Word: elder
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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This year's Delta Upsilon play, "The Elder Brother," was presented before the graduates of the society last night in Brattle Hall...
...moves very slowly at first, but toward the end it becomes more interesting and several ingenious situations are rather abruptly developed. The dialogue, though a little stiff and formal, is clever and very entertaining, and the performance went off smoothly. J. H. Holmes '02, as Charles, the scholar, and elder brother to Eustace, takes the principal role, with great earnestness, but does not look his part at all; in fact, he does not look by any means as old as his younger brother; his delivery is also poor. The part of Andrew, his servant, is very well acted...
...cast for this year's Delta Upsilon play, "The Elder Brother," has been announced as follows: Louis, a Lord, L. S. Jackson '01 Miramont, a gentleman, S. B. Hall '03 Brisac, a Justice, brother to Miramont, H. C. DeLong '03 Charles, a scholar, J. H. Holmes '02 Eustace, a courtier, C.F.C. Arensberg '01 (Sons to Brisac.) Andrew, servant to Charles, J. G. Brackett '01 Angelina, daughter to Louis...
...Delta Upsilon Society has arranged dates for four presentations of its play, "The Elder Brother": April 8. Graduates' Night and dress rehearsal at Brattle Hall; April 9 and 12, the public Cambridge performances also at Brattle Hall; and April 13, the Boston performance at Copley Hall. An additional performance is to be given at Wellesley, but the date has not yet been decided...
...Elder Brother" was first produced about 1620 and was such a success that it held the English stage down to the present century and was revived in America as late as 1848. The main plot of the play is as follows: Two brothers, Charles and Eustace, are exactly the opposite in character: Charles cares for nothing but books and is a great scholar; while Eustace despises learning and spends most of his time at court. A marriage has been arranged by Brisac, the father of the two young men, and Servis, the father of Angelina. One of the brothers...