Word: plot
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...singing, on the other hand, is not quite up to that of some former years; there are no really excellent voices. This is to be regretted as the music is exceptional. It is admirably orchestrated, and so well fitted to the book that the songs actually further the plot instead of interrupting it. There is a distinctly traceable plot, and the dialogue is not only witty but all means something, and there are one or two real dramatic moments. This show is much less like the Follies and much more like a Fall or a Lenar production than anything...
...Beach's play, in contrast to his farcical "Let's Get Married" which the club presented in the fall, is written in serious vein. The plot hinges upon the struggle of a woman's "almost atrophied will with events that demand forceful direction." "The Bank Account" is a drama of modern scene depicting the destruction of an office drudge's hopes by his wife's financial mismanagement. "The Fourflushers," the only comedy of the three deals with a domestic situation of humorous complexity...
...Legend of Loravia," is a two-act musical comedy written by J. K. Hodges '14, and E. Streeter '14. The plot centers in the mythical land of Loravia, a mountainous principality of Europe, and depicts the struggle for the throne between the twin princes Louis and Ferdinand. The scene of the first act is laid in the Grand Salon of the Pre Catalan restaurant in Paris; and the second act is staged at an inn outside of Rontevest, the capital of Loravia. The features of the play are the lyrics, which are more closely connected with the plot than those...
...play is unique in at least one thing--it is a musical farce, not a musical comedy. The plot is a pure farce throughout, depending on the complexity...
...chorus--some of them being of the American beauty type, and others Turkish harem ladies. Modern and Oriental dances, funny and serious songs,--everything that goes to make up a bright musical comedy are found in "A Bug in a Rug,"--and finally all is centerer about a real plot...