Word: duenna
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Dates: during 1889-1889
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...Hasty Pudding Club gave "The Duenna, or the Freak, the Frump, and the Friar" before an audience which crowded the club's theatre. The play was exceedingly well presented and acting, singing, scenery and costumes combined to make it most successful. Mr. Weaver as Sir Barney E'Claire made the hit of the evening. His rich humor, good acting and typical songs called forth loud applause. Olivia, his promised bride was well taken by Mr. V. S. Sears, whose dancing and acting were also very good. Mr. Prescott acted the part of the Duenna to perfection. The love scene between...
During vacation the Hasty Pudding Club presented its annual spring theatricals in New York. The operetta-an adaptation of Sheridan's "Duenna"-was well received, and the pretty little theatre of the Berkeley Lyceum was crowded each evening by enthusiastic admirers of Harvard and their friends. The stage of the Lyceum is so small that the choruses were serionsly hampered, and consequently did not appear to the best advantage. However, the performers did themselves more than justice in spite of all obstacles. To quote from one of the best New York newspapers: "It is hard to point out any weak...
friend C. Copeland, '89 Dame Margaret, the duenna...
...Cambridge. They will take the boat for New York on Wednesday evening, April 3d, and will play at the Berkeley Lyceum, on April 4, 5, and 6. On April 25, 26, and 27, public entertainments will be given in Boston in Union Hall, Boylston street. The play is called "Duenna, or the Freak, the Frump and the Friar...