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Third came "Alaric Jourdan's House," and the name of Mr. Townsend is the one the scout of New York would no double quickly note. For in this little play he has written splendidly, his speeches are brief, colloquial, each furthers the action there is not a false or jarring note in all the tragic story. As this piece was far and away the best of the evening--if not the best the club has ever produced--so the acting in it was immeasurably superior to that which preceded and followed. Miss Gragg, as the wife, was strong and convincing...
...summary: HARVARD. CORNELL. Browne, g. g., Atkinson McCall, r.f.b. l.f.b., Cotton Rushmore, l.f.b. r.f.b., Collado, Austin Blair, r.h.b. l.h.b., Austin, Townsend Lowrey, c.h.b. c.h.b., Steve Hallowell, l.h.b. r.h.b., Otis Locke, r.o.f. l.o.f., Dodge Murdoch, r.i.f. l.i.f., Hayes Needham, c.f. c.f., Davis Greene, l.i.f. r.i.f., Sonnenfield Byng, l.o.f. r.o.f., Tillou...
...Alaric Jourdan's House," a tragedy in one act, by R. M. Townsend 1G., will have the following cast: Alaric Jourdan, a fur trader, W. C. Woodward '12 Amelie, his wife, Miss Mariam Gragg Jim Clay, employed by the North Coast Supply Company, W. A. Searle...
...difficult for the judges to decide upon the best plays. The following were selected after careful consideration: "The Head of the Family" by George Francis Abbott 1G., of Hamburg, N. Y.; "Kid" by Elma Caroline Ehrlich, Radcliffe Sp., of Chicago, III.; "Alaric Jourdan's House" by Ralph Milbourne Townsend 1G., of Wellesley; and "The Foundlings" by Annie Andros Hawley, Radcliffe Sp., of Brookline...
...Townsend has written an intensely moving tragedy in "Alaric Jourdan's House". All the monotonous majesty of the land of the St. Lawrence is felt in the situation involving three tellingly drawn characters, and the play moves with almost classic poise to an inevitable denouement of great power...