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...theatricals. The book is not at all times equal to the occasion, but the dance songs and travesties follow each other so closely that the audience gets its impression from the excellent action and lyrics. The "Morocan atmosphere of the show, especially in the costumes of the Sultan's harem, almost deserves the term "climate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H. P. C. UNDERGRADUATE NIGHT | 4/2/1906 | See Source »

Most of the 23 musical numbers, including the incidental music during the farcical football pantomime, have a contagious dash of professional quality. This reaches its climax in the two coon songs, "Toss out a Rose" and "I want a Sporty Man" and in the "Ballet" of the harem...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H. P. C. UNDERGRADUATE NIGHT | 4/2/1906 | See Source »

...Jester, R. M. Poor '06 Captain Knot, U. S. Cruiser Stripes, A. M. Harlow '07 Slave, A. G. Grant '07 Sally, an English girl, B. L. Young '07 Fanchetta, an Arab girl, H. B. Sawyer '06 Blue Wagtail Birds, R. S. Townsend '07 E. J. Fraser-Campbell '06 Murderers, Harem, Guards, Sailors, and Populace...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Plot and Cast of H. P. C. Play | 3/19/1906 | See Source »

...Hasty Pudding Club will present this year a light musical comedy entitled "The Wanderer." The principal points in the play are the kidnapping of an American by the Sultan of Morocco; the winning of the Sultan's friendship by the American; the American's love for one of the Harem; his rise to position of Sultan pro tem; the troubles caused by his unexpected dignity; and finally his eagerness to depart from the scenes around which the play is built...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Plot of Hasty Pudding Play | 1/19/1906 | See Source »

...Caliph. An astronomer and Captain of the Guard in the service of the Caliph become incensed at certain trickery which he has played upon them and determine to obtain revenge. With this object they ally themselves with a queen who has been discarded from the Caliph's Harem and a soubrette from a travelling company. The Caliph has offered a prize to the person who shall bring him the most beautiful woman. For this the soubrette and the queen determine to compete. Thoroughly disguised and made up to appear as beautiful as possible, they win over all the others...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hasty Pudding Theatricals. | 3/23/1894 | See Source »

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