Word: princess
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...detailed regulations governing the competition for the best one-act play submitted to the Princess Theatre, New York, before February 1, 1914, have just been announced. The author of the play accepted will be awarded a prize of $500, and the play will be produced at the Princess Theatre on. West 39th street. All undergraduates of the following eleven universities are eligible for the competition: Annapolis, Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton, Yale, Vassar, and West Point...
...limitations as to the type of play are imposed, but in making the choice those which, in the opinion of the committee, promise to conform to the policy of the Princess Theatre, which is to present only plays that are unique, unusual in theme and treatment, and not such as are in demand at the regular theatres will be given first consideration...
...been decided by the Princess Theatre of New York to include both the graduate students of the University and students of Radcliffe in the $500 prize play competition recently inaugurated by the management of that theatre. This will admit many to the competition who, according to the original announcement, were barred...
...write the play. He refused to revise the old version but set to work to supplement the legend with a romantic plot of his own. This is the version now being presented under the title of "A Thousand Years Ago," which name was adopted after "Turandot" and "The Princess of Pekin" were considered and discarded. The scenery is of the original Reinhardt type...
...plays must be original; no translations or adaptations will be considered. Each play submitted must be signed with a pseudonym only, and must be accompanied by a sealed envelope containing the real name. The contest will close on February 1, 1914, and manuscripts must be sent to the Princess Theatre, West 39th street, New York City. It is the intention of the management to produce the prize play...