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Of all forms of the musical romance, that built about the love-story of a composer would seem to be the easiest to present and the most successful. Such, unfortunately, is not the case. The latest attempt, on the boards at the Majestic, entitled "White Lilacs," a romance with music...
Dramatis Personae. Sicily being a time-honored battleground for radicals and conservatives, its "typical inhabitants" of the 'gos were legion. Not to neglect the least of these, Pirandello has recreated every conceivable type, but luckily his elaborate personnel sorts itself out into groups, and a few unforgettables single themselves...
The playbills, of which there were over 350,000 in 1917, furnish an authentic history of the stage from the time of Shakespeare. The earliest playbill is that of a puppet show in Bartholomew Fair about 1682, believed to be the first playbill printed in English. In the first of...
The dramatis personae of the story, as here told, are 16, counting the author and beginning with a handsome, athletic Greek aristocrat who, because of his broad shoulders was called Plato (427-347 B. C.). During populist chaos in Athens, Plato joined the "thinking games" of a homely old idler...
In reading a play, it is easy to miss the force of characterization. "Craig's Wife" is not a notable exception. Nevertheless its dramatis personnae are depicted trenchantly even for reading; they never become mere ectoplasmic silhouettes. The play is a good one; it has inherent dramatic essence. If it...