Word: dramas
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first put on by the Dramatic Club in the spring of 1914. The New York stars of the prize play are John Mason and Jane Cowl, both admirably fitted for the parts for which they are cast,-as Judge Samuel Filson and Eilen Neat. "Common Clay" is the greater drama if the comments of the New York press may lead to any conclusions. The New York Advertiser says the play "dares to depart from conventionality and attains a swiftness and surety of movement and a logic of events by its own methods. There are no lagging moments. Its people...
...leading article is on "Euripides and Mr. Barker," by Mr. R. H. Sessions, emphasizing the vitality, as opposed to the "classicism" of Greek drama. Mr. Sessions, however, takes it for granted that too much of Mr. Barker's productions is "emotionally rather than archaically correct." No doubt the costumes of the barbarians were fantastic to the point of humor; but why the caviling at the temple? The temple was not a Parthenon, certainly; it was of the Minoan stage of culture, and as such it was quite correct...
...these troubled days the production of one of the first "war plays" ever written, the "Trojan Women" of Euripides, is an especially timely one. Mr. Granville Barker, in his presentation of the great Euripidean drama, held in the Stadium yesterday afternoon, achieved a remarkable success. As Professor Gilbert Murray, the translator of the original text, says: "judged by common standards the 'Trojan Women' is far from a perfect play; it is scarcely even a good play," but it must be admitted that as a dramatic spectacle it is an impressive production. What little plot there is, is soon lost sight...
...representative of Granville Barker, has arrived in Boston, and will immediately assume active charge of the production of "Iphigenia in Tauris" and "Trojan Women" in the Stadium on May 18 and 19. "These plays have not the cold and lifeless setting which so many people attribute to the Greek drama," said Mr. Saint-Gaudens, when questioned as to the character of the productions...
...Iphigenia in Tauris' especially is a live, human play with strong tendencies toward comedy--it is a romantic drama, with the climax at the end of the second act when Iphigenia recognizes her brother Orestes just as she is at the point of officiating at his sacrifice. The third act deals with the escape of the pair from Tauris, which they accomplish by fooling the old king who has a special hobby for human sacrifices...