Word: witches
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Perhaps it is better to leave God out of the matter, for Mr. Chapman's definite knowledge of God may be no more authoritative than the Kaiser's. Yet it is curious to discover something of the old atmosphere of witch-hanging intolerance in the objection of a Harvard graduate to a Harvard memorial to student heroism under any flag. --New York World...
...role of the Scarecrow will be acted by Frank Reicher, the son of the famous German actor, Ferdinand Reicher. Miss Alice Fischer is Mr. Breese's leading woman and she will be seen as Goody Rickey, the witch...
...interest of real value, since it has led to accomplishment. Of this interest the current Monthly is primarily an expression. It contains three essays on matters connected with contemporary drama: a criticism of Mr. W. V. Moody's "The Faith Healer," a condemnation of Mr. Hagedorn's "The Witch," and "A Study of the Influences of the Cinematograph on the Stage." The first, by Mr. G. L. Harding, tries to explain rather too many things at once, with the result that no single point is very forcibly made; but the essay is clearly written and is worth reading--which...
...Witch," a tragedy written by H. Wiers-Jenssen, a Norwegian, and adapted for the American stage by H. Hagedorn, Jr., '07, of the English Department, was given for the first time yesterday evening at the New Theatre in New York. Joan, the leading role, was taken by Mme. Bertha Kalich...
...scene of "The Witch" is laid in Salem in the year 1692. Joan, a young Portuguese woman comes to Salem and marries Absalom Hawthorn, an avowed witch-hater. She soon finds that she really loves, not Absalom, but his grown-up son, Gabriel. Joan knowing that her own mother possessed supernatural power decides to see if she has inherited it, and wills Absalom dead. He dies immediately, falling at her feet. His old mother Goodwife Abigail, suspects witchery and demands that Joan take the "test of touching." In this test she breaks down and admits that she is a witch...