Word: johannes
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...view does not count. His war-against the Anarchists of Russia is of no significance; his idea of Bolshevism as a paternal pervasive government--the antithesis of no government at all--is neither here nor there; what does Lenin know about Bolshevism? Finally, Senator Watson accuses on Mr. Johann G. Ohsol of being "a soviet of the most virulent type." Since when was it a crime to be a committee...
...first presentation to the American public of the work of Johann Sigurjonsson by the 47 Workshop in Jordan Hall tonight is full of significance. This play, "Eywind of the Hills," based as it is upon the life and customs of Iceland, introduces a novel note into the American theatre. The play had its first representation in Copenhagen only a few years ago, and never before has any play by this new writer been produced in this country...
...Icelandic drama, will be given by the 47 Workshop in Jordan Hall, Boston, tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. The play is being put on by the Workshop at the invitation of the American-Scandinavian Foundation and the Scandinavian societies of Boston. It is in four acts by Johann Sigurjonsson, and, based upon historical incidents, it centers around the love story of a victim of the peculiar outlaw code of Iceland...
...play is a stern Icelandic drama in four acts by Johann Sigurjonsson, which has been translated from the origina Danish recently by Henninge K. Schanche. The story is based upon historical events, dealing especially with the peculiar outlaw code of Iceland. These two performances constitute the second of the Thornton M. Ware memorial productions, and the second set of performances given by the Workshop this season...
...Johann Sigurjonsson owes his fame as one of the younger generation of Icelandic dramatists largely to this stern tragedy of the North, which has been received so favorably in England, Denmark, Norway, Germany and Sweden. The success of the play abroad and the strong recommendation of the Scandinavian-American Foundation has prompted the Workshop to take advantage of this opportunity to develop the more sombre and serious technique of the drama...