Word: scenes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Modern Language Conference, held last evening in the Assembly Room of the Union, Dr. Schofield spoke on "The Story of Horn and Rimenhild." Countless questions, he said, concerning the story and scene of action of Horn and Rimenhild, have been asked over and over again and still no satisfactory conclusions as regards these points have been drawn. In fact there is no definite theory of the origin and development of the story, and of the several extant volumes of the work only two are serviceable in showing the character of Horn. The scene of action especially is uncertain and even...
...Copeland will read passages from well known English and Irish writers at 8 o'clock this evening in Sever 11. The programme includes one scene from Sheridan's "Critic" and one from his "School for Scandal," a selection from Boucicault's play "Shaughraun," Goldsmith's "Retaliation," selections from works of Gerald Griffin, and Dooley's "Comment on Christian Science." These selections will be rendered in Engand in the Brogue. The reading is open only to members of the University...
...third act of Hi-Ka-Ya, the Hasty Pudding Club play, has been staged and is running smoothly in the rehearsals. The scene is laid in the polar regions, as in the first act, and is improved by the introduction of several battle ships, both on the stage and in the background. A striking feature is the march and drill of thirty men representing the Russian, English, French, German and American navies...
...burlesque which will be put on in a separate scene between the second and third acts has been worked up with a great deal of care. It is entitled "Were I the Thing," and is a burlesque on Mr. Sothern's last play at the Hollis Street Theatre. The four principal characters are H. L. Movius '02 as "Loois Onze," J. A. Dix '02 as "Frank the Villain," H. L. Riker '03 as "Katherine d'Ivorced Sell," and S. Waller '03 as 'Hug--it de Camel." The staging and dressing of this burlesque are very elaborate...
...scene of the play is in the Philippines on the Island of Tavolara, which is ruled ostensibly by the avaricious King Philippine, but really by his prime minister, Prince Ping Pong. The King's father, on his death-bed, charged the present monarch to abdicate after reigning twenty-five years, unless he married before the expiration of that period. The twenty-five years expire on the day after the play opens, and the king, worried by the thought of abdicating, is trying to find a wife. He proposes first to Mrs. Sarah Belium, the missionary, and then to her niece...