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Playing to a crowded house at the Horticultural Hall in Worcester last night, the "47 Workshop", under the direction of Professor G. P. Baker '87, started the first tour of its eleven years history. The Worcester performance consisted of the three one-act plays: "Torches", by Kenneth Raishbeck '21; "Cooks and Cardinals", by N. C. Lindau, a graduate student at the University 1916-18; and "Mis' Mercy" by Louise Whitefield Bray, a Radcliffe student...
Instead of giving the four-act tragedy, "The Sea Gull", which had to be cancelled owing to the fact that it had recently been played in New York, the Dramatic Club will present for its spring production three one-act plays. "Wurzel Flummery" the first of these, is a thoroughly lively and amusing comedy by A. A. Milne. The second, "Hagoroma", is a beautiful little Japanese fantasy, and the last is the farce, "A Good Woman" by Arnold Bennet, the well-known English author. In addition to these, a fourth, play is under consideration and will be announced as soon...
Beverly Bayne and Francis X. Bush man head a varied and praiseworthy bill at Keith's this week. Their one-act play, unfortunately, seemed to have for its purpose merely the introduction of the two former movie stars. To be true, there was good acting by all the members of the cast, but they were limited by the play itself...
Prohibition is still a popular source for vaudeville quips. Last night at Keith's the billtoppers, Billy B. Van and James A. Corbett, had the house with both hands in their skit. "The Eighteenth Amendment", and Percy Bronson and Winnie Baldwin presented a one-act fantasy, picturing the effect of a bottle of scotch on the young man of 1971. Nor did others neglect the opportunity for occasional dry humor...
...model gives a striking silhouette of the characters, who are grouped about the summit of a hill from behind which a flood-light effectively blends soft yellow, blue and violet rays, while one bright star shines brightly in the sky. The simplicity of the design well fits the spirit of the play for which it is intended--"The Mystery of the King's Berth," a one-act Christmas mystery by Adair Archer '17, formerly of the Workshop...