Word: circularity
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Professor G. P. Baker '87 gave a lecture on "The Stage of Shakespere" last evening in the Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum. He first showed by the stereopticon some old prints of the Bankside, Southwark, and traced the development of the first regular theatre from the circular open-air structures in which bear and bull baiting spectacles were given. The drama, Professor Baker said, had its beginnings in the church, where scripture stories were popularized by acting on festival days...
After the bear-baiting resorts had furnished the site and circular form of the theatres, the interior was suggested by the inn-yards of that day, in which plays were often given. First came the Rose Theatre, then the Globe, and the Hope. The Fortune was built for the Lord Admiral's company of players, and the contract states that is should be constructed like the Globe. The stage in Sanders is based largely on the plans for the Fortune...
...made instead of three; they will be used for the high and broad jumps, pole vault and shot put. This plan will permit the high jump and pole vault to be carried on at the same time. The take-offs, which are all being built in the semi-circular end of the Stadium, are expected to be ready in about a week...
...committee of the English Department entrusted with the management of the performances of Hamlet in Sanders Theatre has sent a circular of information to all members of the Faculty and of the Governing Boards of the University. Those receiving a circular may obtain seats for the performances in advance of the general sale by making application on a subjoined coupon (with check and addressed stamped envelope enclosed), before 6 P. M., Monday, March 28, to Professor J. H. Gardiner, 18 Grays Hall. Not more than four tickets for each performance can ordinarily be assigned to one person...
...forty-seven hundred names, was presented, as signatures are still being sent to the committee and the second volume is consequently not yet complete. In presenting the volume, Mr. Perkins after telling of the inception of the plan and the manner of collecting the signatures by means of a circular letter read the address as follows: March...