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...entered and is currently considered Europe's best driver. In a bright red Alfa-Romeo, wearing a white helmet, yellow sweater and blue denim pants, Nuvolari took the lead on the first lap. Close behind, in identical Alfa-Romeos, came his two countrymen, Count Brivio and Dr. Giuseppe Farina. After the first few laps the crack-ups and collisions which the crowd had come to see showed no signs of materializing. Instead, the monotony of a beautifully driven race on a course too difficult for real speed was punctuated only by the iron voice of the world...
...third and last Cambridge performance of "The Alcayde" was given in Brattle Hall last evening. Freedom from noticeable hitches and a general improvement in the acting of both principals and minors in the cast made the performance a decided success. E. M. Waterhouse '97, again filled the role of Farina with marked ability in both singing and acting. In the topical song by J. A. Loud '98, N. H. White was encored again and again. With his funny acting as the Gentle Prince of Fez, Arnold Scott '97, kept the audience continually laughing. In the minor role of Mocha, versatile...
Barry's music is decidedly good. Farina's entrance song, the tricycle song and the trio are perhaps the best numbers in the opera, and show decided originality. But in his effort to sustain the Spanish atmosphere in the music throughout the play, the composer has scarcely escaped a certain amount of monotony and lack of definite melody. The solo numbers are all effective, but the choruses show the same fault as last year, in that they are for the most part of rather low range to be effectively sung...
...Waterhouse, '97, as Farina, makes the best girl that has appeared in Harvard theatricals for many years. He has an exceptionally beautiful voice and his acting could hardly have been better...
...Farina, an orphan maid, with a trusting heart, E. M. Waterhouse...