Word: jason
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...best in depicting the struggle between her mother's love and her desire for revenge; a struggle which ends in the murder of her two children. She expressed well the barbarian nature which is the under lying cause of the unhappiness of her marriage with Jason, but she failed to convey the supernatural element in Medea. Mr. Carl Machold, as her weak husband Jason, gave a very good portrayal of the Greek nature as contrasted with the barbarian Medea, and of the resulting lack of sympathy between the two. He also, with Mr. Adolph Winds as Kreen, brought...
...incompatibility of Greek and barbarian nature is the theme of the play and the source of all the sorrows of Jason and Medea. Jason has married Medea, but the Greeks ostracize him because of his barbarian wife. Medea affects in vain the Grecian dress and Grecian accomplishments: she remains hopelessly barbarian. Finally Medea, despised by her husband, repudiated by her children, and exiled by the country, becomes possessed with jealousy and fury, sets the palace aflame, kills her children and departs. The fifth act is an epilogue. The cast of the play is as follows: Kreon, Mr. Adolph Winds Kreusa...
...cast of the principal characters in the "Medea," which Mr. Conried is to present at the Colonial Theatre, Boston, on Thursday, December 6, at 2.30 o'clock, for the benefit of the Germanic Museum, is as follows: Kreon, Mr. Adolph Winds Kreusa, Miss Marianne Bratt Jason, Mr. Carl Machold Medea, Miss Marie Drummisch Herald, Mr. Friedrich Holtaaus...
...Jason Mixter Cup will be given to the man shooting the best ten scores during the year, scores to be made at a 50-yard range with military revolver. The Club also offers a similar cup for rifle scores...
...Jason Noble Pierce '06Dv., of Brockton, graduated from Amherst in 1902. While there he took a prominent part in oratorical contests, literary work, and debating; and was a member of the team which won from Williams in 1902. At Yale he has debated for the last two years on the teams which have defeated Princeton and was alternate on the team which defeated Harvard in 1903. He is a member of the Leonard Bacon Club...