Word: elizabethan
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Elizabethan stage, which will be used in Forbes-Robertson's presentations of "Hamlet" in Sanders Theatre on April 24, 25, and 26, has arrived and is now being installed under the direction of Professor G. P. Baker '87 and Dean H. L. Warren of the School of Architecture. The stage is remarkable in that the actors will be almost completely surrounded by the "audience." On the left and right in boxes on the stage will be Elizabethan nobles, while the pit, or what is generally known as the floor, of Sanders Theatre will be occupied by Elizabethan spectators. A strip...
...those who wish to be considered for the Elizabethan audience at Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson's performance of "Hamlet" should report at Lower Dane Hall today at 5 o'clock sharp. This audience will consist of about fifty or sixty men and women costumed in the Elizabethan manner, representing courtiers, citizens and their wives, pages, dandies, etc. No one should apply who cannot be at all three performances, April 24, 25, and 26, and a rehearsal tomorrow, Friday, at 4 o'clock sharp, to which all those chosen will be called. Supernumeries for the play itself will also be selected...
...Modern Language Conference. "The Grateful Lion," Mr. A. G. Brodeur; "Magic and Witchcraft in the Elizabethan Drama," Mr. H. W. Hoorington. Common Room, Conant Hall...
...Hamlet" will be acted upon an old English stage, first constructed in 1893 for the presentation of Ben Jonson's "Silent Woman." The stage was afterwards remodeled at great expense and is now the most nearly perfect Elizabethan stage in existence. The last time it was used was in 1907 when Maude Adams acted "Twelfth Night" on it. The reconstruction of this stage for use in Sanders Theatre will be started about the middle of April under the direction of Professor G. P. Baker...
...There is no English or American theatre devoted to the staging of the plays of Shakespeare; we do not value the 'glorious inheritance' of his work. Before an audience can be expected to sit through a drama of Shakespeare, it must learn the Elizabethan language; this is the real problem of Shakespeare today. It is a deeper question than of our personal culture and pleasure...