Word: humor
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Young America" is a distinctly American comedy in three acts. Mr. Bellard has not lost the deep sense of humor that he showed in "Believe Me. Xantippe." the Craig Prize Play of two years ago. The present play began life in Atlantic City as "Me and My Dog," being first produced at Nixon's Apolio Theatre on July 12. Renamed, it began its New York run on Saturday, August 28. Without exception, the critics hailed the play as a distinct success. It is the dramatic story of the adventures of two bad boys and a clever dog, the latter being...
...pages. Mr. Rhodes finds in the steadfastness, humility, and humanity of Lincoln during the dark days of our Civil War an example which may be of value to present European statesmen. The picture which he gives of Lincoln is intimate, kindly yet critical, and suffused with a genial humor. The address should receive a place in the row of classics numbered among previous Phi Beta Kappa orations...
...Sessions, emphasizing the vitality, as opposed to the "classicism" of Greek drama. Mr. Sessions, however, takes it for granted that too much of Mr. Barker's productions is "emotionally rather than archaically correct." No doubt the costumes of the barbarians were fantastic to the point of humor; but why the caviling at the temple? The temple was not a Parthenon, certainly; it was of the Minoan stage of culture, and as such it was quite correct...
...nearest approach to a plot, is embodied in a parody on Goethe, "The Hardships of Hans," by Mr. H. Amory '16, who apparently tries to satirize the great poet's sensitiveness to feminine influence. Mr. Amory depends for his laughs largely on horse play, and his humor is not altogether subtle and delicate; it is crude in many places. But if inexperienced, he is very ingenious in "getting a laugh...
Another society of a somewhat different sort is described in an article by F. T. Spaulding '17 on the notorious "Med. Fac.", traces of whose buffoonery and barrel-stave humor, unfortunately still persist...