Word: shrew
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Elizabethans went in order to see the play. The tendency to go for the aesthetic pleasure of seeing Jno Barry more is but a modern development. Hence, it must be said in all sincerity that Fritz Leiber as Petrnchio, and his accompanying cast in "The Taming of the Shrew" gave us just what we wanted...
...will upon Katharine one can well believe in his ultimate triumph. Virginia Bronson's Katharine is quite on a par with Petruchio, and rages about quite as she is expected to. In all truthfulness must be said that it is as the violent Kate and not as the tamed Shrew that Miss Bronson is at her very best: Acts I and II do her more credit than the two succeding ones. Louis Leon Hall as Christophus Sly in the Induction and later as Hortensio gives an excellent performance. His portrayal of the considerably inebriated Sly is amusing to a high...
...that the shrew has been tamed to the satisfaction of Brattle Hall audiences and Shakespeare has laid away his saxophone in lavender and old lace, those interested may pause to inquire--just what is the destination of the Harvard Dramatic Club? As the sole survivor of non-musical theatricals in the University it has enviable opportunities to create for itself a public which shall honor it as the last remnant of a rich tradition. But those opportunities have yet to be fulfilled in accordance with their merits...
...Brattle Hall last night two ambitious dramatists, Mr. William Shakespeare and Mr. Edward Massey, had the pleasure of a first night for their new vehicle, "The Taming of the Shrew In Modern Dress," a musical comedy in three acts. Mr. Massey is well known in these parts as a director of Harvard Dramatic Club plays, while Mr. Shakespeare may be remembered for a comedy produced for him by the Repertory Company last week. This is the first known venture of Mr. Shakespeare into musical comedy...
...Harvard Dramatic Club, in its annual spring production, has forestalled any such rigorous comment, however, by first telling its audience that it is presenting a musical version of "The Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare: thus frankly admitting that travesty, and nothing else, is to be expected...