Word: dramas
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Nigger," the new play by E.B. Sheldon '08, will be performed for the first time this evening at 8.15 in the New Theatre in New York. Good authorities claim that this play, which is a serious drama, far outclasses Mr. Sheldon's first effort, "Salvation Nell." It will be the first American play of its kind to be performed at the New Theatre. The play will be given three times next week, on Monday and Thursday evenings at 8. and on Saturday afternoon at 2.15 o'clock...
...leader of the orchestra. Unlike the overture to "The Promised Land," composed last fall by P. G. Clapp '09, this prologue will not so much provide a mere epitome of the theme of the play as attempt to picture the relations of the motives and characters of the drama proper. There are four ideas, fantasy, love, grotesqueness, and aspiration; each of these will be treated with respect to its relative importance. The prologue is, however, from the standpoint of the musical analyst, in strict sonata form and can be fairly called an overture...
...Harvard Dramatic Club announces a series of lectures to be given this winter by men prominent in the dramatic profession. The subject of the course will be the drama in general. Mr. Percy MacKaye '97, author of "The Scarecrow," will deliver the first in this series in Emerson Hall the third week in December. Mr. H. T. Parker, dramatic critic of the Boston Transcript, has been secured to speak in January and the club expects to schedule Mr. Forbes-Robertson some time during his stay in Boston. As it is difficult to procure actors in advance, many of these lectures...
...light fantastic comedy and will be played for the first time on Thursday evening of this week. It will also run on Saturday evening and matinee and during next week. E.B. Sheldon '08, the author of "Salvation Nell," has written a play entitled "The Nigger," the first serious American drama to be played at the New Theatre. The exact date of the first performance of this play is not decided...
...Harvard Dramatic Club will hold a meeting this evening at 9 o'clock in the Assembly Room of the Union, which will be open to all members of the University interested in the drama. Because of the lecture in the Living Room the hour has been changed from 8 to 9 o'clock. Professor G. P. Baker '87 will speak on behalf of the Graduate Committee, and E. T. E. Hunt '10, president of the club, will outline the plans for the year...