Word: stensland
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Graduates' performance of "The Viking" last night was very successful. The play ran very smoothly and rapidly; the dances show the effect of careful rehearsing and the chorus has evidently been well trained. The book, by T. Stensland 3L., is exceedingly funny, especially in the third act, and has a well-connected plot. In the first act, which depicts the departure of Leif Ericsson from Norway, the author has followed a more serious vein. The act is brightened, however, by a catchy "Fisherman's Song," sung by J. M. Ross '01, who plays the part of Olaf, the innkeeper...
...awakening of Leif in the heart of Boston, after a sleep of nine hundred years, gives ample opportunity for ludicrous situations. His astonishment and dismay is cleverly portrayed by T. Stensland 3L, who plays the title role. He acts with spontaneity and ingenuousness. He is well seconded by J. L. Kimbrough '02, in the character of Tyrker, an adventurous German with a realistic accent. F. M. Sawtell '02, who takes the part of Sigurd, is indeed an "insidious and crafty" villain, as he proclaims in his entrance song. One of the hardest parts in the first act is that...
...cast of the second and third acts of this year's Pi Eta play, "The Viking," has been arranged as follows: ACT 1I. Leif Ericsson, the Viking, T. Stensland 3L Tyrker; his confidant, J.L. Kimbrough '02 Sigurd, the first mate, F.M. Sawtell, '02 Po-ko-hok-it, the Indian Chief, J.M. Ross '01 Gee-wotta-fake, the medicine man, P.L. Fish '01 Vikings and Indians. ACT III. Leif Ericsson, the Viking, T. Stensland 3L Tyrker, J.L. Kimbrough '02 Professor Hasafad, the geologist, J.C. Miller '01 Professor of History, A.B. Struse, H.F. Hurlburt '01 Triptolemus B. Arnstormer, the threadbare Thespian...
...Society this year as its spring theatricals, have been in progress for more than a month. There is much action in the play, and the music is thoroughly satisfactory. The first act has been staged, and the parts assigned as follows: Leif Ericsson, the Viking, T. Stensland 2L. Tyrker, his confidant, J. L. Kimbrough '02. Bjarne, P. L. Fish '01. Sigurd, F. M. Sawtell '02. Olaf, keeper of the "Outside" Inn, J. M. Ross '01. Sweyn, a waiter, J. C. Miller '01. Magnus Jarl, the Norse Earl, M. J. Tobey '01. Sylvia, his daughter, J. S. Chipman '01. Minna...
...Society will present for its theatricals this year a three-act comic opera, "The Viking." The book is by T. Stensland 3L., and the music by J. A. Loud '98. This is the first three-act opera that the Society has ever presented...