Word: soliloquys
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...Dill, as the Poet, had a difficult part and in general he played it well. He was at his best in his soliloquy and at his worst in the conversation with Fame. Miss Jennison, as Fame, looked the part to perfection, and if her Cockney was somewhat variable, it was forgotten in contemplating the picture she made. Mr. Fawcett did the best bit of characterization in the piece. Only once did he over-act--at the moment when he says goodbye to the Poet...
...solemn. In "The Modern World," Mr. Wheelock dreams of a day "when Socialism, like another Christ, shall shatter the old world," and in an "Epilogue" his spirit reels, "Drunk with a defiance stronger than the tyranny of death!" In Mr. Miller's "The Aged Poet's Soliloquy" a bard of seventy-five long years grieves that men shall never know the richer veins of gold that lay below the inmost marvel of his poet's heart. Mr. Dickerman in "Romance" is not quite so worldworn as the others, but even for him "The Rose Perhaps grows sweeter in these garden...
...Kaltenborn '09, as Nipphard, a sharp-dealing merchant, spoke excellent German, and his acting with voice, gesture and facial expression, was at once delicate and forcible. His scene with Bastelmeier in the second act, and his subsequent soliloquy are the best acted bits in the play. P. N. Crusius '09 as Bastelmeier, a travelling salesman, did a distinct and clever bit of characterization; and he as well as von Kaltenborn was quick at taking up his cues. C. A. Neymann '09 as Dicke, the other travelling salesman, did his part well, and P. M. Piel '10 with his broad...
...with a great deal of credit. His manner was necessarily extravagant, but he was inclined to overdo his part and to rant. F. W. Morrison '00 played the part of a peasant girl with much spirit, and kept in complete harmony with his character throughout. He delivered a difficult soliloquy with excellent effect, and was uniform in his drollness...
...only story in the number, "Winona's Wooing," is not without merit, but it is so long that it is very tiresome. The first part, Corporal Tubb's Soliloquy, is the best thing in the whole story...