Word: classics
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...students of today cannot help being reminded of certain evils which still are found in Harvard education: evils which survive from that antiquated Harvard against which Sparks complained a century ago; evils which, though not Teutonic in genesis, have, nevertheless, a strong German flavor. For German A is the classic example of this fossil remnant of an unenlightened past...
...agree with Mr. Wilson that "Rip Van Winkle" should be revived. It is an interesting adaption of Irving's folk lore classic and it has a charm and mellow homeliness which are found nowhere else with just this flavor. Despite its imperfect dramatic qualities, "Rip Van Winkle" is a delightful play with a wealth of beautiful and quaint effects--a play to be seen and a play long to be cherished in the memory
...sport, which now sets the whole nation in a frenzy every autumn. Many there are who now believe that the glorification of football has gone too far. But this theoretical question aside for the moment, the fact is that the Harvard-Yale game, in addition to being a classic, has taken on much wider significance and has become a national institution...
...play that was written 150 years ago, assuming a capable performance, is pretty much of a fixed quantity, so far as box-office success is concerned. Those whose tastes incline to the classic will patronize it, and not quite succeed in filling all the seats,--everyone else will automatically stay away. This is unfortunate in the case of "The School for Scandal", for as sheer entertainment, all hobbledehoy about art and the higher drama aside, it is probably the best play now showing in Boston. If the theatregoing public would only view it with the same open-mindedness given...
...this present performance at the Hollis of the great Sheridan classic compares with the famous performances of the past, this reviewer is unable to say, but it is hard to see how any comparison could redound very greatly to its discredit. To begin with, Basil Dean has given an exceptionally sane and skillful production. To quote his own words in a program note: "Upon the vast, bare, stage of the old Theatre Royal Drury Lane in the year 1777, under the fitful light of oil lamps and candles, without the aid of doors, ceilings, and the usual accompaniments of modern...