Word: plays
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first public performance of "The Promised Land," the play chosen by the Dramatic Club for its initial production, will be given at Brattle Hall tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. Tickets at $1.50, $1.00 and 50 cents can be procured at Herrick's, at M. L. Schuman's, 7 Lowell street, at H. Cabitt's, 100 Salem street, and 109 Green street, and at the Cooperative Society, or upon application to D. Carb, Stoughton...
Miss Emily W. Robinson of Malden will read Dr. Henry van Dyke's story; "The Lost Word." in the Parlor of Phillips Brooks House tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. After the reading N. R. Cole '09 will play the following selections on the pianoforte...
...descriptive power. The verse is weakened in places by unnecessary repetition of words and phrases: "that drift--that drift," "wild, wild symphony," and several other expressions. The weird, solemn picture in "The Caravan" is impressive, the wording is good (preponderance of monosyllables), and the vagueness gives the imagination free play. The interrogation points in the second and third stanzas should be omitted. The conception in "The Flower Stall" is good; the poem needs verbal revision. The sonnet entitled "Love and Fate" is worthy of praise for the correctness of its construction, the thought moving steadily and naturally to the culmination...
...Press," is timely. "From Clatsop to Nekarney" is a vivid and interesting description of a long walk on the coast of Oregon. The tragic story of the young musician Roderigo is well told in "The Church of Santa Rosa," and there is a laudatory analysis of Sheldon's play "Salvation Nell...
...editorial pages speak of the coming presentation of Allan Davis's play "The Promised Land" by the Dramatic Club, and of the importance of the work the club is doing in shaping the attitude of the College toward the writing of dramas by undergraduates; and there is a hearty word of congratulation for the victorious football team. The number concludes with a sharp condemnation of Herrick's novel "Together"; for such reviews of books more space should be allowed. On the whole the number of the Monthly must be adjudged to be a very good...