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Translations of the "Menaechmi" of Plautus, the play to be presented by the Classical Club in Sanders Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday, will go on sale along with tickets tomorrow at Leavitt and Peirce's, the Coop, Herrick's, and Stoughton 20, it was announced by W. S. Smith '30, member of the production committee. The translation, written by E. C. Weist '30 and R. W. Hyde '30, is intended to serve as a souvenir of the production, and along with a summary printed on the program, will aid the audience in following the action. The comedy as produced...
...Sanders Theatre on March 19 and 20 when the Harvard Classical Club presents the "Menaechmi" of Plautus, members of the University will have an opportunity to see the first Latin play produced at Harvard since the club gave the "Phormio" in 1893. This year's play, the first to be given by the club entirely on its own initiative, will be rendered in Latin metrically, to the accompaniment of two clarinets, an oboe, and a bassoon. The music, which attempts to recall rather than reproduce that of the Romans, was written by R. S. Shuman...
...those who do not know Latin well a translation has been prepared by E. C. Weist '30 and R. W. Hyde '30. The play, on which Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors" is indirectly based, is a story of two twins, the Menaechmi, constantly being mistaken for each other; the farcial action can be followed by an audience not acquainted with the text...
...tentative date for the production of the Classical Club's Latin play, Plautus' "Menaechmi", rehearsals for which started last week, has been set as Friday, February 14, 1930. So far as can be learned, this will be the first production of the Latin comedy in America. A special musical score, based on ancient musical measures, is being composed for the play, by R. S. Shuman...
...departmental one in any way. It is the fourth such presentation by the Classical Club the first, that of Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex", having been given in 1876. In 1893 the "Phormio" of Terence was produced, and, in 1906, the "Agamem non" of Aeschylus. Only one performance of the "Menaechmi" will be given and that open only to members of the University...