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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Dutton, New York, 1927, $3.), is a recent and adequate attempt to fulfill this need. Mr. Magnus is especially interested in Continental influences on English Literature. He treats the subject completely and in a scholarly fashion. The result is a valuable addition to the ranks of the semi-text books...
Meanwhile the treaty text was not made public, but it was understood to involve a relaxation of British influence throughout Egypt proper, in exchange for more complete extension of British authority in the Sudan...
...very last sermon, Billy Sunday again referred to his seven week revival meeting. "As long as you live you'll never see another meeting like this one. . . ." This last sermon had a text, taken from Exodus VIII., 10: "And he said 'Tomorrow.' " Billy Sunday said: "Tomorrow-that's the soft lounge on which multitudes lie down to be lulled into an eternal sleep...
...English translation is used of every text by the American Opera Company, which consists entirely of young American singers trained in this country. For "Faust". Robert Simon has prepared a skillfully adapted libretto, while for the other operas English versions have been carefully, through less originally, made. With each piece the singing players seek equally the dramatic values of text, action and song. Vladimir Rosing, as stage director, is the author of these courses. The conductor is Frank St. Leger, formerly of the Chicago Civic Opera Company and of Convent Garden, London. These two men have worked with the company...
Sophocles told the story 2,000 years ago of (Edipus, the kindly King of Thebes, Fate's most luckless victim. Jean Cocteau took the Greek, made a text of it for Stravinsky, gave it to Monsieur J. Danielou who put it into Latin. In Latin, then, scorning all theatrical device, Stravinsky presented his (Edipus. He had a speaker (in Boston last week it was Paul Leyssac), to tell the story step by step. He had specific soloists-Charles Hackett for (Edipus, Margaret Matzenauer for Jocastá, Fraser Gange for Tiresias-and the Harvard Glee Club for his chorus...