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...Divisionals are near. So the Vagabond was pleasantly surprised to learn that Sophocles' tragedy Electra was being presented at Eliot Hall, Jamaica Plain. There he found the ancient drama excellently played against a background of temple and poplars, with a cast directed by a former member of the 47 Workshop. With the altruistic spirit typical of better-class Vagabonds, he sought information as to how this might be enjoyed by other students, and discovered that performances will be given this evening and tomorrow at 8.15. Students may secure tickets at the door for one dollar. The method recommended...
...Jamaica Plain, the oldest theatrical organization in the United States. Only once before in its 53 years of existence has it opened its doors to the public. The production next week has been directed by B. T. Churchill, who was one of the auditors for the old 47 Workshop at Harvard under Professor Baker...
Norman Bel Geddes is short, with a muscular chunkiness. His sandy, habitually tousled hair and careless attire indicate no esthetic pose. They suggest the informality of a summer camper, or a man tinkering in a workshop. He was born in Adrian, Mich., in the '90s, and christened Norman Geddes...
...Harkness gift to Yale which took away from Harvard the latter's famed 47 workshop, a playwriting part of the Fine Arts College embodied in Professor George Pierce Baker. Now another Harkness gift, declined by Yale, is going to refashion Harvard's most ancient and central aspect, oldtime Harvard College, to which the university's graduate schools are comparatively recent and traditionally minor adjuncts. Beneath the Lampoon's youthful vulgarity and ink-intoxicated rudeness there seemed to be a note of genuine bitterness which, since Harvard men are often sad, may have adumbrated some portion of adult Harvard sentiment...
...Should Fascist Italy be transformed into a grand equestrian circus, with Fascists disguised as clowns, citizens as horses, and II Duce the ringmaster? No! Italy today is an incandescent workshop in which a new destiny is being forged for the construction, piece by piece, of her future, like a big, victorious cruiser...