Word: trojan
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Lillah McCarthy-Granville Barker management has completed its preparations for the performances of Gilbert Murray's translations of Euripides' "Ephigenia in Tauris" and "Trojan Women" to be given in the Stadium under the auspices of the English and Classical Departments next Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons. The company has been rehearsing in armories in New York for the past few weeks, and on Monday the first out-door rehearsal was held in the Yale Bowl, in preparation for the opening performances to be given there on Saturday...
...speaking further of the character of the plays, Mr. Rains said, "One of the most striking features of the plays is is that, though twenty-three centries old, they are essentially modern in their character--a fact brought out by "Trojan Women" which has been called the strongest plea against war ever written. It depicts the effect of war upon four women, Hecuba, Andromache, Helen, and Cassandra, who have had their homes destroyed and are being led away into captivity. The whole play is aimed as a protest against the conditions of strife in Greece due to the Peloponnesian...
...students who wish to act as supernumeraries in Mr. Granville Barker's productions of "Iphigenia in Tauris" and "Trojan Women" next Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons should report to Mr. Homer Saint-Gaudens '03 in Upper Dane 3 tomorrow at 1 o'clock. Very little time will be required Friday, and in the rehearsals Monday, but all men who report must be present at the rehearsals. Nineteen men are wanted, 4 of whom shall be over 6 feet; 12, 5 feet, 10 inches or more; and 3 stocky men about 5 feet, 6 or 8 inches...
Supernumeraries for Mr. Granville Barker's production of "Iphigenia in Tauris" on May 18 and "The Trojan Women" on May 19 should report to Mr. Homer St. Gaudens '03, at Upper Dane Hall 3, Friday at 1 o'clock. Mr. Barker has requested that Professor George P. Baker, acting for the Invitation Committee of the University, procure 19 men, 4 of whom shall be not less than 6 ft., 12 to be 5 ft., 10 in. or 6 ft., and 3 stocky men 5 ft., 6 in. or 5 ft., 8 in. in height. All who take part will...
Homer Schiff Saint-Gaudens '03, personal representative of Granville Barker, has arrived in Boston, and will immediately assume active charge of the production of "Iphigenia in Tauris" and "Trojan Women" in the Stadium on May 18 and 19. "These plays have not the cold and lifeless setting which so many people attribute to the Greek drama," said Mr. Saint-Gaudens, when questioned as to the character of the productions...