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...with a cast of newly assembled actors and with a play unknown to Boston theatre-goers, the management of the St. James has done itself proud. Despite the fact that "The Teaser" is strangely reminiscent of "Lady Windemere's Fan" and has few new situations we liked it. The plot deals with the arrival in the Wyndham home of Teddy Wyndham's niece, Annie Barton--a girl brought up in a "lower starta", of life than Teddy and his friends. Of course, the girl is quite "impossible" with her "gentleman friend" and her manner of captivating all men with whom...
...Admirable Crichton." A similar feeling would animate Poe were he alive to learn that Bostonians have been viewing a picture of "Annabel Lee." Poe wrote a passable lyric, but the consensus of opinion among the movie people has been that the six short stanzas are woefully deficient in plot. This has been repaired by the scenario writer, who carries the love story of David and sailor and Annabel through many adventures and vicissitudes for the background provides delightful pictures of villagers and nature on the stormy Massachusetts coast. Beyond doubt a romance between a fisherman and a Martha's Vineyard...
...story of the play is simple, but somewhat improbable. The plot opens with a quarrel between Lady Haden and her husband over an indiscreet love affair of hers. The object of this affection. Edward Thayer, is utterly unworthy, a cheat at cards and a fortune hunter. He has letters of Lady Haden's, uses them, and as a result, she and her husband are separated. Two years later she is discovered in New York, living on the proceeds of the sale of her jewels and by her wits. Various matrimonial opportunities present themselves, and after considerable cold calculation, she finally...
...following suggestions have been made by the club officers: contestants for the competition should bear in mind the limitations of the Hasty Pudding Club performances. It is not advisable to plan complicated scenery, or to suggest scenic effects. The play should be limited to as few acts as the plot permits. Any female roles which are not adaptable to a male cast are to be avoided. No restrictions will be made on the source of the plot, except that archaic or over-fanciful settings are not as acceptable as those of a strictly modern nature...
...week. There has been a tendency on the part of other notable Shaksperian actors to subordinate the play to the part, a venture as dangerous as it is selfish. Mr. Sothern, while of neccessity cutting liberally to make the play manageable in an evening, achieves a smooth and rapid plot-development, together with a sustained high standard of acting rarely seen in this drama. An unusually capable and well-balanced cast assists materially in avoiding the too common effect of a series of inspired monologues by Hamlet, strung on a slender thread of mediocre art. The resulting impression...