Word: gilbert
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...these troubled days the production of one of the first "war plays" ever written, the "Trojan Women" of Euripides, is an especially timely one. Mr. Granville Barker, in his presentation of the great Euripidean drama, held in the Stadium yesterday afternoon, achieved a remarkable success. As Professor Gilbert Murray, the translator of the original text, says: "judged by common standards the 'Trojan Women' is far from a perfect play; it is scarcely even a good play," but it must be admitted that as a dramatic spectacle it is an impressive production. What little plot there is, is soon lost sight...
...following men won the University lacrosse insignia for the first time by their playing this season: Eldon Bruce Flu '17, of Lynn; Raymond Hugh Franzen '17, of St. Paul, Minn.; Thorton Ward Merriam '15, of Skowhegan, Me.; Oren Hutchinson Persons '17, of Cazenovia, N. Y.; and Gilbert Whitehead '15, of Cambridge. In addition, the following men, who had won the regular emblem in previous years, also won the right to wear the championship insignia for the first time as a result of the team's victory in the intercollegiate league: Gerald Fessenden Beal '16, of Hanover; Percy Catton...
...Lillah McCarthy-Granville Barker management has completed its preparations for the performances of Gilbert Murray's translations of Euripides' "Ephigenia in Tauris" and "Trojan Women" to be given in the Stadium under the auspices of the English and Classical Departments next Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons. The company has been rehearsing in armories in New York for the past few weeks, and on Monday the first out-door rehearsal was held in the Yale Bowl, in preparation for the opening performances to be given there on Saturday...
...absolute confidence in its appeal to a twentieth century audience is a tribute to the genius of Euripides, with his keenness of understanding and his unrivalled realism in character drawing. It is due to the understanding and sincerity with which Granville Barker reproduces the Greek setting, with which Sir Gilbert Murray reproduces the Greek ideas, and Professor Smith, the Greek sense for rhythm and choral chanting in his music for the odes, that the modern audience can feel that they are receiving the same thrills which stirred Hellenistic listeners...
...Barker himself is a very live and interesting man. He has been connected with the theatre since he was 14 years old, and is thoroughly familiar with this type of play. He is a close friend of Professor Gilbert Murray, who translated the plays, and has been associated with him in producing them at the Court Theatre in London. His chief aim is to produce the plays just as Euripides would have done...