Word: caste
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...capacities of the usual run of musical comedy stars the composers are to be congratulated in securing a man of Mr. Vernon Stiles ability to present their offering. His voice is rich, powerful, and full of the lyrical emotion so essential in a romantic Irish hero. Others in the cast, notably Scott Welsh, Olga Roller, and Grace Breen, also have excellent voices...
...proverbial "typical Morosco cast" certainly lives up to its name: Trixie Friganza is her own breezy, slangy, domineering self; Charles Ruggles is kept busy pacifying his different lady loves; Herbert Corthell does well in the rather thankless part of the philandering, drink-addicted husband; Dorothy Webb, dainty, lively, and vivacious, frolics through the piece as the heroine should; while the plump Lecia Lucay, the "baby grand," is the one principal blessed with a really fine voice...
There is every indication that the plans for the pageant will be carried through successfully. The work of preparing the various spectacles has already been started, and the cast is soon to be selected from all parts of Cambridge, children being used in the parts as far as possible. The rehearsals will be held in the various school buildings...
...cast--Miss Grace George has finely appreciated the role of Barbara, and does more than justice to the part. From enthusiasm to discouragement, she is always the artist, and the noticeable suppression of ranting and rank melodrama is quite evident. Barbara is a dignified character and Miss George makes her fascinatingly so. Mr. Ernest Lawford as Adolphus Cusins is very successful, and his interpretation of the Greek professor could not well be improved upon by the present generation of actors. Two members of the cast as originally played in New York were missing, Mr. Louis Calvert, whose voice so suggested...
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