Word: mobs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...think that the Harvard students made a very creditable mob of Thebans", said Sir John Martin-Harvey to a CRIMSON reporter on Monday night after the first performance of "Oedipus Rex" at the Boston Opera House. The noted British actor was resting after his first appearance as Oedipus, king of Thebes in this classic tragedy of Sophocles, which was produced for the first time on Monday evening...
...this play there are several scenes in which a mob of over 200 Thebans swarms down the aisles of the theatre and climbs up on the stage. This mob is largely composed of students from the University and from Radcliffe...
...wings of the Boston Opera House were crowded at 7 o'clock last night, when over 200 students from Harvard and Radcliffe, who had been engaged to act as the Theban mob in Sir John Martin-Harvey's production of "Oedipus Rex" appeared for their first performance...
...portions of the play in which the mob takes part is extraordinary in several respects. There is but one scene built on the stage, the orchestra is placed behind the stage, and the orchestra pit is covered with broad stairs. Up these stairs the Theban mob race from all parts of the house, streaming down the aisles from every entrance in the orchestra...
When questioned as to the merits of his mob before the performance last night, Sir John declared, "I really haven't seen them in action yet, but I hear that we have obtained a very intelligent mob from Harvard...