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...players, Mr. Clive as the unfortunate Lovborg lived up to his excellent reputation. Miss Standing, as Hedda herself, we thought far better than usual but still lacking quite the poise to bring the house down or hold it spell-bound. Mr. Mowbray was Hedda's eccentric stupid husband. He played his part admirably...
...first meeting of the year of the Theatre Goers Club, held yesterday in Emerson Hall, E. E. Clive, director of the Copley Theatre, and De Wolf Hopper took turns at entertaining and amusing a large gathering of students interested in the theatre...
...Clive, who talked first, outlined his plans for the coming season. His audience, used to the conservative policy of the Copley, was amazed to hear that Mr. Clive had made definite plans for organizing a New York company, and that this season his repertory company would put on plays by Ibsen and other playwrights whose works are little seen hereabouts...
...first," said Mr. Clive, "to hear of this scheme. I spent the summer in getting plays of both commercial and purely artistic interest. 'The Creaking Chair' is, of course, one of the commercial plays. At present it is playing to very profitable houses, and I am organizing an entirely new company to play it in New York...
...When Mr. Clive had finished, Mr. De Wolf Hopper, veteran of light opera fame, took the platform and with booming voice that filled every corner of the room, spent an hour recounting amusing incidents of his long and varied career...