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...Choephoroe" is one of the three plays on the fortunes of the house of Atreus which form the trilogy of the "Oresteia," the last and greatest work of Aeschylus. The play deals in the main with the death of Aegisthus and Clytemnestra at the hand of Orestes, in revenge for the death of Agamemnon, and has never been staged in modern times before. The stage in Sanders Theatre will be an exact reproduction of a quarter in an ancient Greek city, and the costumes, acting, and stage properties will be in accordance with the customs of the time of Aeschylus...
...architects and contractors throughout the country, and undoubtedly will result in many radical changes in building construction. Though it has shown that an absolutely fireproof building does not exist, yet the seven buildings of first-class modern construction which stood in its path suffered no structural collapse. Often the greatest damage was due to combustion of a building's contents...
With a smoothness and ease acquired by experience, and a reception which called forth the greatest efforts of the cast, the play seemed better than ever. From the opening chorus to the ensemble at the end, both actors and authors received an ovation, and the songs were encored so many times that the play ended very late...
...thinking, the greatest social services which one man can render to his fellows are, first, improving their moral standards or the ideals which rule them, and secondly, improving the conditions of their daily labor. Tonight I ask your attention to the second of these forms of service...
...course, the critics could rejoin that such writing means time and work: does the public want it badly enough to pay for it? Mr. Bernbaum, by the way, is depressed over the American public, is past even regretting the incapacity of Americans to appreciate Ibsen, to him "the greatest dramatist since Shakespere, and probably the greatest author of the nineteenth century." Is there perhaps on the Monthly a certain condescension towards natives...