Word: comical
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Shipherd '08 was successful throughout in his rendering of Waspe, the long-suffering man servant and brought down the house in the amusing stock scene by his clever acting while effecting his escape from the stocks. F. A. Wilmot '10 shared with him the applause of the comic scenes at the fair. The difficult role of a madman was extremely well rendered by R. H. Smith '10, and H. P. Breed '08 and C. W. Burton '08 impersonated Ursula, the pigwoman, and her tapster, Mooncalf, with a vigor and sincerity which was decidedly realistic. A pleasing feature of the performance...
...Bartholomew Fair" was first produced at the Hope Theatre, London, in 1614, and quickly became one of the most popular pieces of the time. After the Restoration it was revived, and the part of Cokes was played by Nokes, the most celebrated comic actor...
...play was first produced in Hope Theatre, London, in 1614, and quickly became one of the most popular pieces of the time, because of its ridicule of the Puritans. After the Restoration it was revived, and the part of Cokes was played by Nokes, the most celebrated comic actor...
...pieces is a well-preserved statuette of a Lar; two small mirrors, one with an incised design; a small candelabrum; a ladle with a handle ending in two swans' heads; a razor and other utensils. The rest of the collection includes a large fragment of mosaic decorated with a comic mask and a model of a lock and key found at Pompeil...
...plot of "Gringoire", the most serious of the plays to be presented by the Cercle Francais in December, gives an opportunity for the bringing out of the pathetic as well as the comic. The action takes place in the time of Louis XI. At the opening of the play, the king is sitting at table with Olivier-Le-Daim, his barber and favorite, when a great commotion is heard in the street, and Gringoire, the vagabond poet, is seen without. Gringoire has incurred the enmity of Olivier, who summons him into the mansion and compels him to sing a ballad...