Word: played
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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After its blithe trip into musical entertainment, the Harvard Dramatic Club faces the necessity of immediately reiterating its policy of producing honest dramas heretofore unseen in America, and wisely choses a little known play by a well-known playwright for its fall production. Milne is safe; he raises no over-serious moral issues--although it is hoped that "Success" may drive a few additional nails into the coffin of American Babbitry...
...Dramatic Club's performance is tame, it is certainly the faultiness of the play, not of the production. Mr. Goodnow, who knows his theatre, has done all that is humanly possible to fill up the cracks in Milue's poor construction with good directorial coment. The result is a good production of a faulty, but not uninteresting play Act I is dull writing: in Act II Milne strains our imagination and the physical possibilities of the stage in the arrangement of the dream scene. Act III is almost worthy of Milne as we have come to know his fine abilities...
...play will commence at 8.15 o'clock and, while in Brattle Hall, will be followed by dancing with Roy Lamson and the Harvardians furnishing the music...
...last minute change in the cast of the Harvard Dramatic Club's production "Success" was announced yesterday by E. P. Goodnow '17, director of the play. Due to the inability of A. R. Goodman '32 to appear, the part of Bertie Capp, the "Prime Minister's Personal Private Secretary" will be played by H. G. Meyer '30, who was formerly cast in the minor part of Lord Carchester...
Prior to the broadcasting of the play there will be a final dress rehearsal in preparation for its three Brattle Hall performances on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and its appearance at the Fine Arts Theater in Boston, Saturday evening...