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...Theatre at 8 o'clock. A few tickets are still available, and will be on sale at the door. The play is based on a selection from a book by Professor W. I. Drinkwater, "Ethnologic Phenomena", in which he mentions the inhabitants of the island of Tambelo, in the Malay Archipelago. These people are the descendants of a pirate colony founded there to prey on the East India trade...
...play opens in the Atlanta, Georgia, home of Professor Dubb, who is connected with the University of Georgia. Professor Dubb is about to set out on an expedition to Tambelo, to investigate the ancestry of the natives, when he is unexpectedly joined by two Yale graduates who have just escaped from the Federal Prison. This upsets his plans considerably, but the party finally succeeds in starting on the expedition, and the scene is shifted to the tropical island of Tambelo. Here the Professor's family meets with various adventures in the form of dancing girls, intoxicating cigarettes, and bandits...
...will open the schedule of this year's show, "The Late Mr. Kidd", with "Grads' Night" at the Pi Eta Theatre. The book is by W. B. Leach Jr. '21, who has dug into dusty volumes on Ethnology for his plot and has resurrected the South Sea island of Tambelo for the scene of the third act. The lyrics are by W. A. Duerr ocC., W. H. Cary Jr. ocC., and H. K. Behn '22, while the music, which is the big feature of the show, is by L. A. Harlow '23, M. H. Dill 1S:L.A., H. E. Scott...
Seeking a scene among the warm winds of the tropics, as was the case in "Al Fareedah" last year's notable production, the playwright has chosen Georgia and Tambelo, an island in the Malay Archipelago, for the setting of his plot. Mysterious events connected with pirates and tropical girls, which offer an excellent opportunity for the use of the chorus, form the central theme of the comedy...
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