Word: dramas
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Mission of the Dammed," by Mary Margaret Wright 2G is the play chosen by the Dramatic Club for its annual fall production this year. Miss Wright's home is in Lewiston, N. Y. Last year she took English 47 under Professor Baker, and is now continuing the study of drama in English...
There is a power and vitality in Shakespeare's play that reminds one somewhat of some modern drama. Here we see the eternal triangle, in this case King Henry, Queen Katharine and Anne Bullen; here we have the noble here, condemned to death by the wily villain, heroically bidding the crowd goodby. Here, too, is the court room scene, but (Heaven be praised!) no one recognizes the prosecuting attorney as a long lost father, or vice- versa. There is a ball room scene, a garden scene--who says that Shakespeare isn't modern? The lights and shadows of King Henry...
...Dramatic Club was founded in 1908 with the purpose of giving original production to plays written by undergraduates and recent graduates of the University and of Radcliffe, and of promoting the best interests of the drama at Harvard. The chief activities consist of the public presentation of plays, usually one long play in December, and a bill of three of four short plays in April. In addition to this there are held throughout the year occasional talks by members of the theatrical profession, social teas and dances in honor of the ladies of the casts, meetings for the informal discussion...
Probably the only thing which makes the play a valuable contribution to American drama is the clever dialogue, for several timely slaps are directed toward the present administration and its war policy. Too much emotion is exhibited too often to give any balance to the piece, and the free play of bullets falls very short of realism. The action takes place in Texas, but Texas is at least under the Constitution...
...university was an untried experiment. There was grave doubt on the hand as to whether such a system of popular lectures on a subscription basis would receive adequate support in New York city, which already offered so many free lectures, and also the best in the filed, of drama and music. There was doubt on the other hand as to how far the university could undertake the popularization of knowledge without detracting from or interfering with the regular academic work and standards...