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...sail. The record of the sort of thing that all suppressed adventurers dream about whenever they pass the window of Thomas Cook & Son, and only the lucky and courageous few dare translate into reality. Blue water, grey water, storms and calms, the Balearic Isles, Lisbon, Gibraltar, Cartagena, Alicante, Civita Vecchia, Athens, Constantinople and its bubble-domed mosques, the men that go down to the sea in sailing ships, the adventures and wonders of the deep. A high-hearted, humorous sea-tale, simple and ably told, with the salt of reality to flavor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: New Books: Oct. 22, 1923 | 10/22/1923 | See Source »

...Lascia la Via Vecchia per la Nuova sa quel che Lascia e non sa quel che Trova," the first play ever put on a stage by the Circolo Italiano, will be presented in Brattle Hall this evening at 8 o'clock. The play is a three-act comedy by Giuseppe Giacosa, one of the best-known Italian dramatists of the day. The title of the comedy is a proverb, which means that he who leaves the old for the new knows what he leaves behind and does not know what he is to find...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CIRCOLO STAGES FIRST PLAY | 5/16/1916 | See Source »

...Circolo Italiano play, which will be the first ever produced by that organization, will be held in Brattle Hall tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. The piece is a three-act comedy by Giuseppe Glacosa, entitled "Chi Lascia la Via Vecchia per la Nuova sa quel che Lascia e non sa quel che Trova." The men's parts will be taken by members of the Circolo Italiano, while girls from the Circolo Italo Americano of Boston will take the female parts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CIRCOLO ITALIANO TO GIVE PLAY | 5/15/1916 | See Source »

...Circolo Italiano play, which will be the first ever undertaken by that organization, will be held in Brattle Hall on May 16 at 8 o'clock. The piece is a three-act comedy by Giuseppe Giacosa, entitled "Chi Lascia la Via Vecchia per la Nuova sa quel che Lascia e non sa quel che Trova...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CIRCOLO ITALIANO GIVES PLAY ON TUESDAY NIGHT | 5/12/1916 | See Source »

...first time in his history will give a play, which will be presented in Brattle Hall on May 16 at 8 o'clock. The piece selected is a thre-act comedy by Griseppe Giacosa, the title of which is in the form of a proverb, "Chi Lascia la Via Vecchia perla Nnova say quell the Lascia e non sequel the Trova," which means what he who leaves the old for the new knows that he leaves behind and does not know that he is to find...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ITALIAN PLAY TO BE GIVEN | 4/25/1916 | See Source »

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