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...Shaw play generally is the quintessential ambrosia of entertainment. This one-act burlesque of the American West and its religion is no exception. The irrepressible Shavian effervescence keeps it moving fast from first line to last. And the Stagers do their hit for the glory of the celestial due. Francis G. Cleveland as Blanco mixes subtle perception and incipient delirium tremens in just the right proportions. Philip Bourneuf does a masterly job of hypocritical piety as Elder Daniels. Aldrich Bowker, though erring occasionally on the side of the obvious, makes for the most part a delightfully comic sheriff. The rest...
...mother from the little black bag and sat them down before a mirror. Slowly he smeared his face with yellow paint, donned a snakey-cued China-man's wig. For that last afternoon he had chosen to sing in Franco Leoni's L'Oracolo, a one-act opera, second rate to be sure, but one which only he had sung at the Metropolitan, one which exhibited his talent for acting and made no strenuous demands on his voice...
...innovation this year a short, one-act play was presented as a curtain raiser. Written by a former president of the organization, it marks, according to the program, "the new policy of Le Cercle of giving French plays by American authors." While this may be an admirable policy, it should only be followed when there is a sufficiently worth-while play to make use of. This is clearly not true of "Serenade," which is a sentimental, unconvincing hodgepodge of seventeenth century intrigue and gallantry, having to do with a Cinq-Mars conspirator and two agents of Richelieu. The acting...
HERBERT (A.P.) Four One-Act Plays...
...Christmas entertainment, which will be similar to the one held last year, is being arranged by R. F. Estes '34, a member of the Entertainment Committee. Members of the House, both students and tutors, will take part in the entertainment. A one-act play will be given by the tutors, and several monologues have been arranged. Efforts are being made to secure the Gold Coast Orchestra to furnish music at the dinner...