Word: weist
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Edward Cilley Weist '30, of New York City, will deliver a part in Latin Edmund Callis Berkeley '30 and Frederick Bernays Wiener 3L, of new York City, will deliver English Commencement parts. These will be given at the Commencement exercises, which take place on June...
...Latin, instead of appearing as a cumbersome medium for the players to handle, rolled off their tongues with startling fluency. And although a bit difficult to catch the meaning of the lines by ear, with the aid of the translation prepared by R. W. Hyde '30 and E. C. Weist '30 the significance was conveyed very clearly. Inasmuch as in all comedy the humor lies mainly in complications of situation rather than in character delineation, one does not need to have a knowledge of Latin to enjoy thoroughly this presentation...
...Classical Club in Sanders Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday, will go on sale along with tickets tomorrow at Leavitt and Peirce's, the Coop, Herrick's, and Stoughton 20, it was announced by W. S. Smith '30, member of the production committee. The translation, written by E. C. Weist '30 and R. W. Hyde '30, is intended to serve as a souvenir of the production, and along with a summary printed on the program, will aid the audience in following the action. The comedy as produced in Latin is described by the production committee as "nothing for an audience...
...those who do not know Latin well a translation has been prepared by E. C. Weist '30 and R. W. Hyde '30. The play, on which Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors" is indirectly based, is a story of two twins, the Menaechmi, constantly being mistaken for each other; the farcial action can be followed by an audience not acquainted with the text...