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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...class of Nineteen Hundred is likely to have the first fair and good tempered Senior election that has been held for years. It would be a pity to have this election spoiled in itself, but a still greater pity to have its possible moral lesson lost...
...first dress rehearsal of the Pedant Joue will be held in Brattle Hall tonight at 8.15. This rehearsal will be open to the active, honorary and graduate members of the Cercle, and to representatives of the press. Only those who have received invitations will be admitted. The book of the play which has been published by the Cercle, containing the text of Le Pedant Joue as adapted for the performance, and a sketch of the life of Cyrano de Bergerac by H. B. Stanton '00, will be sold at the door on the evenings of the dress rehearsals and performances...
...story deals with the troubles of Granger, a pedantic principal of the college of Beauvais at Paris. The first act opens with an interview between Granger and Chateaufort, the swash buckler of the play, who comes to ask for the hand of Manon, the pedant's daughter. Granger does not want him, wishing to marry Manon to a rich peasant named Gareau, so he tells Chateaufort that he has a rival in La Tremblaye, a gentleman living near the college of Beauvais. Chateaufort goes away breathing threats of vengeance against La Tremblaye. Granger then turns to his own love affairs...
Charlet Granger arrives and refuses to go to Venice. His father deceives his relatives by telling them that Charlot has become insane, and forces him to consent to go. Paquier delivers his master's love messages to Genevote, who agree to meet the pedant. This ends the first...
...estimation of Cyrano de Bergerac's place in the development of French literature, is given a careful, well balanced summary of the pre-classic period in France. Excellent reasons are advanced to prove that this staging of the play by the Cercle Francais will be its first presentation at any theatre. On the whole the author has shown pains-taking study of the authorities and excellent taste...