Word: playing
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...RECEPTION game will probably be played with the Bostons by the Harvard Nine on the return of the former from their tour next week. The game will take place on the Boston Grounds, and we hear that Mr. Bush of '71 will play once more under his old colors...
Chased each other in their play...
...grand cathedral of time the organ, at the touch of providence, does not play joyous melodies continually; but for every peal of merriment at the birth of a soul, there must be a requiem at its exit from earth...
...power of identifying himself with the character he represents. In each look, gesture, and motion we see only Shylock; the personality of the actor is completely hidden in that of the Jew. The interview with Tubal, in the fourth act, and the "trial scene," which closes the play, give the best opportunity for dramatic effect, and Mr. Booth's acting, in those passages, comes as near perfection as any that the present generation will be likely...
...last visit. Mrs. Barry's Portia was a quiet, lady-like performance, erring, if it erred at all, on the side of mildness. The characters of Bassanio and Antonio were also well sustained, and Mr. Maguinnis deserves much credit for his rendering of Launcelot Gobbo. The mounting of the play was perhaps a little better than usual, and quite outshone the venerable scenery that has done duty at the Boston Theatre as long as any one can remember, and probably a good deal longer. The performance was generally very pleasant, and we have no doubt that the company will acquit...