Word: versions
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...will be given its first-night production at the Shubert Theatre this evening. The play is a poetic romance the basic legend of which has been treated before by Gozzi, the Italian dramatist, and by Schiller. Last year, as produced by Reinhardt with his new scenery, the Gozzi-Schiller version, which is called "Turandot," had a great vogue in Germany. But when brought to this country and tried out on the American public it failed. It was then suggested that Mr. MacKaye was the right person to re-write the play. He refused to revise the old version...
...poems, the "Sonnet," if not strong, is better than acceptable; "The Feast of Death" is inefficient in both thought and form; the version of Horace's "To his Cupbearer" is sprightly and effectively modern...
...Classical Conference. "The Relation between the Satires and the Odes of Horace in Method of Composition," by Mr. R. K. Hack.--"Satyrus's Life of Euripides," by Professor C. H. Moore.--"An Old Latin Version of Huripides," by Professor Gulick, in Harvard...
...Classical Conference. "The Relation between the Satires and the Odes of Horace in Method of Composition," by Mr. R. K. Hack.--"Satyrus's Life of Euripides," by Professor C. H. Moore.--"An Old Latin Version of Euripides," by Professor Gulick, in Harvard...
...well as the emotional power of her acting deserve the highest praise. And mention must be made of Mr. Corrigan (the father) and Mr. Arden (Robert). Each was unusually successful in an unusually difficult part. Credit, too, should be given to the translator of the play the English version has little of the "importedfrom-France" atmosphere. Altogether, not a play for post-examination revels, but for the serious evening of dramatic desire and emotional delight...