Word: chorus
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Graduates' Night performance of "The Flying Dutchmen," the Hasty Pudding theatricals, which was given last night was so well received that the complete success of the play seems assured. The performance was without any of the hitches apparent at the dress rehearsal of Tuesday night, and principals and chorus are now perfectly familiar with their parts and capable of making the most of the play. The principals are all fairly good, but Schurz as the poor musician, Woodruff as Katrina, Miller as the villain, and Parker as the burgomeister, did especially well. The chorus are still somewhat awkward in their...
...dialogne throughout is ciever and amusing and seldom too long drawn out. The chorus sang with spirit but were a trifle woodeny in action. The scenery and costumes, designed by Pitts, were first-rate, especially the houses in Harvard Square. In the second act, many local celebrities are introduced including Poco, Foster, a policeman and four of the Faculty, who are cleverly taken off by Schurz, Stone, Nichols and Parker. Ordinary and extraordinary occurrences, such as a band procession, taking out of an Institute ten, waiting for an electric car, and a spirited struggle between John and his donkey...
Baldwin's orchestra has rehearsed four times with the principals and chorus, and the men are well accustomed to orchestral accompaniment. At last night's rehearsal the singing was strong and snappy...
...costumes, also from designs by Pitts, are the typical Dutch dresses of the period, steeple-crowned hats, baggy coats and breeches for the men, and cap and full dress for the women. In the Harvard Square scene the chorus of students will be dressed in costumes of the present day, treated with a certain amount of poetic license...
...performers, both principlas and chorus, show the beneficial effects of the spring vacation. Immediately before the recess there was evidence of "staleness" among the men, but they have returned much improved by a week's rest. Last night's rehearsal went off with more dash than any yet given...