Word: heroded
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Several characters appear in this play that have not appeared in former productions. Prominent among these is Herod's Son and the Old wives who play interesting roles. The Shepherds do not appear at all. The stressing of the idea that the Magi were astrologers is carried out in a fashion unique in this play. For a play as old as this Spanish play is, it has points that are remarkably natural and modern in matters of dialogue and motivation...
...revised cast as announced yesterday follows: Caspar D. W. Moreland '28 Melchior Murray Pease 1G. Balthasar R. H. Jones '30 Messenger G. W. Harrington '30 Herod D. L. Dickson '27 High Priest G. K. Bishop '27 Second Priest Charles Leatherbee '29 Herod's Son A. L. Black '30 First Old Wife Constance Templeton Second Old Wife Helen Field Mary Helen Lewis Gabriel Randita Edwards Joseph R. D. Buck, Occ. Company of Wise Men H. S. Meyer '30 Abbott Peterson Jr. '30 P. C. Sherbert...
...cast has been definitely selected with the exception of one or two minor roles. The cast of characters, as announced last night, follows. Caspar, Murray Pease 1G. Melchior, D. W. Moreland '28 Balthayar, R. H. James '30 Herod, D. T. Dickson '27 Herod's Son, A. T. Black '30 Herod's Messenger, Henry Fox '27 High Priest, G. K. Bishop '27 Second Priest, Charles Leatherbee '29 Joseph, R. D. Back Occ. Mary, Helen Lewis Gabriel, Rhodita Edwards First Old Wife, Helen Field Second Old Wife Constance Templeton Choristers, J. W. Knidder 2G., Edward Ranouf, Richard MacMullen, James MacMullen...
...Ante de los Reges Magos" in its original state is but a fragment. It gives the ritualistic material through the meeting of the Wisemen and Herod with free and strikingly intellectual treatment. More than any other prote type it resembles the Orleans Epiphany play, a late ritualistic drama, written, of course, in Latin...
...rather hear some pinchbeck fellow gurgle a roulade than listen to the best constructed sermon. When, therefore, the guildsmen of prosperous towns began to give simple dramas, inspired by the magnificent theatricality of Mass, and evolved from Bible story, prelates everywhere came gradually to value their spiritual uses. Soon Herod was thumping his spear on the boards, and Judas went about his betraying in a long red beard, and Pilate could earn as much as ten shillings a week if he told his lines with a swaggering tongue. . . . In the Fifteenth century, roles were cast with a nice...