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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Among the most important and valuable of the Quartos from the White collection are editions of "Love's Labor Lost", London, 1598; "Romeo and Juliet", 1599; "The Sonnets", 1609; "The Merchant of Venice", 1600; and "The Merry Devil of Edmonton", one of the attributed plays, published in London...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gift of Shakespeare Quartos Strengthens Widener Collection | 6/11/1928 | See Source »

...tried it with Hamlet for four nights when we played in Cleveland, but we found that nothing was gained and much lost. In every work, Shake speare has created a background and an environment which, if taken away, destroys the greatness of the play. For instance. 'Romeo and Juliet' requires the romance-breathing Italian atmosphere, while the more blatant, boisterous plays would not be out of place in any country but England. This we found to be the case with 'Hamlet'. Ophelia would lose her charm in modern dress. And then, a change of costume is not needed to make...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Modernized Ophelia Would Lose Charm of Italian Romance Says Fritz Leiber--Shakespeare Always Modern in Thought | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

...list of titles, dates, and speakers is as follows: January 20, "Louise", "The Jewels of the Madonna", and "La Gioconda", R. Y. Robison; January 23, "Alda", "A Witch of Salem", and "Romeo and Juliet", Professor Spalding; January 26, "Tannhauser", "Sappho", and Samson et Dalila", W. S. Smith; January 30, "Carmen", "Lohengrin", and "Tosca", Stuart Mason; February 2, "Martha", "Rigoletto", and "La Traviata", R. C. Robinson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OPERA LECTURE SERIES TO BE GIVEN DURING SEASON | 1/18/1928 | See Source »

...Francisco. Twelve operas (no repetitions) constitute the San Francisco Opera Company's season, from Sept. 15 to Oct. 1. They are Carmen, La Cena delle Beffe, Turandot, Falstaff, Tristan und Isolde, Romeo and Juliet, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci, La Boheme, Tosca, Manon Lescaut, Aida, Il Trovatore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Able Mr. Kahn | 9/19/1927 | See Source »

...fathers conspire to marry the daughter of one to the son of the other. The key line is classic, "Marriage without obstacles isn't tempting to two such young simpletons." So the fathers fight, the children refuse to accept the feud as final separation, and Romeo-and-Juliet-like they defy the quarrel. The young lady is being abducted, her lover saves her. The fathers relent. All is forgiven. Curtain...

Author: By R. K. I., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 12/1/1926 | See Source »

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