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...Princess Zim-Zim," a new play by E. B. Sheldon '08, the author of "Salvation Nell," "The Nigger," and "The Boss," will be produced for the first time at the Plymouth Theatre, Boston, Wednesday evening. Dorothy Donnelly who played in "Madame X" last year will take the leading feminine part, and John Barrymore will play the leading male role...
Through arrangements made by the Harvard Dramatic Club, undergraduates may obtain seats for tomorrow night's performance of "The Nigger," by Edward Sheldon '08, at a reduced rate. Cards entitling men to a reduction of 50 cents on the $2 and $1.50 seats may be obtained of J. C. Savery '11, Beck 32, this afternoon between 4 and 6 o'clock. Seats corresponding to the number of cards given out at this time will be held at the box-office of the Shubert Theatre until 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon...
...Nigger" fulfills the promise of "Salvation Nell,"--both good and bad. It is a play full of emotional variation; it thrills the audience and leaves it tired. Excitement is added to horror, and despair to feverish action. Mr. Sheldon exhibits racial hatreds, sinister politics fierce love, and pathetic optimism against a background of a tragic past. It is the story of a Southern governor who discovers that his grandmother was a negress, through the unsolicited investigation of the anti-prohibition interests. Mr. Sheldon has staged the consequences of that discovery with a skiff that is certain, and big with...
...playwrights in exploiting the emotions of his audience to no purpose. If he does, he will probably do so with much greater daring, and with decided success. But he will be following the lead of his surprising technical facility, instead of that of his insight into human tragedy. "The Nigger" is a mixture of sharp vision and professional callousness. Perhaps it is the parting of the ways...
...Nigger," the new play by E.B. Sheldon '08, will be performed for the first time this evening at 8.15 in the New Theatre in New York. Good authorities claim that this play, which is a serious drama, far outclasses Mr. Sheldon's first effort, "Salvation Nell." It will be the first American play of its kind to be performed at the New Theatre. The play will be given three times next week, on Monday and Thursday evenings at 8. and on Saturday afternoon at 2.15 o'clock...