Word: clive
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...PRIME MINISTERS OF BRITAIN, 1721-1924-The Hon. Clive Bingham- Button ($5.00). A detailed biographical outline of the 39 Prime Ministers who have held office from the accession of George I into the reign of George V, starting with Walpole, ending with MacDonald. The present Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, is also included, as he is now enjoying his second term of office. Adequately and excellently but not brilliantly written...
...puzzle to me that President Lowell does not realize the prestige and chance for tremendous service that would come to Harvard through a school for play wrights", said Mr. E.E. Clive, actor-manager of the repertory company now playing at the Copley Theatre...
...Clive, as Androcles, had an opportunity to prove his tremendous capacity for character interpretation, which he had modestly foregone hitherto this season. Between the two scenes of sheer fooling, comes a difficult serious scene of Thesis and argument between Layinia and the Captain of the Guard, presenting the conflict between the spiritual and the temporal in long speeches which taxed Miss Standing and Mr. Mowbray to the utmost. Their handling of the situation was altogether commendable...
...performance of Mr. Clive in the title role. "Uncle Anyhow"; the comedy by Alfred Sutro at the Copley Theatre this week, is hardly worth the attention of the Boston public. The other members of the cast offer sincere and finished portrayals of the lesser parts, a comment scarcely necessary in a discussion of the Copley Players, but the play itself is an inconsequential thing. Mr. Clive is so delightful, however, that he not only saves the piece from mediocrity but even makes it rank as one of the most enjoyable offerings of the winter at the Copley...
...inventor, the only stage inventor in our memory who doesn't succeed in inventing anything, a pathetic figure. Mr. Compton, as a henpecked husband, Mr. Mowbray, as a Cockney toymaker, and Miss Currier, as a slovenly housemaid, all offer distinctive bits. Miss Standing is an able foil for Mr. Clive. Miss Ediss is several shades too cheerful to be real in face of adverse circumstances. Mr. Tonge as the prospective young bridegroom seems scarcely worth fighting...