Word: alison
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Alison" of Miss Jane Sever was at every situation and incident delightfully expressive, and especially so in the fourth act, where she proved an adequate foil to Marlowe's intensity. Miss Emma C. Noyes as "Her Ladyship" looked the part to perfection, and gave it the required degree of snap and self-control, and Mrs. Hutchinson took full advantage of a short part in "Dame Benet...
...annual performances of the Cambridge Dramatic Club, and J. G. Hart '93, who takes "Gabriel Andrew" is the principal player of old men's parts in the same club. "Richard Bame" has been assigned to R. L. Lyman, instructor in public speaking. Miss Jane Sever, who will play "Alison," made a memorable impression two years ago in Brattle Hall in "The Importance of Being Earnest." Miss Emma C. Noyes, "Her Ladyship," and Mrs. Hutchinson, "Dame Benet," were formerly prominent in Radcliffe theatricals. W. E. Sachs 1L., will be remembered for excellent work in recent years, both in the Cambridge Dramatic...
...Thomas Lodge, F. H. Koch 1G. Thomas Nashe, C. Kempner '06 Owen, K. K. Smith 1G. Davy, W. F. Wilbur 2L. Francis Archer, F. H. Koch 1G. Rouse, H. Kempner '08 Host of Deptford Tavern, F. M. Wright '07 Jermyn, R. H. Lord '06 Boy, L. Hatch '05 Alison, Jane Sever Her Ladyship, Emma C. Noyes Dame Benet, Eleanor W. Hutchinson Gill, A. M. Hurlin...
...scene of the first act of "Marlowe" is laid in a London tavern in 1590. Christopher Marlowe, whose "Faustus" has just been most successfully staged, meets Alison Barnby, who, accompanied be her father, has come to London from Canterbury for a visit. Alison falls in love with Marlowe and his poetic songs, the style of which is entirely new to her. Marlowe's finer nature is impressed with her freshness and childish innocence. Later in the same act he has a meeting with a lady of the Court, who is in love with his impetuous genius, but not with...
...rather slight plot is used mainly as a background for the exposition of Marlowe's personality. The poet's pursuit of happiness, his love of fame and his reputed atheism struggle against his spirituality and his finer nature which has been awakened by his noble love for Alison. It is to shield the object of this love that Marlowe seeks the duel which ends so fatally for him. Tradition has it that Marlowe was killed in a vulgar tavern brawl, but in the play the more honorable motive for the quarrel has been supplied. From the cynical genius and voluptuous...