Word: london
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Park, and his hosts of friends will be glad to learn that he is to be tendered a testimonial at that house on Thursday evening next, May 23. The play to be presented on that occasion is "Hands Across the Sea," which ran more than 500 nights in London, held the Boston Museum stage for nearly an entire season, and is universally acknowledged as Pettitt's masterpiece. It will have one of the strongest casts that ever appeared in it here. The sale of seats, now progressing, indicates that the performance will be enjoyed by a crowded audience...
June 27 has been decided on as the date for the Harvard-Yale regatta at New London. The start will be made as near ten o'clock in the morning as possible. Cups will be given to the winners of first place and handsome flags to second and third. Including the catboats, 26 to 19 feet water line, there will be five classes, as follows: First, 40 to 35 feet water line; second, 35 to 30 feet; third, 30 to 26 feet; and fourth the sloops under 26 feet...
...Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare intended to represent the passion of love, and to do this he needed two stars. When Garrick and Barrie were playing Romeo in London, there was much dispute as to which of the two made the best Romeo. Mrs. Siddons, who was playing Juliet for both, was appealed to, and this is how she answered: "It is very difficult for me to decide, but I will tell you how they both affect me. In the balcony scene, when Garrick is making love as Romeo, he is so eager and ardent that I am afraid every moment...
...depends on what it is endowed with. If endowed with talent, it would succeed in Boston as well as anywhere else. The question is often asked, why can not we have a theatre like the Comedie Francaise. France is Paris, Germany is Berlin, England is London. America on the other hand, is made up of a number of metropolises. Where would the national theatre be? New York would claim by right of her size, Boston would claim because she is the home of culture and refinement, Washington would claim it as the capital city of America. However there...
...crew will go to quarters at New London on June...