Word: playing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...long absence, and once again is this jewel of French pantomime to be seen at the Hollis St. Theatre. In an age of such thoroughness of stage production and action as the present, where hardly a thing is left to the imagination of the audience, the reappearance of this play can be nothing but a great stimulant to everyone. Those personal powers of visualizing which have laid dormant in most of us are awakened to splendid things by the complete success with which Dame suggestion is introduced throughout. The subtle Frenchman who is responsible for this piece certainly...
Delicate and dainty pantomimie will be a decided novelty for a great many of us, for what dumb shows we have seen are of the slap-stick, rough and tumble type which fill our vaudeville houses. Here, however, is a play in which a singular art has been carried to its height. We never miss the speaking, for we are absorbed in the delightfully foolish little plot and amazed at the grace of the whole thing. Pierrot's home and phrynette's boudoir furnish two admirable settings for an entire evolution of emotions and from nonsense to a tinge...
...caste two distinct kinds of acting are noticeable. Paul Clerget as Pierrot's Father and Louis Gouget as Monsieur Le Baron reflect the traditional French ideas of pantomime. Nationality has its effect in this as in all other things, for no one could play these parts as they are played--with the possible exception of another Frenchman. M. Clerget is a really powerful person on the stage, and his abilities are not limited to a single field; he is light, amusing, and whimsical or serious, as the case may require, and in both moods equally fine. In contrast to these...
...first signs of approaching spring at the University is the awakening of latent interest in undergraduate drama. The Hasty Pudding play has been chosen and already plans for its production are rapidly getting under way. We hear vague rumors of Pi Eta comedies and D. U. revivals, while above them all rises the call of the Dramatic Club for short plays for the spring production...
...spring play competition of the Dramatic Club closes next week and so far the number of undergraduate contributions has been disgracefully small. "Indifference" and "laziness" are oft quoted words, but they come perilously near the truth some times. Granted the ability and the time, what is the matter with the undergraduate dramatist...