Word: sterne
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Johann Sigurjonsson owes his fame as one of the younger generation of Icelandic dramatists largely to this stern tragedy of the North, which has been received so favorably in England, Denmark, Norway, Germany and Sweden. The success of the play abroad and the strong recommendation of the Scandinavian-American Foundation has prompted the Workshop to take advantage of this opportunity to develop the more sombre and serious technique of the drama...
...first to present on this continent a masterpiece which has been seen in Denmark, Norway, Germany and England. This more than any other of Sigurjonsson's writings has made him famous as one of the younger Icelandic and, indeed, Euopean dramatists. Moreover, Professor Baker sees in this stern and relentless tragedy of the North an unusual opportunity for testing the powers of the Workshop's company of actors. He wishes also to give his students and the members of the Workshop audience an opportunity to see one of the most significant European plays of the last five years...
...portrayed by Sir Herbert Tree, Wolsey is the shrewd, stern, diplomat of history, quick to see the turn of the tide, arrogant in his power, forward even in his fall. Miss Mathison's Queen Katharine was good, as her parts usually are. She is best, as always when subdued, tending to become theatrical when roused to any great pitch of emotion. Miss Mackay's Anne Bullen could hardly have been bettered, portraying as it did the willful, attractive personality of Henry's second wife. But the master characterization of all was Lyn Harding's King Henry. The easy going, blustering...
...great factor of interference with the plan of the coaches is military exigence. A good many guards and tackles and "backs" are in camp or on the border with the militia. Should not a proper sense of values move even a stern and warlike Government to release them to the greater service? Because a college president becomes President of the United States, must he revise the order of the grades in the academic climax: For God-for country-and for the dear old college? Let the boys come home, to learn the greater strategy of line bucking, end running...
...These changes were made as follows. Harriman was brought to bow in place of Hadley; Sturtevant and Captain Low exchanged places of 5 and 3 respectively; and the veteran coxswain McLane was replaced by Lasher, for it was thought that a lighter man would be more desirable in the stern...