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...December seventeenth the Garrick Club, one of the two dramatic clubs of the university, presented a very creditable performance of Pinero's comedy "Dandy Dick." The following evening the Yale Musical Clubs gave their annual Philadelphia concert at the Academy of Music. After the performance, which was a thoroughly enjoyable one, and attended largely by Pennsylvania students, a smoker was tendered the members of the clubs, at the University Club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PENNSYLVANIA LETTER. | 1/13/1897 | See Source »

...dramatic side of university life will begin unusually early this year with the performance by the Garrick Club of Arthur Pinero's famous "Dandy Dick." This play ran for 250 nights in London, but has never been producted in Philadelhia. The Garrick Club is a dramatic organization which has existed for about two years, having as its object the presentation of plays of acknowleged literary excellence. The coming performance will be given on the evening of December 16. The club will give several other performances during the winter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PENNSYLVANIA LETTER. | 12/14/1896 | See Source »

...that the Mask and Wig performances are over until Commencement week, a great deal of interest is centering in the Garrick Club's presentation of Farquhar's "Inconstant," which will be given next Wednesday. The Garrick Club is a dramatic organization working upon somewhat different lines than the Mask and Wig, and whose purpose is to present plays of recognized literary worth and to foster among the undergraduates an interest in real dramatic art. The club has been eminently successful in its work and has presented several old English comedies of the 17th century...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PENNSYLVANIA LETTER. | 5/6/1896 | See Source »

...pass to tragedy and comedy. There is in England a picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds of Garrick between Tragedy and Comedy. One day Garrick was asked which he considered the most difficult. "Oh, sir," replied the actor, "whether I am well or ill, in high spirits or low, I am always equal to tragedy, but comedy is a serious business." He meant that comedy requires an amount of earnestness and depth that is not usually given to it. An actor, while thoroughly appreciating it must always take a joke seriously, otherwise the humor is lost. Dogberry, for example, when...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MR. JEFFERSON'S ADDRESS. | 5/15/1895 | See Source »

...Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare intended to represent the passion of love, and to do this he needed two stars. When Garrick and Barrie were playing Romeo in London, there was much dispute as to which of the two made the best Romeo. Mrs. Siddons, who was playing Juliet for both, was appealed to, and this is how she answered: "It is very difficult for me to decide, but I will tell you how they both affect me. In the balcony scene, when Garrick is making love as Romeo, he is so eager and ardent that I am afraid every moment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MR. JEFFERSON'S ADDRESS. | 5/15/1895 | See Source »

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