Word: scenes
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...scene of the first act of "Marlowe" is laid in a London tavern in 1590. Christopher Marlowe, whose "Faustus" has just been most successfully staged, meets Alison Barnby, who, accompanied be her father, has come to London from Canterbury for a visit. Alison falls in love with Marlowe and his poetic songs, the style of which is entirely new to her. Marlowe's finer nature is impressed with her freshness and childish innocence. Later in the same act he has a meeting with a lady of the Court, who is in love with his impetuous genius, but not with...
...Vienna Blood," Strauss 3. Selection, "Florodora," Stuart 4. Overture, "Domino Noir," Auber 5. Overture to "Slovenly Peter," Ballet by Heuberger (First time.) 6. Selection, "Cavalleria Rusticana," Mascagni 7. Entr'acte, "Al Fresco," Herbert (First time.) 8. Finale to Act I. from "Lohengrin," Wagner 9. Waltz, "Forest Spirits," Zach 10. Scene Religieuse Et. Invocation, Massenet Cello Obligato, Mr. Joseph Keller. 11. Mazurka, "Die Libelle," Strauss 12. March, "Princess Ninetta," Strauss
...scene of both acts is laid at Machiavelli's villa near Florence, in the year 1500. Machiavelli is an ardent devotee of the art of lying and in the practice of this art grossly slanders his ancestors. The ghost of di Luto, his great grandfather, appears to him at midnight in the garden of his villa and decreses that as a punishment for his irreverence, Machiavelli shall ever afterwards lie, but, upon the intercession of his daughter Lucrezia, di Luto agrees that if by telling a lie he shall ever be able to tell the truth, the curse shall...
...Society will this year present as its annual play, a comic opera in two acts, entitled "The Counterfeiter." The scene of the first act is laid in Naples, that of the second, on the Cunard Steamship Company's dock in East Boston. The book and lyrics are by C. P. Whorf '05, assisted by L. Smith '05 and J. V. Dignowity '06; the music is by A. T. Davison, Jr., '06, with additional numbers by F. H. Grey '06. The Cambridge and Boston performances will be given during the week of April...
...abound. The story concerns itself with the winning of an inheritance and the schemes employed to obtain the fortune are most ingenious. A nephew seeking his uncle's riches procures a silent woman, really a youth, to wed his uncle. The conclusion finds the nephew the accepted heir. The scene of the play is laid in London...