Word: punjab
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Owing to the great demand for seats for "Prince Punjab," the Pi Eta Society's play, the management has decided to add a third Cambridge performance next Friday evening, May 1. Tickets for all three performances are on sale at Thurston...
...graduates performance of "Prince Punjab" was given in the club house of the Pi Eta Society last night. The performance was more than usually smooth for a first night trial...
...Whidden is very effective as Punjab, and J. C. Miller, as Sthu Pid, the rival for the possession of the kingdom, imitates excellently the Chinese dialect, although he fails to speak loud enough at times. I. T. Cutter, as the Rajah of Mandalay, does what is perhaps the most laughable work in the performance. The best handling of a part, however, is that of R. Wellman '03, who impersonates John Class, the antiquarian. The part is the most difficult in the play and it is rendered with a cleverness which is enhanced by a distinct enunciation. If one especial fault...
...play, after the opening chorus for which the composer, A. W. Denison '03, has written some very stirring music, the rajah of Mandalay announces to his subjects assembled before his palace that there will be a festival on the morrow in honor of his nephew, "Prince Punjab." Punjab, the lawful heir to the kingdom, mysteriously disappeared when but a child at the time when his uncle usurped the throne. No sooner have the rajah and people retired than Punjab himself, now a wandering sailor who is unaware of his royal rights, abruptly enters and is shortly accosted by John Cass...
...declares that the finder of the ear is entitled to the throne, Sthu is acclaimed rajah. Thinking possibly to get back the ear, the old rajah makes love to Lily Roger and wins her; Sthu in turn is favorably received by Sue Brett. But all scheming is ended by Punjab, who meets the Princess in the Mango grove of the rajah's gardens and obtains her half of the ear as well as a promise of marriage. Now having the whole real ear he appears before the people and is recognized as their long lost prince...