Word: staging
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Before the erection of the Dionysiac Theatre in the fifth century before Christ, a wooden scaffolding was used for the performance of the early dramas. The exact arrangement of stage and orchestra in the theatre is not fully understood, and archaeologists still differ widely in their views about essential features. False notions have sprung up about the appearance of the theatre through the descriptions which late Roman writers made of it. To dwell carefully on the details of this grand structure, in which the greatest of the world's dramas were performed, is one of the most grateful tasks...
...ball. He was one of the founders of the Harvard Philosophical Club, president of the two senior literary societies, the "O. K.' and the "Signet," and also president of the evangelical religious society, "The Christian Brethren." Graduating with honors in Philosophy, he was given a place on the commencement stage, and was also made Phi Beta Kappa marshal of his class for the day. His commencement oration, on "The Modern Worship of Culture," was a brilliant and caustic arraignment of the tendencies at Harvard which militate against the higher life; Mr. Hyde next passed two years at Union Seminary; then...
...written by Messrs. T. T. Baldwin, A. B. Houghton, J. E. Sinnott, and F. B. Sanborn. The libretto is bright and easy, and the music, selected and arranged by Mr. C. C. Whitman, is extremely well adapted to the capabilities of the chorus. The play is put upon the stage in good style, - the scenery and properties being provided by Weld, and the costumes and wigs by Hayden, and Garey...
...stage officers are the following, Acting Manager, G. C. Adams; Stage Manager, M. M. Kimball; Property Manager, F. B. Smith; Prompter, A. D. Claflin; Artist, G. Santayana; Chorister, C. C. Whitman...
...auspices of the Shakspere Club, which has as its object the furtherance of elocution and dramatic expression. The initial lecture is peculiarly apt, for while few Harvard students, perhaps, will actually grace the boards, it is not by any means improbable that many students will write for the stage. There is a large field open in the direction of dramatic writing, and solid satisfactory remuneration awaits success in this field. In these days when public speaking becomes absolutely necessary to public men, and when every man of determined opinions is at some time compelled to speak out those opinions...