Word: plays
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Union Hall, Boston, was filled to its utmost capacity on Thursday evening and again last night on the occasion of the annual spring theatricals given by the Hasty Pudding Club. The play, a burlesque written by Lloyd McKim Garrison, '88, is called "Constance; or, the Beau, the Belle and the Bandit." The cast of characters is as follows...
...charge against the prisoners, and the justice orders them off to prison. The bridesmaids, however, beg for mercy on the ground of its being leap-year. The justice finally gives in, the pirates are brought back, Constance is given to Dawdle, while Cherry takes possession of Rattles, and the play ends in a passionate burst of music from the throats of everyone...
...play in itself is an unusually good one, the actors are exceptional, and there are more good voices than are usually to be found in a college burlesque. Where all are so good, it is difficult to discriminate, but mention should be made of the excellent training and steadiness of the choruses, of the good-taste and general correctness of the stage management, and of the superior manner in which the music was conducted...
Noyes, Yale's short stop, in a game with the Bridgeports on Wednesday sprained one of the cords in his leg so badly that he will unable to play for some time...
...Jarvis Field next week. It is probable that arrangements will be made with the base-ball and lacrosse management's, which will allow the cricket players to use Jarvis after half past four in the afternoon. Most of last year's team are still in college and will play this year. The following men, who have already played on the team more or less, will be candidates: Ellis, captain, R. D. Brown, Quimby, Markoe, Dexter, Frost, Balch, Hunnewell, C. F. Judson, Clyde, Myers, Paul, Norman, Keys, Sullivan, Whiting, Barney, O. B. Judson, Barron, besides a number...