Word: played
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...remaining varsity schedule has been juggled completely. Denton announced. Harvard will play in the New England Intercollegiates on Friday and Saturday, and end the season against Williams on Monday...
...wiser to be candid, to "play fair," to leave a whole continent undefended and say: "...see how we trust wou...", thus exposing ourselves to a global catastrophe in case we should get tripped...
...Dramatic Club was founded in 1908 for the purpose of presenting new plays written here by students. Even with a student body the size of the University's, it was, of course, impossible to find one or two original plays each year that were always worthy of production. Those play's which did seem of promise, but were unsuitable for local performance, were given a "reading" by the HDC, after ample rehearsals. Eventually, the Club began to present outstanding foreign plays which were being ignored by the Belascos and the Frohmans on Broadway. Since 1919, no undergraduate plays have been...
...choices of plays have not been all wise, nor even of artistic merit, at times. "Waiting for Lefty" was given the best production, but the talent could better have been lavished on a less dated play. "Amphitryon 38' was also well done, and like "Lefty" made a profit for the Club, but it was a play unsuited for amateur production, containing too few characters and demanding too much of its inexperienced principles. Anyone that tries to make a profit out of reviving Ibsen these days is very foolish, as was the HDC last year with "An Enemy of the People...
...heavy debt from the failure of the Shaw play has influenced both selections for this year. "Amphitryon 38" was played up in the advance publicity as being very sexy, etc., and consequently must have disappointed some patrons. This spring, the HDC took a very daring step it brought in a Hollywood actor and a press agent with a limitless credit account. The amount of money spent on "The Man Who Came to Dinner," is rumored to be up in the 5-digits, but the Club apparently is going to be able to meet its old debts from the profits...