Word: shrews
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...cast of 14 players was announced last night for the Dramatic Club's spring performance,. "The Taming of the Shrew." Kingsley Perry '28, the president of the Dramatic Club, is in the role of Petruchio, and Miss Frances Small Radcliffe '28, playing Katharina, will be the leading actors in the production. They will be assisted by a cast of 12 other experienced actors, four of whom are from Radcliffe. Perry has acted three successive years in Dramatic Club performances, taking leading parts in "Brown of Harvard," and "The Orange Comedy". Miss Small has also played in three performances...
That the first week in May will comprise the dates for the Dramatic Club's production of the "Taming of the Shrew" was announced at the office of the club last night. On the evenings of Tuesday May 3, Wednesday, May 4, and Friday, May 6, performances will be given in Brattle Hall after which there will be dancing. In the afternoon and evening of Saturday, May 7, the production will make its appearance on the boards of the Fine Arts Theatre in Boston...
...Taming of the Shrew", following the lead given by the modern dress production of "Hamlet" performed last year, will be presented by the club in contemporary costume. Rehearsals are now well underway, and Edward Massey '15 who is again conducting the Dramatic Club is confident of a well turned production. The cast will be announced this week, and tickets for all the performances will go on sale shortly afterward...
...Arthur Pope '01, Professor of Fine Arts in the University, spoke on the history of the Dramatic Club. He pointed out that every production it has gives in recent years has been either its first performance in America or has exploited a new theatrical field. "The Taming of the Shrew," presented with modernized dress and action, is the latest and most novel thing it has done. Without doubt, he said the experiment will be carefully watched by producers, seeking a new from of theatrical entertainment...
Competitions will be opened in all departments but acting. Trials have al- ready been held for parts in the spring production, "The Taming of the Shrew", but the cast has not yet been definitely picked. Announcement of the chorus will be made on the return from New York of the coach, Edward Massey...