Word: troy
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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President, Malcolm Whelen Greenough of Boston; vice-president, Philip Spalding of Milton; secretary-treasurer, Gardner Cowles Jr., of Des Moines, Iowa; Student Council members, Leonard Lispenard Robb of Troy, New York; Edward Mauran Beals Jr. of Boston; Willis Paine Beal of Boston; and Alden Briggs of Brookline...
DEIRDRE-James Stephens-Macmillan ($2.50). The story of Deirdre, Ireland's Helen of Troy-the pursuit of her by King Conachur of Ulster- her flight with Naoise, son of Usna-her life in exile with Naoise and his brothers-her ruinous beauty-the tragic end of it all and the tremendous last fight where the sons of Usna, caught in Conachur's treacherous net, were conquered at last by magic, after slaying their hundreds. And Deirdre died on her young husband's body, singing their keen. A beautiful retelling of one of the finest folk-tales...
Among metropolitan musical comedies the following are most hospitable to the weary eye and ear: Ziegfeld Follies, Scandals, Wildflower, Helen of Troy, N. Y., Little Jessie James...
...HELEN OF TROY, NEW YORK?A musical comedy which suffered much from public overconfidence in the authors (George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly, creators of Merton of the Movies). It turned out to be just a real good show. The normal reaction: " Yes, it's good; but it ought to be so much better...
...Helen of Troy, N. Y. Mr. Kaufman and Mr. Connelly play handball with the Babbitts of the collar industry through one of the most amusing musical-comedies ever seen. The plot isn't too obtrusive, and there's lots of pretty music as well, and a young lady called Queenie Smith displays herself as by far the most worth-while person of that cognomen since the time of old Captain John...