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...Liar" is not the first play of Italy's foremost comedy-writer, Goldoni (1707-1793), to be brought before University audiences in recent years. Professor K. McKenzie's translation of "Il Ventaglio" ("The Fan") was produced some years ago with success by the Yale Dramatic Club, and a playbill of "Mirandolina"--as Lady Gregory has entitled her version of "La Locandiera"--has just come to hand from Oxford...
After a competition of several weeks, designs have been selected for the settings of Goldoni's "Liar", which has been chosen by the Dramatic Club for its twenty-sixth production. From several sets of designs submitted by members of the Dramatic Club last week, those of John McAndrew '24 were considered best suited to the requirements of the production...
...Although Goldoni's play contains three acts and six scenes, only two scenic sets, one an exterior and one an interior,--will be used alternately throughout the play...
...Liar", a comedy by Carlo Goldoni of the 18th century, has been selected for the fall production of the Dramatic Club, and will be discussed at the open meeting of the club this evening at 7.30 o'clock in the Faculty Room of the Union. Active work on the play will begin this evening. In order to give new candidates and students interested an insight into the activities of the Club, Professor G. P. Baker '87 will give the leading address of the evening; "The Club and Its Activities" being his subject. Professor Baker, famous for his 47 Workshop...
...which were produced on the stage of the 18th century. In that period certain companies of actors were accustomed to select one of their ten or twelve stock stories on hand, two or three hours before the public production, and then produce it on the stage, improvising the speeches. Goldoni conceived the idea of dramatizing such a play, and "The Liar" is one of his successes. It was first produced in 1750. In brief, it is the tale of a young man who lies himself into a tremendous tangle of love affairs, and then lies himself...