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...first performance of the Dramatic Club's spring production was given in Brattle Hall last evening. Three plays, "The Bank Account" by H. F. Brock sC., "The Fourflushers" by C. Kinkead sC., and "The Clod" by E. L. Beach '13 were given. Dr. Ernest Bernbaum '03 has written the following review of the plays...
...than to enjoy the plays themselves. The audience cannot be honestly said to have appreciated the merits of the first piece, Mr. Brock's "The Bank Account"; but it warmed to Mr. Kinkead's satirical farce, "The Fourflushers," and received Mr. E. L. Beach's war-time drama, "The Clod" with really enthusiastic ardor. Thus the twelfth production of the Club, though begun somewhat gloomily, ended as successfully as any,--which is no slight achievement...
...best performance of the evening was that of "The Clod." Here the acting was so good as to make the illusion complete, and one became absorbed wholly in the story. It is a tale of the Civil War, but that threadbare theme appears for once in a new and surprising form. The principal character a woman too dull to apprehend the great meanings of the conflict, too apathetic to be moved by the peril of thirty thousand men, is by an insult which would seem comparatively trivial to others, but which wounds her only pride, suddenly turned into a fury...
...first public performance of three one-act plays by the Dramatic Club will be given in Brattle Hall this evening at 8.15 o'clock. The plays are: "The Bank Account," by, H. F. Brock sC.; "The Fourflushers," by C. Kinkead sC.; and "The Clod" by E. L. Beach '13. All of the authors are members of Professor G. P. Baker's course, English...
...BANK ACCOUNT." Frank Benson, N. W. Loud '15 Lottie Benson, Miss Mary Morris Mary Harding, Miss Ann Van Ness "THE FOURFLUSHERS." Henry Cunningham, H. A. Packard '15 Muriel. Cunningham, Miss Ruth Ahrnes Vincent Dulaney, J. A. Crafton 1G. Fuller C. Kinkead sC. A Visitor, Miss Marjorie Stickney "THE CLOD." Thaddeus Trask, N. B. Clark '16 Mary Trask, Miss Christine Hayes A Northern Soldier, D. L. Kennedy '17 A Southern Sergeant, J. W. D. Seymour '17 Dick, R. B. Southgate...