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...Spoon River Poems, Edgar Lee Masters asks whether personal liberty means liberty of the mind or of the belly. If he had been on Boston Common yesterday his respect for the belly would have considerably increased. Fifty thousand souls yelled themselves hoarse against "the trick of a minority," a Boston Tea Party on a large scale was planned for the evening of June 30th, signs were displayed such as "First our beer, then our tobacco and then --" and "We fought for Democracy and we got Prohibition and Spanish Influenza." Whether prohibition be good or not the reaction against...
Roulette is a very difficult part for an American to have attempted, and Mr. Edgar Scott does it admirably. His French is charming and he carries off the swagger,--although that is far too strong a word -- of the imposter, with perfect self confidence...
...style with the action drawn from the background of historical fact, the Revolution of 1848. With the exception of the four parts acted by women, the cast is made up of undergraduates of the University. The two chief parts, those of Roulette and La Comtesse, are acted by Edgar Scott '20 and Mrs. Charles Sumner Bird, Jr., of Boston...
...Darmond, of the Conservatoire Nationale de Paris, who has been the dramatic coach of the Cercle Francais for a number of years, has had charge of choosing and training the members of the cast. The final selection of those who will take part in the performance today follows: Roulette, Edgar Scott '20 Le Docteur, R. H. Bassett '20 L'Abbe, N. Thayer '21 Cherpetit, Y. H. Buhler '20 Brossette, P. K. Fisher 3 Eng. Camus, J. B. Fenno '21 Lagratte, B. La Farge '22 Verougnoux, J. N. Brown '21 Un Officier, L. Lanman '20 M. Letourneau, D. P. Robinson...
...year the play is to be a reproduction of "Sire," by Henri Lavedon, who has only recently authorized its performance in America. "Sire," which has for its background the Revolution of 1848, is built around two chief figures, Roulette and La Comtesse, the parts of which are acted by Edgar Scott '20 and Mrs. Charles Sumner Bird, Jr., of Boston...