Word: woman
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Hamlet, of an unknown presence which seems constantly to be exerting its supernatural influence upon the players but which seldom if ever appears. This mysterious power is the real hero of the play, it is Jehovah, the God of the Jews in Athalie. As we have seen in Phedre woman was Racine's chosen study, and here again in Athalie we find a wonderful picture of the imperious, strong-minded woman conquered by the iron hand of fate...
After the talk Mr. Copeland read Matthew Arnold's "Requiescat," and selections from Pater's "Marius the Epicurean." Mr. Copeland's next lecture will be given in Sever 11, on February 12. The subject will be "The New Woman...
...Greek, the play centres about the man, our only feeling towards Phedre being of the utmost contempt, such only as we might feel for the lowest of human beings; in the Latin play of Seneca the same is true, but when we come to the French this woman who has hitherto been of but secondary importance, suddenly steps to the front, she commands our attention, holding us transfixed while present and claiming our thoughts while absent. She is no longer the degraded wife, worthy only of loathing, she struggles against her fate, is vanquished, but not without making the most...
...Matthew Arnold, Walter Pater, and Mr. Henry James. Feb. 12. - "The New Woman...
...2tANOTHER powerful play by Sydney Grundy, author of "Sowing the Wind" and other successful dramas, is booked for two weeks beginning January 7, at the Columbia Theatre. "A New Woman" will be presented by Mr. A. M. Palmer's company from Palmer's Theatre, New York, and will include such eminent artists as Wilton Lackaye, Mr. E. M. Holland, Miss Virginia Harned, Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Charles J. Richman, Madeleine Bouton, Reub Fox, Georgia Busby, Emily Seward, Thomas Terris, Harry Halliday, and Annie Russell. "The New Woman" has already had its initial production in New York and has created...