cast has been selected as follows...
...Dramatic Club will present its ninth production, "The Voice of the People", by David Carb '09, in Brattle Hall tomorrow evening at 8.15 o'clock. The choice of this play has been considered very fortunate, and critics have commented upon it in the highest terms both in point of theme and technique. Mr. Carb, now an instructor in English at Technology, is a graduate of the club, and of Professor Baker's courses, so that the play will be a strictly Harvard production. It will be given under the direction of Mr. Francis Powell, who has coached the club...
...Voice of the People" is a three-act play by David Carb '09. Percy Mackaye '97 comments on the club's selection as follows...
...Harvard Dramatic Club is fortunate in the choice of its three-act play for this year. "The Voice of the People', by Mr. David Carb, is a play significant in several vital respects. It is significant, first of all, in its theme: a large, contemporary issue of American life, grappled with power and thoughtfulness. In dealing with his theme, moreover, Mr. Carb gives no sense of peering at life from behind college walls--a characteristic common to most college plays. In stead, he tackles life at first hand, out of the urgency of expression. Yet his skilful way of doing...