Word: samsons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Philip Hale, in reviewing for the Boston Herald, Ben Ami's performance in "Samson and Delilah" at the Wilbur, regrets that Ben-Ami did not have a better play. He complains of the theatricalness of many of the scenes and of the general lack of skill in the treatment of the theme. Most of his criticism is true enough; yet We felt at the time and do now that Ben-Ami would have had trouble to have found another vehicle so admirably suited to his talents in many respects as is this work Sven Lange...
...expressions--Bon-Aim first and last, looks, acts, and is the Slav; he seems to have stepped from a play of lsben or a novel of Tolstoi or Checkhov. To appear at his best he needed a play in which the environment would not be unnatural to him; In Samson and Delilah he found such a play, from curtain rise to curtain fall it is imbued with the spirit of the Slav. In its frequent, terribly effective appeals to the stage; in its lack of sentiment and its slow, careful development of the plot, it is distinctly the vehicle...
...Wilbur Theatre next week, Arthur Hopkins will present the famous Ben-Ami in "Samson and Delilah". The engagement is limited to two weeks...
Maestost Andante, from "Samson and Dalila," Saint-Saens Intermezzo, Mendelssohn Romance in G. major, Beethoven Mr. Frederick L. Mahn. Solvegs Song Grieg Andante, Molique Mr. Pasquale Amerena. Devotion, Popper Mr. Carl Stock-bridge. Lohengrins Farewell, Wagner Woodland Whispers, Czibulka Reverie, Ganne
...play nine selections. Pastor preaches sermon on "The Everlasting Yea". Musical program is as follows:-- The Soldier of the Cross Piccolomin Duetto from Trio Schumann Serenite Vieuxtemps Mr. Jacques Hoffmann Intermezzo Macbeth Adagio from Concerto Mozart Mr. Albert Sand Adelaide Beethoven Mr. Carl Barth Serenade Pache Astarte Mildenberg Fantasia "Samson and Dalila" Saint Saens...