Word: fathers
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Hurlburt 1L as Lord Chichester was excellent. His lines were pointed; and he had cultivated a laughable twang together with the languor and stupidity of the stage Englishman. His song in the second act, "Etiquette," received several encores. N. L. Tenney '03 was peculiarly fitted for his part of Father Chartreuse. At the close of the second act, he removed his cowl and appeared in white satin to sing the "coon song,"--one of the best musical numbers in the show. In John de Breeze, C.A. McCarthy '02 took a difficult part very well. He showed considerable skill...
...scene of the play is in the Philippines on the Island of Tavolara, which is ruled ostensibly by the avaricious King Philippine, but really by his prime minister, Prince Ping Pong. The King's father, on his death-bed, charged the present monarch to abdicate after reigning twenty-five years, unless he married before the expiration of that period. The twenty-five years expire on the day after the play opens, and the king, worried by the thought of abdicating, is trying to find a wife. He proposes first to Mrs. Sarah Belium, the missionary, and then to her niece...
...Miller 1L. Prince Ping Pong, his Prime Minister, R. Wellman '03. Taykakaykin Tumi, his secretary plenipotentiary, H. Ohashi, Sp. Lord Cholmondeley Chichester, a banker from Hong Kong, H. F. Hurlburt 1L. McDoolittle Mackintosh, his valet, I. T. Cutter '03. John de Breeze, an American, C. A. McCarthy '03. Father Chartreuse, an Abbot, N. L. Tenney '03. Princess Anita Philippine, the ward of the King, A. S. Proudfoot '02. Mrs. Sarah Bellum, a missionary from Boston, H. L. Wells '02. Marian Hayste, her Niece, F. M. Sawtelle...
...story of the play concerns the unfortunate relations between Mittelbach and his father-in-law, Senator Andersen, who believes that his daughter Agathe owes her first duty to him and not to her husband. The young couple live in rooms directly over those of the Senator and his wife, and as a result Mittelbach is neglected by his wife, who spends most of her time with her parents...
...plot of "Der Herr Senator" hinges on the unfortunate relations between a young husband and his wife's parents. The father in-law, Senator Anderson, is fully conscious of his dignity as a senator, and sincerely believes that his daughter Agathe owes her first duty to him, and not to her husband. The young couple also has the misfortune to occupy an apartment directly above that of the senator; and accordingly Agathe, who has been brought up to think as her father does, spends most of her time with her parents. Whenever the young husband, Mittelbach, offers...