Word: portmanteau
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Dates: during 1916-1916
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...Portmanteau Theatre of New York, which will appear in Jordan Hall Boston, today, under the auspices of the Business Women's Club of Boston, will present six plays. Three plays will be presented in the afternoon, "The Golden Doom," "Voice" an interlude before the curtain and "The Gods of the Mountain." In the evening the latter play will be repeated and the other two plays will be "The Birthday of the Infanta" and "Nevertheless," an interlude...
...productions of the Portmanteau Theatre at Jordan Hall this afternoon and evening represent an important expression of the "little theatre" movement, which has made itself so strongly felt in America. It is true that the scenery and settings are more meagre than those to which we are accustomed; for emphasis is placed upon the acting rather than upon the husk of the production. An attempt, is made to get away from present-day realism--to turn to simpler more imaginative forms which have a charm of expression that characterizes the strolling players of the Elizabethan Era. A feeling of intimacy...
That there is a distinct demand for plays of this type is shown by the welcome which the players received at the Century Theatre in New York. Among the Eastern colleges and universities, the Portmanteau Theatre has met with especial enthusiasm. It is well worth while. Those who attend either of today's performances will be pleasantly surprised with the excellent acting, the quaint atmosphere and with the choice of plays...
...recent performance of "Gammer Gurton's Needle," presented by the Portmanteau Theatre company before the faculty and student body of Amherst College, a woman was heard to explain to her companion that "Stuart Walker wrote one of these plays and Clyde Fitch wrote 'Gammer Gurton's Needle.'" The fact that Clyde Fitch was not born until some two hundred years after the writing of the comedy did not seem to count. But the conversation brings to light several interesting facts about the actual authorship of the play, generally attributed to John Still, Bishop of Bath and Wells, and formerly resident...
...Gammer Gurton's Needle" will be but one of the many interesting plays to be given by the Portmanteau Theatre company during the fall and winter season, when the theatre--a movable, portable playhouse--will be shown in the majority of the principal cities from coast to coast. In addition to a number of plays by Mr. Walker himself, there will be shown several by Lord Dusany, whose "Night at an Inn" is now the biggest one-act sensation that the New York stage has had for many years. Mr. Walker has secured the exclusive American rights to Dusany...