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From Boucicault on, the character of the heartbroken clown has been used again and again, always successfully. On this occasion it is Barrymore who plays the role, making of it a portrait worthy to be placed beside his memorable Nerl in "The Jest...
...established for himself a secure position as one of the leading figures on the English-speaking stage. His most famous success was in the leading role of the comedy "Grumpy", which was a sensation not only in New York and London but also in Australia, where he appeared...
Since the war this Spanish novelist has been thrust from the lime-light back upon the obscure wings of the stage. He intends now to recover his stellar role by leading a new crusade against Spanish military despotism. The present foe is not the Hun, but the repressive Directory headed by General Primo de Rivera. It is against this hydra of temporal and intellectual enslavement that Ibanez is trying to arouse universal indignation...
...expected to take another leading part in this year's comedy. J. R. Robinson '25, who starred with Iselin last year, will be unable to take part in this first play because of his absence from College. The Cercle had been relying on Robinson to take a major role, and his loss will be felt severly. Other members of the cast have not been decided upon as yet, and Mr. Perrin will select his cast within a few weeks...
...death of Anatole France deprives contemporary French literature of its leading figure. Not since Victor Hugo has any writer exerted a more profound influence upon the thought and writing of his time. Unlike Hugo, however, Anatole France stands not in the role of magi, pointing the way that to others lies hidden. His delight was the unrestrained play of ideas. Not partisan, except in the larger service of Truth, he loved to stand aside and give every idea its inning, while with characteristic French humor he poked fun at them all. Stimulating and suggestive to individual thought...