Word: servants
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Manon, for whose hand there are three aspirants, Chateaufort, a blustering swashbuckler, Gareau and La Trenblaye. Granger himself and his son, Charlot, are both in love with La Trenblaye's sister, Genevote. In the many amusing situations which result from this complicated state of affairs, Corbineli, Granger's body servant, plays an important part. He is the conventional servant of comedy who is always interesting himself in his master's private affairs, and it is he who originates all the clever tricks with which the play abounds...
...declares that La Trenblaye has already been accepted as Manon's future husband. Mr. Granger turns to his own love affairs. Charlot, being an inconvenient rival, must be got rid of, and is therefore sent off to Venice. He starts with his servant, ostensibly on his journey to Venice, leaving Granger to prepare for an interview with Genevote. Another suitor for Manon's hand comes in at this juncture, but is quickly disposed of on account of his poverty. Granger then hurries off to see Genevote, who receives him kindly and promises him an interview for that night. Delighted with...
...PLAY.- Rehearsal tonight for Ralph, Sybil, Hodge, Fisk, Rose, Hammon, Hammon's servant, Warner, Jane, Lord Mayor, Lacy, Margery. Others need not come. Saturday night, whole cast...
...Howard '98; Roland Lacy, C. L. Bouve '99; Askew, G. R. Stobbs '99; Lord Mayor, H. M. Huxley '99; Scott, P. B. Wells '98; Hammon, F. Tomlinson '99; Warner, B. P. Merrick '99; Dodger, M. G. Beaman '99; Ballad-Monger, H. H. Richards '98; Boy, W. H. Porter '98; Servant of Hammon, K. L. Mark '98; First Prentice, W. L. Shaw 1900; Rose, W. C. Arensberg 1900; Sybil, J. E. McCloskey 1900; Margery, F. B. Granger 1900; Jane, J. S. Barstow...
...office after each election, seems an especially good move. The great weakness of recent boards has been that, made up so largely of green men, they have, during a portion at least of their terms of office, been peculiarly open to the wishes and suggestions of the hired servant of the association. Any change, therefore, calculated to enable future boards to carry out a more consistent line of policy is a decided improvement...