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...details of arrangement staging, and business show the skill that we have learned to recognize as Mr. Sangers. The dialogue is light and rapid, and succeeds both in leading up naturally to the situations and in affording frequent provocation for song. Three of the principals--Messrs. Hodges, Freedley, and Spelman, have the distinction, rare among amateurs, of getting all their lines across the footlights, even when in competition with a graduates' night audience.F. SCHENCK...
...Zachariah Hay, the country boy, L. H. Mills '14 Minnie Hay, the country girl, A. F. Sortwell '14 Herr Hohenzollern, a ranch master, W. T. Gardiner '14 Lieutenant-General Castillo, a revolutionist, G. C. Cutler '13 General Ohdearno, his chief, W. T. Gardiner '14 Anita, a siren, T. M. Spelman '13 Lieutenant John Holland, U. S. N., J. S. Morgan '14 Captain Da Go (of the Rebel ship). L. Saltonstall...
...Panamania" is a musical comedy. The book and lyrics are by P. M. Hollister '13 and J. K. Hodges '14; the music by F. R. Hancock '13, T. M. Spelman '13, and V. Freedley '14. The plot of the play has been skilfully developed by the authors, and the threads of the plot are neatly woven into a closely knit and interesting story. The music promises to be merry and lilting, well suited to the words. The production is being coached by Mr. E. B. Sanger, who has had charge of the Pudding plays for several years...
...Spelman writes entertainingly of the opera of the future and presumes that his discussion is based on a "careful examination of the facts of the case." But we question the completeness of his knowledge of all the salient facts. After placing melody as the "divinest element" in music, he continues: "The next most important element in dramatic music is dissonance. The more acute the dissonance, the more intense the emotional effect." We are not sure what he means by this, but take it that he has reference to passages containing complex harmonies and unusual or complicated progressions. But therein...
Manuscripts in the competition for the spring production of the Dramatic Club must be handed in today to T. M. Spelman '13, Holworthy 18. Either a long or short one-act play may be offered for this competition, as there is a possibility that there will be one long play this spring instead of a number of short plays...