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Besides "The Faun" there is now being produced in Boston another play by a graduate of the University, namely, "Princess Zim-Zim", by E. B. Sheldon '08. The play is being presented at the Plymouth Theatre and Dorothy Donnelly and John Barrymore are taking the leading parts...
...spring and the longer play given in the fall have undeniably attested the place which the Dramatic Club is filling in encouraging play-writing. At least one writer of plays for the Dramatic Club, David Carb '09, has had a play produced in New York. E. B. Sheldon '08, the first president of the club, has produced three plays previous to the one which is now appearing in Boston; two of them, "The Nigger", and "Salvation Nell" have been very marked successes. E. G. Knoblauch '96 has also produced a play in New York. In connection with these...
...plays by Harvard men which are now in Boston are "The Faun", a comedy by E. G. Knoblauch '96 at the Shubert, and "Princess Zim-Zim" by E. B. Sheldon '08 at the Plymouth. It is needless to say that the plays deserve the support of the undergraduate body both for their own sake and for that of the authors. The CRIMSON wishes especially to call the attention of the College to the Harvard Night at the Shubert tomorrow (Friday) evening. It is not a duty for us to attend and to show our support of Mr. Knoblauch's play...
...Edward Sheldon '08, already well known for his "Salvation Nell," "The Nigger," and "The Boss," was last night called upon to bow his thanks at the Plymouth for the hearty reception given his latest play "The Princess Zim-Zim." Although the program labels this piece very simply as "a new play" it might well be called a semi-tragic comedy of realism: a first act of pure and unusually delightful comedy, a second and third of good melo-drama, and finally an epilogue that makes appeals by way of its persistence in sticking to facts, as ordinarily experienced...
...play is somewhat different from Mr. Sheldon's former work. The scene is laid in Coney Island, and the plot deals with a rich young New Yorker who hires himself out as a pianist in a side show. He falls in love with the Princess Zim-Zim and the rest of the play revolves about their love story. Aside from the plot, the play is interesting chiefly as a vivid picture of Coney Island life...