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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first productions by the 47 Workshop under its new system of financing performances by private memorial endowments will be given in Agassiz House, Radcliffe, next Monday and Tuesday evenings at 8 o'clock. The Thornton M. Ware memorial, as it is called, will include two plays, one a "curtain-raiser" by Sydney van Kleeck Fairbanks '17, of Cambridge, "The Other Voice," and the play of the evening, "Prudence in Particular," by Rachel Barton Butler, a special student at Radcliffe. The latter is a three-act comedy of young married life in the Middle West. Miss Butler is the recipient this...
...Dramatic Club. Longer plays are also solicited, for if the short works are not up to standard the club may depart from its usage and stage a play lasting two or two and a half hours. It is possible, also, that a moderately long play, preceded by a curtain-raiser, may be presented if that seems wise considering the material submitted. Manuscripts should be sent to J. K. Hodges '14, Randolph 13, or to I. Pichel '14, Brentford...
...give the first performance of its two fall plays in Brattle Hall this evening at 8.15 o'clock, this being the special performance for undergraduates. "The Three Strangers," a dramatization by Leonard Hatch-'05 of Thomas Hardy's tale of the same name will be given as a curtain-raiser. The piece deals with a battle of wits between a sheep-stealer and a hangman, and the special feature of an old English reel has been interpolated. The second play, "Let's Get Married," by E. L. Beach, 1G., is a farce-comedy in three acts. It deals with...
...play, which is in three acts, is short enough to allow time for a curtain-raiser, and the piece which will probably be given for this purpose is "The Three Strangers," by Leonard Hatch '05. The trials for parts and rehearsals are to begin immediately. There will be two performances in Brattle Hall, Thursday and Friday, December 11 and 12. On Saturday, December 13, there will be a matinee at Jordan Hall...