Word: parts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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HANOVER, Jan. 23, 1882. The opening of the term here on the 19th was marked by its usual sequences of light attendance at chapel and a disinclination on the part of those who had come to time to enter upon good solid study...
...that we but express the opinion of the majority of the university when we declare the wish that the day is far, far distant when real co-education will be countenanced by the authorities of the university. We can assure our exchanges that the annex is not the "female part of the college," as one paper puts it, but merely an institution of women who receive instruction from certain professors who are connected with the university...
...Boston, still she showed last evening much room for improvement. In her make-up she looked altogether too young for the mother of OEdipus, and her face appeared too dark to produce a pleasing effect upon the eye. Her facial expression also was poor, and during the greater part of the time she was on the stage her action was not nearly so strong as the character demanded. Her enunciation was indistinct in many places, and throughout she made use of an assumed tragic voice that was not natural. In her final scene, however, just before Jocasta leaves the stage...
...Creon, fulfilled the utmost expectations of his most ardent admirers. He showed himself throughout an experienced actor in every word and every motion, portraying his character with better effect than any of the others, excepting, perhaps, Mr. Riddle. The selection of Mr. J. J. Hayes to play the part of the aged and blind priest of Zeus, was probably as good a one as could have been made, as his voice and manner were exactly suited to such a character. Later in the play, however, as the Shepherd, he showed some room for improvement. His utterances were too stiff...
...music, which forms so prominent a part in the production of the "OEdipus," was but fairly interpreted, the chorus being especially weak; but after the experience of an evening's performance, much improvement will undoubtedly be shown in the subsequent representations. That the performance was received with much favor was shown by the fact that after the final scene the audience remained seated until Mr. Riddle and Miss Cayvan reappeared on the stage, when they were greeted with round after round of applause...