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...celebrated mediaeval subject treated by Goethe, "Einer Muss Heiraten", a one-act comedy by Wilhelmy, and two modern Bavarian plays by Ludwig Thoma, entitled "Lokalhahn" and "Medallie." Any suggestions for other plays to be considered should be given to E. F. Hanfstaengl '09, 9 Bow street. "Der Steckbrief" a farce by Roderick Benedix, was presented by the society last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Important Deutscher Verein Meeting | 10/23/1907 | See Source »

...first public performance of the Deutscher Verein play, "Der Steckbrief," given last night in Brattle Hall, proved a complete success, surpassing in smoothness and finish the Graduate night performance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Deutscher Verein Play at Potter Hall | 3/16/1907 | See Source »

...Deutscher Verein will give the first public performance of its tenth annual play, "Der Steckbrief," by Roderick Benedix, this evening at 8.15 o'clock in Brattle Hall. The play will be repeated tomorrow night in Potter Hall, Boston. Tickets for either performance may be had at the Co-operative, Herrick's, Koehler's Bookstore, 149a Tremont street, Boston, or from F. G. Cheney, 27 Holyoke street, and will also be on sale at the door of the hall after 7 o'clock. The Mandolin Club will furnish music at both performances...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DEUTSCHER VEREIN PLAY | 3/15/1907 | See Source »

...graduates' night performance of the tenth annual Deutscher Verein play, "Der Steckbrief," a three act comedy by Rederic Benedix, will be given in Brattle Hall at 8 o'clock this evening, before the members of the society and their guests. Admission to this performance will be by invitation only...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Graduates' Night of German Play | 3/14/1907 | See Source »

...plot of the comedy centres about the receipt by the village chief of police of a warrant--"Steckbrief"--calling for the arrest of a spy who is supposed to be hiding in the village. The description of the spy is given in the most general terms, and the ambitious chief of police mistakes every new arrival for the man he is to arrest. Two travelling salesmen and a doctor are held as suspects pending the arrival of the police commissioner, who is summoned from a neighboring town. All three succeed, finally, in proving their innocence, much to the discomfiture...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Plot of Deutscher Verein Play | 3/8/1907 | See Source »

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