Word: fra
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...Theatricals.On Tuesday evening of last week, the Brookline Town Hall was filled with a large and appreciative audience to witness the performance of the "Cup of Tea," and "Fra Diavolo, by members of the II H Society. The whole entertainment passed off smoothly, and without the embarrassing hitches which often occur in amateur theatricals. The comedietta was played with spirit throughout, Mr. French as Sir Charles, Mr. Simmons as the British footman, and Mr. Mackintosh as Lady Clara, all making the most of their parts, without overacting, while Mr. Nason's Scroggins was the best piece of farce-acting...
...Fra Diavolo" is fully entitled to the rank which has been assigned to so many, "Byron's best burlesque." The lines are excellent, some of the puns capital, and the music, as arranged for this performance, delightful. Indeed, we have never heard a burlesque given with such painstaking care as regards this last feature. Some of the choruses attempted were very difficult and exacting, but all were rendered in the most precise and satisfactory manner. The college songs at the beginning of the third act were a prominent feature of the entertainment, and the audience grew very enthusiastic over them...
SOME members of the II H Society will give a theatrical entertainment in Brookline next Tuesday evening. The programme will consist of the travesty Fra Diavolo, and the farce A Cup of Tea. No one need hesitate to purchase tickets for fear of "the powers that be," as the performance is not given "in the name of Harvard students...
...expected than the II H Society will give two performances in the new Town Hall at Brookline, some time about the first of May. "Fra Diavolo," "Black-Eyed Susan," and the "Cup of Tea" are to be given...
...Theatricals.A very pleasant entertainment was given last Wednesday evening, at the Chelsea Academy of Music, by members of the H H Society. The bills announced "Poor Pillicoddy," and Mr. Byron's burlesque, Fra Diavolo, as the programme, and these were given in a manner which not only displayed much individual talent, but showed abundant and painstaking rehearsal...