Word: star
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...follows: 1. Oriental March, Zach. 2. Chorus of Sailors from "Flying Dutchman," Wagner 3. Waltz, "Vienna Bonbons," Strauss. 4. Preludes to "Lohengrin," Acts I and III, Wagner. 5. Fire-charm, Wagner. 6. Habanera, Chabrier, 7. Waltz, "1001 Nights," Strauss. 8. Overture to "Tannhauser," Wagner. 9. Song, "Evening Star," from "Tannhauser," Wagner. Trombone Solo, Mr. C. Hampe. 10. Overture to "Rienzi," Wagner. 11. Waltz, "L'Amour et Printemps," Waldteufel. 12. March, "Puppenfee," Bayer...
...such principles as these that Mr. Conried works, believing that there are 'three forces which control the state--the church, the school and the stage.' He is, moreover, opposed to the star system and insists on the equal merit of all the actors, giving subordinate parts to excellent actors and thus producing a thoroughly artistic whole. As a proof of his success, Norman Hapgood '90, one of the most prominent dramatic critics of New York, says, that the best thing without exception which he had seen during last winter was a performance of "Wilhelm Tell" at the Irving Place Theatre...
...past year, are described as follows: The number of photographs taken with the Draper telescopes is 3139, and the examination of the spectra contained on these plates and on those taken with the Bruce and the Bache telescopes has led to the discovery of twenty-three variable stars. A new star was also found in the constellation Sagittarius. Perhaps the most important investigation undertaken during the year with these photographs was the search for the planet Eros during its opposition in 1894. The detailed study of the spectra of the southern stars, also obtained through the Draper telescope, is approaching...
...absence of Mr. Blair from the cast was deeply felt. Mr. Pascoe as Solness, however, brought out vividly the conflicting elements of Solness's almost insanely morbid character. Miss Kahn, as Hilda Wangel, was the star of the performance; the mere fact of her having given to Ibsen's impossible heroine so much life and so much reality, is in itself the highest tribute to her acting. Mr. Lewis, as Ragnar Brovik, seemed much more at home than in "Ties," and played his part with greater ease and more convincingness. But the theories of the so-called "natural" school...