Word: themes
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...limitations as to the type of play are imposed, but in making the choice those which, in the opinion of the committee, promise to conform to the policy of the Princess Theatre, which is to present only plays that are unique, unusual in theme and treatment, and not such as are in demand at the regular theatres will be given first consideration...
...Percy MacKaye is to be congratulated on "A Thousand Years Ago". He had a most whimsical and unusual theme to handle and the appreciation of last night's audience showed that he handled it supremely well...
...Naval Academy or the U. S. Military Academy. No limitations as to the type of play are imposed, but in making the award those plays which, in the opinion of the committee, conform to the policy of the Princess Theatre to produce plays unique or unusual in theme or treatment, will be most seriously considered. Because a play is a good piece of work or interesting does not insure its production at the Princess Theatre. It must possess striking novelty. The award will be made by a committee composed of Mr. Lee Schubert, Mr. W. M. Brady, Mr. Holbrook Blinn...
...Mackaye '97, was recently produced at the Little Theatre, Philadelphia, where it received an enthusiastic reception. Mr. Mackaye is now rehearsing a new play which the Shuberts are to produce shortly in New York. This play, "Turandot, Princess of Pekin," is an original fantastic comedy in verse on a theme from the same Arabian Night's tale as the older Gozzi-Schiller "Turandot." It is not a revision or rewriting of that play, as has been stated, but an entirely new piece...
...Moses, of the University of Wisconsin and previously of Harvard '15, has written an excellent essay on "Civic Spirit and the Harvard Forum." The main theme of his essay is the complaint that so little interest is taken by American students in public affairs. The writer deplores the fact that the class room is the only place where the student concerns himself with public conditions and urges in order to counterbalance this fact that the students at Harvard affiliate themselves with the Forum...