Word: role
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...life of an immigrant on Ellis Island. It is a satire on the Binet test and shows how some of the worst immigrants are allowed to enter this country while some of the most desirable are excluded. The Black Hand enters into the play and takes a significant role. "The Harbor of Lost Ships," by Louise Whitefield Bray, is a one-act sketch adapted from a short story by Ellen Payne Huling, a former Radcliffe student. The scene is laid on an island off the coast of Labrador. A life constrained by dogmatic religious principles and the fire and brimstone...
...given, is a satire on the Binet test for immigrants. It shows how the worst members of society are able to get into the country while some desirable ones are excluded. The story is a character study in which the Black Hand enters to play a significant role. There are great spectacular possibilities. John Redhead Froome, the author of the play, also wrote "The Glory of the Years," which was produced last year by the Hasty Pudding Club...
...watched M. Benedict, as the latter, to see how a French husband is supposed to act under such circumstances. The result was rather funny. M. Cassin, as the Duke, did not look very much like a nobleman--even a French nobleman. M. Lomon was excellent in a small role...
Miss Abarbanell, of "Madame Sherry" and "Merry Widow" fame, has the leading role and her work, after the first act, makes the evening more than satisfactory. She features in waltzes in a way that makes one long to be the leading man. Essentially a Latin type, Miss Abarbanell uses her voice in a most stirring manner and, as a Russian dancer, is true to form in carriage as well. She has many tricks of the eye, shoulders and head that seem almost even Spanish...
...word as to the very adequate acting. It was a pleasure to see that calented English actor, Mr. Louis Calvert, even in the plodding role of the eternal English butler. Miss Haidee Wright's beautiful voice was heard in the dubious part of Eve Chilcote. With the exception of the stars, it is the only part in the play which affords the slightest chance of human characterization. Mr. Handy sides and Mr. Robertson hardly succeed in conveying a proper illusion as English statesmen. Mr. Guy Bates Post in the leading role was always interesting and sometimes admirable...