Word: ordynski
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Dramatic Club will give the first performance of its spring production in Brattle Hall this evening at 8 o'clock. The three one-act plays which will be presented under the direction of Professor Richard Ordynski are "The Florist, Shop" by Miss Winifred Hawkridge, "Toy Soldiers" by Miss Agnes Von Slyck and "Garafelia's Husband" by Miss Esther W. Bates. "The Florist Shop" is a laughable comedy of unusual merit, having for its central theme the fulfillment of a spinster's belated romance through the schemes of a pretty flower girl. "Toy Soldiers" is a "war play" written from...
Professor L. Wiener of the Slavic Deartment and Professor Richard Ordynski, who is coaching the spring production of the Dramatic Club, which will be presented this evening, will speak before the Drama League in Huntington Hall, Boston, this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. Professor Wiener will lecture on the Russian drama and Tchekoff, and Professor Ordynski will speak on the artistic theatre...
...latter institution were successful is but another indictment of Harvard apathy in the face of the best opportunities. When Harvard men take more interest in good drama, the plays presented by the Dramatic Club will be of masculine manufacture; but not till then. The plays are produced by Dr. Ordynski, a celebrated producer. What ever the attendance may be, they will be a success...
Professor Ordynski considers America a country with unusual opportunity for growth and advancement in the theatrical line. "At the present time, however," he says, "there are not enough managers and producers in the United States with high ideals and a taste for dramatic art. The theatre of today is conducted in a way which suits the general public, but it leaves no room for the minority which may desire to see some other kind of play. There are, however, many excellently produced and acted plays. Several men and institutions, have done and are doing splendid work. Mr. Frohman, Mr. Belasco...
Just what Mr. Ordynski will do when he has completed his work in Cambridge is still undecided. He hopes, however, to produce Tchekoff's "The Cherry Orchard," at one of the Boston theatres and that done will probably find some production in New York on which he can develop his ideas and show the American theatre going public something of the true art of the stage...