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...vigor and beauty of the Bible and the rusticity of its writers; the philosophic acceptance of a First Cause as inconscient as the telephone, and the strong inclination to say one's prayers; the faculty to cope with Kant and the childlike aptitude for faith; the sheepishness of the Shakespearean mask and the sublimity of the poet; the greatness of Queen Elizabeth and the pretentiousness of her virginity; the grace of Charles the Martyr and his unending folly; the greasy corpulence of Gautier and the perfection of his verse; the divine murmur of Verlaine and the cretin's mentality...
...Mantell and his company are inestimably valuable in the American theatre. If we are inclined to criticise rather severely some of his Shakespearean performances, there can be nothing but praise for his "Richelieu." We can only hope that he will return to Boston in the fall, and that on his next engagement he will give us more than two nights when we may forget so completely the age in which we live...
Observations on the life and customs of New England of a hundred years ago by Harvard's great Shakespearean...
...interest in the Sothern-Marlowe production of "The Taming of the Shrew" naturally gravitates towards Miss Marlowe, who, after threatened retirement from the stage, is this fall gratifying New York and Boston with another appearance in Shakespearean repertoire. The qualities which have gained her so many admirers, Miss Marlowe today exhibits as gloriously as in past years. One might charge that Katharina does not kick and stamp, box ears, and throw household furnishings with the vim that one expects of a celebrated virago. Miss Marlowe has, undoubtedly, given us a subdued characterization; when one has felt her subtle power...
...Workshop, Mr. Louis Calvert, the well-known English actor and producer, will speak in Harvard 1 this afternoon at 4 o'clock on the "Art of Acting." About a month ago Mr. Calvert gave an interesting and enlightening talk to the English 47 classes concerning theories of Shakespearean production. This afternoon he will talk more specifically about acting, and not play producing in general...