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...clock. The performance this year will be of especial interest, as it marks a departure from the former policy of the fraternity. In former years, the plays produced have been the work of one of the members of the fraternity; this year will see brought out one of Goldsmith's comedies, "The Good-Natured Man." Although not so widely known as some of Goldsmith's other works the play teems with humorous situations and witty dialogue...
...production of Goldsmith's Good-Natured Man by the Delta Upsilon next Tuesday affords a rare opportunity to see this very entertaining comedy. The play was last given in this vicinity about twelve years ago, when the Cambridge Dramatic Club produced it with great success. While the absence of any strong feminine parts keeps the Good-Natured Man from the professional stage, this very lack, with the strong characterization in the masculine parts, peculiarly fits it for the production by college students. The play is considered by some critics superior to She Stoops to Conquer; certainly the bailiff...
...scheme of giving instead of an original play, some English classic, but when it was learned that the English department would present "Epicoene" or "The Silent Woman," the society let the matter rest for the time. But this year it was decided to give "The Good Natured Man," by Goldsmith. This comedy, though not as well known as "She Stoops to Conquer," abounds in witty dialogue and humorous situations. For six weeks the men have been at work on their parts, and for a fortnight daily rehearsals have been held...
...early years of the reign of George III. were the greatest of Reynolds's life. He was president of the Royal Academy. Among his intimate friends were Johnson, Goldsmith, Gilbert, Fox and Burke. He visited France and Holland and brought to England the choicest productions of the Dutch School. He painted innumerable pictures of children some of which are the best he ever...
...works of the earlier writers Mr. Copeland recommended especially the reading of Wycherly's "Plain Dealer;" Congreve's "Love and Love" and "The Way of the World" and Vanburg's "The Relapse;" and in connection with the subject Goldsmith's "Retaliation" and Genest's "History of the Stage." The talk closed with some interesting anecdotes of Warren, Gilbert, Florence, Mrs. Vincent and other actors of old comedy...