Word: wilhelm
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...with a touch of symbolism which H. C. Brown attempts in "And the Greatest of These" needs better technique than the author at present commands to give it the power of holding the reader which is necessary to atone for the frank unreality of the setting. "The Duplicity of Wilhelm" is funny or nothing; and it does not seem funny...
...play, which is cast in the time of Fried rich Wilhelm I, is historical, and, curiously enough, its revival here coincides with its revival at the Royal Theatre in Berlin in honor of the Kaiser's fiftieth birthday, which was yesterday. The play itself gives a very entertaining sketch of the times of the father of Frederick the Great, contrasting his conservatism with his strictly military interests on one side, and on the other, with the new liberal movements which were taken up by the progressive elements of the court, especially the Crown Prince, and finally by the Queen...
...Fraulein von Sonnsfeld, Miss Monossowitch, played well together, and reminded one strongly of Minna von Barnhelm and Francisca in Lessing's play which was produced by the Deutscher Verein last year. In the last act, Miss Holden, as Frau von Holzendorf, was very charming. The "Tabakskollegium" of Friedrich Wilhelm I was very well done, and the atmosphere of the low studded room was made impressive by the candlelight...
...cast of the play is as follows: Friedrich Wilhelm I, A. Kuttner 1G. Die Koenigin, Miss E. Muensterberg Prinzessin Wilhelmine, Miss K. Tyng Der Erbprinz von Baireuth, Dr. R. Drechsler General von Grumbkow, W. Roth 1G. Graf Schwerin, C. O. Mueller '11 Graf Wartensleben, F. Wellmann '11 Graf Seckendorf, R. Lempp Gr.Dy. Ritter Hotham, E. Eiserhardt 1G. Frau von Viereck, Miss M. T. Jackson Frau von Holzendorf, Miss A. Bourke Fraulein von Sonnsfeld, Miss A. Monossowitch Eversmann, J. Loewenberg 1G. Kamke, A. Vonnegut '10 Eckhof, E. F. Hanfstaengl...
...Verein will present "Zopf und Schwert," a comedy in five acts, by Karl Gutzkow, under the auspices of the Deutsche Gesellschaft of Boston, at Copley Hall, on the evenings of January 27 and 28. Cast of "Zopf und Schwert." The final cast of the play is as follows: Friedrich Wilhelm I, A. Kuttner 1G. Die Koenigin, Miss E. Muensterberg Prinzessin Wilhelmine, Miss K. Tyng Der Erbprinz von Baireuth, Dr. R. Drechsler General von Grumbkow, W. Roth 1G. Graf Schwerin, C. O. Mueller '11 Graf Wartensleben, F. Wellman '11 Graf Seckendorf, R. Lempp Gr.Dv. Ritter Hotham, E. Eiserhardt 1G. Frau...