Word: lords
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...departed this year from its established policy of producing only original plays written by students of the University, and in the future plans to give plays by great European dramatists, of which few have ever been produced before in America. This year the club has chosen two plays, Lord Dunsany's one-act comedy, "Fame and the Poet," and Holberg's "Erasmus Montanus," a comedy translated from the Danish by the late Frederick Schenk '09 and O. J. Campbell. Both plays will be given at each performance...
...Fame and the Poet," and "Erasmus Montanus," although both are comedies, require entirely different types of acting. The former, by Lord Dunsany, requires almost no strong delineation of character, but the subtlety of dialogue demands a nice rendition of the lines. "Erasmus Montanus," on the other hand, being an old comedy, is dependent for its effect almost entirely on vivid portrayal of character...
...Lady Macbeth, and Rosalind of being hostile to "women's rights." Yet "The Taming of the Shrew" is a healthy antidote for the overdose of feminism we are getting today. It is somewhat startling to hear a magnificent woman of Miss Marlowe's mould declaim: "The husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper." It might be profitable for young men to acquaint themselves with the strategy of shrew taming as employed by the Elizabethans, and depicted by Mr. Sothern...
James W. D. Seymour '17 has been secured as coach for the Dramatic Club's production of Holberg's "Erasmus Montanus" and Lord Dunsany's comedy, "Fame and the Poet," and will enter upon his duties here immediately. Mr. Seymour was president of the Dramatic Club in the 1916-1917 season, when he played the part of Nelson Marns in the "Mission of the Damned...
...Lord Dunsany's one-act comedy is laid in London of today. Both plays give unlimited opportunities to actors, scenery designers, and producing force, and are ideally suited to the Dramatic Club's purposes...