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Following its well established precedent of presenting only plays of a distinct modern strain, the University Dramatic Club has chosen for production this winter "Mr. Paraclete", one of the most extreme types of the modern Russian theatre, by Nikolal Nikolaievitch Evreinov...
Circus performer, law student, teacher, actor and director, Evreinov is a figure of great versatility and ability. In a career of varied interests and activities, he has attained a position among the greatest writers, directors and actors in Russia...
...intense individuality and extreme originality Evreinov has proposed and applied a number of advanced ideas in theatrical art. Of these his most unusual invention is the monodrama, a type of play which endeavors to make the audience experience the emotions of the actor by conveying to it the inner workings of his soul...
...Paraolete", by Evreinov, chosen by the Dramatic Club for its first play of the year, will be presented at Brattle Hall on December 1, 2, and 3, and at the Fine Arts Theatre in Boston both matinee and evening of December 4, it was announced last night...
...play itself is a semi-fantastic; semi-realistic drama of life and expounds Mr. Evreinov's theory, known as monodrama. This theory, which is entirely original on the part of Mr. Evreinov, was first put into practice in Russia just before the Revolution. It is one of the few "theories" which have survived the general turmoil which has been evident in Russia in the last few years. The whole idea which Mr. Evreinov tries to impress on his audience is that drama to be forceful and effective must come nearer to the audience than it does at the present time...