Word: comical
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...graduates' night performance of "Machiavelli" was given at the Hasty Pudding Club theatre Saturday evening. In marked contrast to last year's "Boodle & Co.," this more conservative comic opera pleased the older men by its return to the former style of Pudding theatricals. Its universal appeal, as shown by unanimous and spontaneous applause, lies in the spirited burlesque of Italian and romantic "atmosphere," occasional wit, and warmth of color and musical tone...
...music, by L. B. Hall '05, is well adapted to the various songs, marches and choruses. At its best in "Soldiers of Fortune" and the "Ghost's Song," where the themes show considerable power of emotional expression, it is at times too heavy to suit the comic vein. Book and lyrics, by G. Aertsen, Jr., '05, are full of unexpected conceits. Though not always entirely effective, they occasionally rise to a very happy order of wit which is irresistible...
...figure. He spoke his excellent line with an inimitable drawl, and convulsed the audience by his solo "Absent-Minded," R. N. Baldwin '05 sang "The Ghost" and "Guidarello Gidarelli" with ease and snap. His burlesque of the sate ghost was amusing, but not consistent, even for the purposes of comic opera. For Gascon Abandon and D'Artagnan-like swagger B. Joy '05 was all that the part of DeTrop required, and his songs "Soldiers of Fortune" and "Gascony" gave life even to the well-trained chorus. "Alfred Dante Petrarch," "Castles in Spain," and "Araby" were sung with good enunciation...
...graduates' performance of the "Counterfeiter," the Pi Eta Society's new comic opera, was given last evening at the club theatre before an enthusiastic audience. The play went off with little hesitation, and, with more smoothness in the acting of the principal characters, should prove extremely successful. The characters are well conceived, and in general take advantage of many laughable situations. C. P. Whorf '05, who wrote the book and many of the lyrics, acted most naturally of any of the principals, and put a great deal of spirit and humor into his songs. T. A. Whidden '05, as Inspector...
...company of Harvard and Radcliffe students and graduates will present Gilbert and Sullivan's Japanese comic opera, "The Mikado," this evening at 8 o'clock in Jordan Hall, Boston. Other performances will be given at the same place tomorrow evening and Saturday afternoon. The play is given under the auspices of the Radcliffe Alumne Association and the proceeds will be devoted to the fund which is being raised to build a new library at Radcliffe...