Word: daughter
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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HOLLIS ST. THEATRE. - Carleton Opera Co. in The Drum Major's Daughter...
...afternoon, May 4, "The Idlers" gave a theatrical performance. The manuscript play, "The Maid of Athens," was lent to the club by Col. Higginson, and it was played with considerable success, at least in the opinion of the uncritical Annex maidens. Some time ago a play, "King Rene's Daughter," was given by the club. So, notwithstanding our reputation for primness and learning, you see we are becoming quite sociable...
...inability to tell what Dramatic Art was, but he would endeavor to show how the dramatist was obliged to obey its laws in the construction of a play. To illustrate this he gave the "Autobiography of a Play." an account of the original plot of the "Banker's Daughter," and a description of the later alterations, and showed how these alterations were brought about by the irresistible workings of the Art of Dramatic Construction...
...Friday evening of this week. The lecture will be given by Mr. Bronson Howard, of New York, on "The Autobiography of a Play." The address cannot fall to be of great interest, for Mr. Howard is himself a highly successful playwright. He is the author of "The Banker's Daughter," "Young Mrs. Winthrop," and "One of Our Girls," all of which Harvard students have seen acted with pronounced success. Plays of Mr. Howard are at present on the boards at London, Paris, and New York. We understand that Mr. Howard will give some insight into his method of writing...
...Mascarene, daughter of Rev. Edward Holyoke, who was president of Harvard College from 1737 to 1769, in a letter to her husband dated Jan. 30, 1764, gives the following account of the Hollis fire which took place in that year...