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Classical Club. Translation of the Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophocles (illustrated by views of the performance at Harvard in 1881). Part I. Professor Morgan. Harvard...
Classical Club. Translation of the Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophocles (illustrated by views of the performance at Harvard in 1881). Part II. Professor Morgan. Harvard...
...should like through your columns to start a discussion with relation to a matter, which I am sure will be of interest to a very large number of students. As many college men know, though only imperfectly, the Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophoces was presented in Sanders Theatre in the spring of 1881. More than this very few men know or care, for all seem to be under the impression that it is interesting only to students of the Classics. But any who have read Mr. Henry Norman's little book on that play given in 1881, are well aware that...
...Harvard 1 at 10 o'clock this (Saturday) morning Professor J. W. White will throw scenes from the Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophocles on the screen by means of the stereopticon. The pictures were made from photographs taken in 1881, when this play was brought out in the Sanders Theatre. The exercise is open to any member of the college...
About one year ago it was rumored about college that certain professors in the classical department were considering the giving of another Greek play on a scale similar to, but not so grand as that of, the Oedipus Tyrannus given now nearly eleven years ago. The results of that presentation were in all respects beneficial. A wonderful interest in Greek literature was awakened, and students were enabled to pursue their students with a better conception of the real conditions. It would be most praiseworthy to attempt, at least, the production of another classic play, and if the attempt were successful...