Word: queens
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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There is a power and vitality in Shakespeare's play that reminds one somewhat of some modern drama. Here we see the eternal triangle, in this case King Henry, Queen Katharine and Anne Bullen; here we have the noble here, condemned to death by the wily villain, heroically bidding the crowd goodby. Here, too, is the court room scene, but (Heaven be praised!) no one recognizes the prosecuting attorney as a long lost father, or vice- versa. There is a ball room scene, a garden scene--who says that Shakespeare isn't modern? The lights and shadows of King Henry...
...portrayed by Sir Herbert Tree, Wolsey is the shrewd, stern, diplomat of history, quick to see the turn of the tide, arrogant in his power, forward even in his fall. Miss Mathison's Queen Katharine was good, as her parts usually are. She is best, as always when subdued, tending to become theatrical when roused to any great pitch of emotion. Miss Mackay's Anne Bullen could hardly have been bettered, portraying as it did the willful, attractive personality of Henry's second wife. But the master characterization of all was Lyn Harding's King Henry. The easy going, blustering...
...pomp and brilliance of Tudor England sweep past us in this sumptuous production. Majestic history lives again as 'full-blown Wolsey' (in Dr. Johnson's phrase), burly King Henry, and the nobly pathetic Queen Katharine tread the stage. It is a play of great figures clashing in great scenes. The death of Buckingham, the meeting of Henry and Anne Bollen at the ball, the trial of Queen Katharine, the fall of Wolsey, the coronation of Anne--these scenes show forth the spirit of that turbulent...
...Vitality is the essence of the performance. The Wolsey of Sir Herbert Tree, the King Henry of Mr. Lyn Harding, the Queen Katharine of Miss Edith Wynne Matthison seem to have stepped from the canvasses of Holbein at Hampton Court, so veracious are they in posture and costume. But they do more than fill the eye. The vigor and pulse of their reality and the magnetism of their life touch our emotions and make us understand the human qualities of these princely beings...
...morning prayers every weekday during the examination period, Dr. A. T. Davison '06 will give an organ recital in Appleton Chapel, lasting not later than 9.10 o'clock, allowing those who have examinations time to reach them. The following programs will be rendered: Today. Largo, Handel March from "The Queen of Sheba," Gounod Tomorrow. Allegretto, Volkmann Great Fugue in G minor, Bach