Word: plays
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Freshman hockey team will play the sixth game of its schedule with St. Paul's School at Concord this afternoon at 4 o'clock. The game should be close and well contested with the chances favoring St. Paul's. The Freshman team has been showing steady improvement and has developed a strong defence and excellent team-work, but the shooting is still inaccurate. St. Paul's has made an excellent showing so far this year, having defeated both the Crescent Hockey Club of Boston and St. Mark's, and losing only to the St. Nicholas Hockey Club team...
This cultural contrast gives the background for the story, which deals with the love affairs of the Princess. Many episodes in the play hardly noticed by the average spectator, have historical bearing; for instance, the part of Eckhoff, which Hanfstaengl played splendidly. The play does not say what every German knows, that this soldier who joins the actors, was to become the greatest actor of his time...
...ladies who assisted the Deutscher Verein in the play were charming. The Queen, Miss Muensterberg, was remarkable, playing her part with a noble reserve. The Princess, Miss Tyng, and Fraulein von Sonnsfeld, Miss Monossowitch, played well together, and reminded one strongly of Minna von Barnhelm and Francisca in Lessing's play which was produced by the Deutscher Verein last year. In the last act, Miss Holden, as Frau von Holzendorf, was very charming. The "Tabakskollegium" of Friedrich Wilhelm I was very well done, and the atmosphere of the low studded room was made impressive by the candlelight...
...second performance of the play will be given in Copley Hall at 8.15 this evening, and will be open only to invited guests...
...games were played yesterday afternoon in the scrub hockey series. The Mermaids defeated the Chuck-a-Pucks, 3 to 1, in the semi-finals, and the Canucks defeated the Avenging Angels, 1 to 0 in the second round. Tomorrow afternoon the Canucks will play the Frozen Feet, and the winners of this game will play in the finals against the Mermaids on Saturday...