Word: choruses
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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About 500 people witnessed the dress rehearsal of the "Agamemnon" yesterday afternoon in the Stadium. Weather conditions were ideal. The chorus and the speakers could be heard distinctly from all parts of the auditorium, and the simple music was very effective. The entire performance went off smoothly, and, except for some minor changes in the grouping, no improvement seemed necessary...
...play opens with the scene at the palace of Agamemnon at Argos, when the Watchman sees the beacon light that announces the fall of Troy. As he proclaims the good news to the people in the palace, twelve old men of Argos, who form the chorus, come on the stage, chanting as they march. They remain on the stage throughout the play, and in their choral odes express the popular feeling of the men of Argos in regard to the events portrayed there. Agamemnon soon returns from Troy, bringing in his train the Trojan captive, Cassandra, of whom Clytaemnestra...
...follows, the principal actors being arranged in the order of their appearance on the stage: Watchman, M. C. Clapp '07 Clytaemnestra, H. S. Wyndham-Gittens '06 Herald, D. Gardiner '07 Agamemnon, P. H. Noyes '06 Cassandra, A. S. A. Brady '08 Aegisthus, A. L. Benshimol '07 Leader of Chorus, F. H. Birch...
...Chorus, R. V. Magers 1G., C. McK. Eldredge '07, S. W. Eldredge '07, A. G. Eldredge '08, E. N. Fales '08, B. M. Langstaff '08, R. E. McMath '08, M. Adelsheim '09, S. B. Luce...
...been given thus far and reflected great credit on the work of the men who have been training the company. The principal characters, especially, interpreted their parts well and spoke their lines with life and feeling. Their dramatic action was superb and showed the results of careful training. The chorus, led by F. H. Birch 2L., kept together well; and their singing, accompanied by the music, was very effective...