Word: howards
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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After apologizing for his inexperience in public speaking, Mr. Bronson Howard entered upon a very interesting lecture, holding the attention of the large audience in Sanders for an hour and a half last evening. He declared his inability to tell what Dramatic Art was, but he would endeavor to show how the dramatist was obliged to obey its laws in the construction of a play. To illustrate this he gave the "Autobiography of a Play." an account of the original plot of the "Banker's Daughter," and a description of the later alterations, and showed how these alterations were brought...
...conclusion, the speaker said that more than anything else the dramatic writer must be sincere; that sincerity should especially be the watch-word of young authors, for no element in an audience is more important or harder to move than that of sincerity. Mr. Howard spoke in a moderate tone of voice with no attempts at elocutionary effects, but his contrasts of pathos and humor were carefully chosen, and were greatly enjoyed by his hearers...
...Autobiography of a Play. Mr. Bronson Howard. Sanders Theatre...
...noon yesterday nearly all the tickets for Mr. Howard's lecture had been engaged...
...Bronson Howard lectures tonight in Sanders on "The Autobiography of a Play." Little need be said of a gentleman who is so well known as Mr. Howard. The lecture will, without doubt, well repay all who attend. This lecture is to be the first in a series given under the auspices of the Shakspere Club, which has as its object the furtherance of elocution and dramatic expression. The initial lecture is peculiarly apt, for while few Harvard students, perhaps, will actually grace the boards, it is not by any means improbable that many students will write for the stage. There...