Word: playwrighting
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...William M. Salter, who was until recently a lecturer for the Society of Ethical Culture of Chicago, delivered a strong lecture on Bernard Shaw last night in Emerson D, in which he dealt with the playwright's philosophy...
...essay on Stephen Phillips, by J. T. Addison, goes, without question, to the heart of the whole matter. By means of admirable selections the writer demonstrates Mr. Phillips's virtues and defects as a poet; and continuing classes him as a playwright--one versed in the theatrical--as opposed to a real dramatist--an objective student of character. The comparison with Shakespeare, urged for the purpose of bringing out Mr. Phillips's dramatic flimsiness, might easily have been made more illuminating by slightly profounder meditation...
...During the early attempts in the University in 1895 to revive the Elizabethan stage, he took successfully the part of the Orange Girl, in the audience. After his graduation Mr. Knoblauch went to London, where, with occasional returns to this country, he has occupied himself ever since as a playwright. He has recently written a play which Mr. H. B. Irving, son of the late Henry Irving, plans to present. Mr. Knoblauch will return to London shortly to make arrangements for the adaptation of a play for Yvette Guilbert, the French comedy artist...
...silent love for Marlowe conquered, but not forgotten, weds her cousin to the bitter disappointment of Richard Bame, another suitor. Marlowe, in the meanwhile, has been proven an "atheist" and "blasphemer" through the efforts of the lady of the Court, who, by this time, had tired of the playwright's admiration, and he is debarred from the Queen's players. Broken in fortune, but steadfast still in those beliefs which had gained for him the title of "atheist," Marlowe visits Alison. In a powerful scene he admits to the girl his love for her and finds relief from his despair...
...Time and the New." Mr. Yeats, who is touring this country under the management of the Irish Literary Society of New York, is a well-known writer of poetry and prose. Hem is the editor of several collections of fairy and folk tales and is an accomplished playwright. He was one of the chief organizers of the Irish Literary Theatre, and is the president of the organization which succeeded it--the Irish National Theatre Society. An illustrated article on "William Butler Yeats," by Isabel Moore, appears in the December issue of the "Bookman...