Word: scene
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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This play, "a tragedy of the ludicrous," as Mr. MacKaye calls it, consists of four acts, the first of which is laid in a blacksmith shop. A small town in Massachusetts is the scene of the play, and the time the latter part of the seventeenth century...
...scene before Mr. Eliot's house last night will remain forever in the memories of those who attended the mass meeting in the Union. It was a happy thought of the Student Council to decide on the presentation to the retiring president of some token of the undergraduates' esteem for him and for his achievements, and the night of his with-drawal from office was the most appropriate time for the occasion. The chief charm of the incident lay in its unexpectedness and spontaneity. After the words of presentation, Mr. Eliot spoke to the men assembled there in his usual...
...last play, "Five in the Morning," by H. Hagedorn '07, is a tragedy of modern life in blank verse. the scene is laid in New York on East Twelfth street, and the characters include cheap clerks in the down-town department stores and a hack writer...
Following is the program for the Pop Concert in Symphony Hall this evening: 1.March, "Black Bess," Strube 2. Overture, "The Beautiful Galatea," Suppe 3. Waltz, "Pres de toi," Waldteufel 4. Selection, "Faust," Gounod 5. Overture, "Midsummer Night's Dream," Mendelssohn 6. Scene Religieuse, Massenet Solo Violoncello, Mr. J. Keller. 7. Ballet Music, "Coppelia," Delibes 8. Overture, "1812," Tschaikowsky Organ, Mr. Marshall. 9. Selection, "La Grande Duchesse," Offenbach 10. Two Dances from "Henry VIII," German 11. Narcissus, Nevin 12. March, "Mit Bomben und Granaten," Bilse
Moliere, a Parisian, early acquired the habit of observation, and being possessed of the faculty of condensing into a single scene the striking traits of a whole class, made his works reflect the whole panorama of society. Jealousy is a trait to which he devoted much attention. Laying his finger on the spot most open to ridicule, he pilloried social characteristics that are as prominent now as then. He was a true precursor of the Revolution, in that he attacked the nobles, not as individuals, but as a class...