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...follows: In Cambridge, at the Hasty Pudding Club Theatre--Graduates' Night, Friday, April 26, Saturday, April 27 and Monday, April 29. In Boston, at Copley Hall--Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May 2, 3 and 4. The provisional cast is: King of Cantalusia, J. R. Miller. Count Marcana della Croca, his prime minister, F. R. DuBois. Nitro, chief of conspirators, H. Lyman. Kenyon Clark, his secretary, C. H. Whitney. Pat Sokum, Mike Sikkum, Sergeants of Police, -- R. Dexter. A Lunatic, R. E. Goodwin. His Keeper, I. W. Kendall. Trivia della Croca, the Counts' daughter, J. G. Forbes. Miss Ellany, her governess...
...scene of the first act is laid in Villabossia, the capital of Cantalusia, a mythical but by no means ideal kingdom. It is governed by an incapable king under the control of a tyrannous "Boss," Count della Croca; it is patrolled by a corrupt police force, and terrorized by a band of ruthless anarchists. These conspirators, incensed by one of the king's proclamations, decide to put an end to him. The assassin is chosen by lot, and turns out to be Nitro, the leader of the band. Meanwhile Della Croca, while attempting to coerce his daughter, Trivia, into...
...second act finds the conspirators in their underground lair, engaged in manufacturing dynamite bombs. They are interrupted in their work by a visit from Della Croca and his peace force. With infinite resource they disguise the true significance of their occupation, and finally get rid of the unwelcome visitors. At this point, a person whom they suppose to be the king, but who is in reality an escaped lunatic, enters the dungeon. When they have recovered from their surprise, they seize him, load him with chains and prepare to carry...
...series of photographs of sculptures of the Italian Renaissance is now on view in the upper gallery of the Fogg Museum. Among the masters represented are: Brunelleschi, Ghiberti, Donatello, Luca della Robbia, Michael Angelo, Mino da Fiesola, Verrocchio, Benvenuto Cellini, and Giovanni da Bologna...
...best History of Italian Literature is that of Gaspary (2 vols., 8vo.) either in the original German, or in the Italian translation. Bartoli's Storia della Leteratura Italiana, 6 vols., 12mo., the last vol. published in 1889, may also be recommended, but it is diffuse and the judgement of the author is less sound than that of Gaspary...