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...from a stage play that had been produced in Boston’s Tremont Theatre and created Bombastes Furioso, a “tragicomic opera.” The Pudding’s all-male company cast Augustus F. Hinchman, Class of 1845, in the coveted drag role of Distaffina. The burlesque was staged on December 13, 1844, in Hollis 11 before an audience of Hasty Pudding members...

Author: By Annie M. Lowrey, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Why Are They Here? | 2/17/2005 | See Source »

...play went off splendidly. Distaffina wore a low neck and short sleeves, and on her introducing a fancy dance, the applause almost shook old Hollis down,” he said. “Another member of the Club lived in the rooms across the entry, and there we had the pudding after the play, the actors kept on their dresses and poor Distaffina was nearly bothered to death by her admirers...

Author: By Annie M. Lowrey, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Why Are They Here? | 2/17/2005 | See Source »

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