Word: roles
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...addition to the writer's contributions to the volume of "Critical and Social Essaye," gathered from the same source in 1867. Political to pics-as in the articles on Horace Greely, the South after the War, "The Short Hairs," and "The Swallow-Tails," Organs, Physicrl Force in Politics, and Role of the Universities in Politics-are not avoided in the present collection; but social, educational, financial, and ethical discussion predominates. Some other titles are: Culture and War, The Comparative Morality of Nations, The Odium Philologicum, Professor Huxley's Lectures, Tyndall and the Theologians, Judges and Witnesses, Mr. Froude...
...Wooley in the title role took every one by storm. The part is often looked upon as a secondary one and kept in the shadow of the others, but there was no keeping the mimic ruler of Japan in the shade last night, as seven recalls to his first song (and laugh testified...
Miss Davis scored the biggest kind of a hit. Her make-up was a study and her acting was a treat. She made the most of every opportunity, and was more in her element than in any role she has yet assumed. Her scenes with the Mikado and Ko-Ko were received with roars of laughter, while her singing was greatly applauded...
...first number of the Lampoon for the year '95-96 will be out Thursday. The centre picture of this number presents the class of '99 in the role of Gulliver, and the upper classes as the Brobdingags. There will also be a humorous "History of Harvard College from Prehistoric Times to the Present...
...first week he will present the unquestionably best and most popular of his long repertoire, Bronson Howard's "The Henrietta." Volumes have been written in praise of this play, and a large part of its commendation has been bestowed upon Mr. Robson's brilliant impersonation of the role "Bertie, the Lamb." Every one will welcome back Mr. Robson, and especially in "The Henrietta." Custom does not stale this brilliant play, and it bids fair to go on in its prosperous career until the copyright expires, and it shall take its place among the masterpieces of American literature. A long stage...