Word: finer
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...harmony of the whole. For this reason no great writer has ever written star plays. The difference between the plays of a generation ago and of today may be seen by comparing Sardou and Ibsen. Sardon is theatrical and mechanical, while Ibsen is perfectly natural. He shows only the finer parts of his characters' lives and therefore in order to act Ibsen it is necessary for the actor to study the life of the character from childhood up. Real dramatic appreciation is rare in this country and the stage can only become what it should be when the public will...
...reasonable standard of modern comfort, and then to be enabled to rent at reasonable rates; and it would prevent a part of the coming Harvard generations from living up to the degree of luxury which their purses could afford, but it would insure for all time a finer undergraduate life at Harvard...
...Christopher Marlowe, whose "Faustus" has just been most successfully staged, meets Alison Barnby, who, accompanied be her father, has come to London from Canterbury for a visit. Alison falls in love with Marlowe and his poetic songs, the style of which is entirely new to her. Marlowe's finer nature is impressed with her freshness and childish innocence. Later in the same act he has a meeting with a lady of the Court, who is in love with his impetuous genius, but not with the man himself. In the course of the play, Alison, her silent love for Marlowe conquered...
...drama has clever action, it is essentially a drama of character, and the rather slight plot is used mainly as a background for the exposition of Marlowe's personality. The poet's pursuit of happiness, his love of fame and his reputed atheism struggle against his spirituality and his finer nature which has been awakened by his noble love for Alison. It is to shield the object of this love that Marlowe seeks the duel which ends so fatally for him. Tradition has it that Marlowe was killed in a vulgar tavern brawl, but in the play the more honorable...
...Monday night, April 13. The following night, Tuesday, April 14, will be the regular Undergraduate night. rehearsals have now been held regularly for the past four weeks under the direction of Mr. Gilbert, and the choruses are running smoothly. Attention will be paid from now on mainly to the finer points of stage action, and to the detailed setting of scenic figures. The ballets, under the instruction of Miss Wyman, are rapidly approaching final form and give promise of being one of the most pleasing parts of the performance...