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...Workshop will present the first of the two performances of "Eyvind of the Hills," a play in four acts by Johann Sigurjonsson, in Agassiz House Theatre this evening at 8 o'clock. The presentation of this Icelandic drama is the second of the Thornton M. Ware memorial productions and the second set of performances by the Workshop this year. The play, which was originally written in Danish, has been translated by Henninge K. Schanche and published by the American Scandinavian Foundation. Tonight's performance will be the first production of the play on this continent...
...author of the drama is Johann Sigurjonsson, who has gained fame largely from this tragedy of the North. Henning K. Schauche is the English translator...
...Eyvind of the Hills," an Icelandic drama in fur acts by Johann Sigurjonsson will be produced by the 47 Workshop as its second set of performances in the Agassiz House Theatre on Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 o'clock. The play was originally written in Danish and its translation by Henninge K. Schanche was published in a single volume with another of his more recent plays, "Hraun Farm," this fall by the American-Scandinavian Foundation of America...
...Workshop will produce as its second set of performances of the present season an Icelandic drama in four acts called "Eyvind of the Hills," by Johann Sigurjonsson. This play is one of two published in a single volume this fall by the American Scandinavian Foundation of New York. The play was originally written in Danish and the American translation has been made by Henninge K. Schanche. There will be two performances of the production in Agassiz House Theatre on Friday, January 26, and Saturday, January...
...drama for a number of reasons. The American-Scandinavian Foundation is very anxious to have it staged in America and the Workshop will be the first to present on this continent a masterpiece which has been seen in Denmark, Norway, Germany and England. This more than any other of Sigurjonsson's writings has made him famous as one of the younger Icelandic and, indeed, Euopean dramatists. Moreover, Professor Baker sees in this stern and relentless tragedy of the North an unusual opportunity for testing the powers of the Workshop's company of actors. He wishes also to give his students...