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...silent love for Marlowe conquered, but not forgotten, weds her cousin to the bitter disappointment of Richard Bame, another suitor. Marlowe, in the meanwhile, has been proven an "atheist" and "blasphemer" through the efforts of the lady of the Court, who, by this time, had tired of the playwright's admiration, and he is debarred from the Queen's players. Broken in fortune, but steadfast still in those beliefs which had gained for him the title of "atheist," Marlowe visits Alison. In a powerful scene he admits to the girl his love for her and finds relief from his despair...
...Time and the New." Mr. Yeats, who is touring this country under the management of the Irish Literary Society of New York, is a well-known writer of poetry and prose. Hem is the editor of several collections of fairy and folk tales and is an accomplished playwright. He was one of the chief organizers of the Irish Literary Theatre, and is the president of the organization which succeeded it--the Irish National Theatre Society. An illustrated article on "William Butler Yeats," by Isabel Moore, appears in the December issue of the "Bookman...
...Union this evening at 7.15, Mr. Edward Townsend, author of "Chimmie Fadden," "A Daughter of the Tenements," "The Sergeant," etc., will read a number of selections from his own works. Mr. Townsend is a prominent journalist, author and playwright of New York City, and is especially well known for his studies of Bowery life and dialect. He will read the following selections...
...comparison of "Vanity Fair" with "Becky Sharp," it must be remembered that one is the work of a great dramatist, the other of a minor playwright. At the outset it is manifest that the novel must be radically altered in plot before it can be put on the stage. It needs, as playwrights say, a "situation...
...auspices and for the benefit of the German department. They are given through the courtesy of Mr. Conried of the German theatre in New York, and are attracting no little attention. The first play to be presented is Minna von Barnhelm; the second will be from a modern playwright...