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Much of the entertainment which the play affords is due to the high quality of its presentation. There are lines-not a few of them of whose Victorian conventionality one would be painfully aware were it not for the skill of rendering. Mr. Clive's curtain speech, "She sha'n't, she sha'n't, she sha'n't", at the end of Act Two is an excellent example. Without exception however, the cast rendered their parts well. Miss Cleveland was occasionally unconvincing and Mr. Turner's Romeo-like sobbing under the stress of grief was a bit absurd...

Author: By W. B., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 5/24/1922 | See Source »

...they smite us, sha'n't we smite again...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE RAPE OF THE BELL. | 4/2/1880 | See Source »

...that only counts a small per cent! I sha' n't look at it till the semiannual. Did you see the Club races, Harry? I meant to go in, but somehow or another I could n't make up my mind to get up in time, as I cut prayers." Here he tore a page off an old Crimson and lit his pipe again...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "HARVARD PLUCK." | 11/12/1875 | See Source »

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