Word: woodcock
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Saturday theatricals the afternoon proved rainy; yet it seemed to have little influence with the audience gathered to see them. We were astonished to see so large an attendance, and the enthusiasm shown must have been highly gratifying to the actors. We were first entertained with the comedietta of Woodcock's Little Game, which, though performed before, will well bear repetition. Mr. Woodcock excelled, as usual, putting a zest and nature in his acting which did him credit. Mr. Larkings seemed at home with his eyeglass, and self-possessed, though had he slightly raised his voice, he would have been...
...plays given by the students on Friday and Saturday of next week at Parker Fraternity Hall, Boston, will be, Friday evening, "Babes in the Wood," and "Taming a Tiger"; Saturday afternoon, "Woodcock's Little Game," and "Never reckon your Chickens...
...Hasty Pudding Club gave "Woodcock's Little Game" and "A Thousand a Year" at the Town Hall, Jamaica Plain, April 14, and again at Union Hall, Cambridgeport, April 16. The audiences at both places were large and quite generous in their applause, - rewards well merited by the excellence of the performance. We have not space to speak at length of the plays, but we must pay a passing compliment to Mr. McMillan, who took the leading parts in both, and distinguished them by so marked a difference of conception and style that a fresh actor seemed to walk upon...
...plays selected are "Woodcock's Little Game," and "If I had a Thousand a Year...