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Wilbur--"Walter Hampden". A review in this issue...
There are times when even Boston can be enthusiastic, and the audience that heard Walter Hampden give "Richelieu" last night at the Wilbur was one of that rare type. Mr. Hampden and his company not only took their bows between the acts, but the spectators were even content to listen to the last lines, a rare enough event, and demanded the actors even after they had been given a chance to go home. The chief cause for this exuberance seemed to be in the acting of Mr. Hampden himself, although the remainder of the cast came in for their share...
...Walter Hampden...
...scene of this political augury was the Second Congressional District, carved crudely out of the counties of Hampshire and Hampden 39 years ago. In it lie bustly Springfield and somnolent Northampton, home of Citizen Calvin Coolidge.* This district has never sent a Democrat to the House. For 30 loyal years it blindly chose Frederick Huntington Gillett as its Representative until his sheer weight of service carried him to the Speakership, whence he went to the Senate. Last December its Congressman William Kirk Kaynor was killed in an airplane accident (TIME, Dec. 30). Last week it held a by-election...
...illustrated talks two or three times a month makes the course extremely delightful and a fair target for Vagabonders. The slide-lectures cover a multitude of topics, such as the Wessex of Hardy. The other novelty he offers is the presentation of leading actors and actresses, such as Walter Hampden or Vivian Tobin, to his class. The guests usually talk on some phase of contemporary drama...