Word: plotting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...been filling the American press, together with stories from the Mexican border, it is no wonder that dramatists reach there for material. Augusts Thomas proves to be the present victim and in "Rio Grande," now playing at the Hollis Theatre, he shows his thorough familiarity with soldier life. The plot, which is a complicated one, deals principally with the married life of Colonel and Mrs. Bannard. The latter being much younger than her husband and finding an army post existence weary, has secret relations with a certain Lieutenant Ellsworth, but she soon discovers her error and then attempts to readjust...
...there to please the most blase, and the cast of principals could hardly be bettered. Not since Victor Herbert's "Red Mill" has a musical show of this order contained such tuneful melodies as Jerome Kern has written, and, wonder of wonder, "Very Good Eddie" has a really truly plot...
...buildings to be dedicated this morning form the most important group of structures devoted to technical education in the world. The holdings of the institute on the esplanade in Cambridge include 50 acres. The educational buildings now finished occupy a plot of 12 acres with somewhat more reserved for extensions to these structures. There are reserved for student uses somewhat more than 25 acres. The athletic field, said by experts to be the best in the country, has been in use for a year...
...Head of the Poet Laureate" is a tale in which Ben Jonson, Robert Herrick, and one Giles Hemming plot, preach, and elope, respectively. The idea is well bandled; Mr. Nes is perhaps least fortunate in his dialogue, a strange mixture of modern phrases and what is apparently intended for seventeenth-century English. It may be doubted whether a Devon peasant ever could have said "how him an' me kin write verses an' ring a bell t' any tune." The story is nevertheless entertaining...
...production, "The White Elephant," was held at the club theatre last night. Probably never before in its history of over a hundred productions has a "Pudding" play met with such a complete and deserved success. From start to finish the audience was highly enthusiastic over the cleverness of the plot and dialogue, the beauty of the music, and the ability of the cast. It is undoubtedly the best show the Hasty Pudding Club has produced for many years...