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...give the opening performance of "Iphigenia in Tauris" there this evening. The company will leave for Boston immediately after this performance in order to prepare for the rehearsal in the Stadium on Monday. The first public performance here will be "Iphigenia in Tauris" to be given on Tuesday, while "Trojan Women" will be given on Wednesday. Tickets for these performances are on sale at Herrick's and the Co-operative...
...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...