Word: maeterlinck
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...meeting of the play committee of the Cercle Francais it was decided to give three one-act plays next fall instead of one long one. The committee finally selected the following: "L'Ecole des belles-mores," by Eugene Brieux; "L'Intruse," by Maurice Maeterlinck; and "Les deux sourds," by Moinaux. The first is a very spirited comedy, true to life and amusing; the second is a very subtle little sketch, pathetic and impressive, very hard to give, but which the Cercle attempts as a dramatic experiment; the third is a roaring farce...
...Orange Blossoms" is badly constructed, failing in a convincing delineation of the leading figure and obscurely cramming the subsequent vicissitudes of the hero and heroine into an inadequate final paragraph. "The Other Voice," a play let, despite the excellent characterization in the dialogue, sounds like an unsuccessful imitation of Maeterlinck or of the NeoIrish school. In the words of the great English lampooner, Philip Guedalla, "The Celtic two light has rendered the action quite invisible...
...alone," said he, "his reason totters. Men work with and for humanity, and the more they work for others and with others the keener is their intelligence. The badge of sanity is ability to work with other people as a unit." In this connection Mr. Hubbard strongly recommended Maurice Maeterlinck's "The Life of the Bee" as the greatest book of the decade and as particularly applicable to our own affairs. "A bee alone has no intelligence, alone can make no honey or even support itself, but a hive of bees has a great and magnificent intelligence...
...Dartmouth Dramatic Association, which is making its first appearance in Boston, will present three plays in the Plymouth Theatre this afternoon at 2.15 o'clock. This will be a special performance for members of the University and Dartmouth men. Following is the program for this afternoon: Maeterlinck's "The Intruder"; "James and John" by Gilbert Cannan; and "The Man From the Sea," by Charles Goddard and Charles Dickey...
...year, three not before presented by the Boston Opera Company. One of these has never before been produced in America, and another is to have its first presentation in the world. These operas are Wagner's "Die Meistersinger," Zandonai and D'Annunzio's "Francesca da Rimini," and Fevrier and Maeterlinck's "Monna Vanna." The latter will have its first American presentation here early in December; Miss Garden will be Monna Vanna, Mr. Muratore the Prinzivalle, and Mr. Marcoux the Guido, "Francesca da Rimini" will have its world's premiere at the Boston Opera House in February or early March...