London Assurance: A Comedy in Five Acts (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover
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The Association was founded by Henry D. Wescott, Esq., of the class of 1901, and its initial performance was given at the Hyperion Theatre, New Haven, on the twenty-third of May, in the last year of the last century. On that occasion, memorable in itself and in its subsequently fulfilled promise, the Association produced a dramatic version of Chaucer's Pardoner' s Tale, prepared by Mr. Wescott, and a Mediaeval Mystery, Secunda Pastorum. The Object of this student organization was both dignified and scholarly; no cheap bur lesques or so-called musical comedies, devoid as they usually are, even on the professional stage, of both comedy and music, were to be allowed. This good policy has been generally followed. The Association has given, for the first time in English anywhere in the world, representations of Ibsen's Pretenders and of Gogol's Revizo'r: it has revived such plays as Heywood's The Fair Maid of the West (first performance in America), Goldsmith's The good-natured Man, and Sheridan's Critic. Since 1905 the Association has given annual performances outside of New Haven; and this year, for the first time, it will play in Washington, the trip being made during the Christmas vacation, to avoid interference with regular college work.
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The Association was founded by Henry D. Wescott, Esq., of the class of 1901, and its initial performance was given at the Hyperion Theatre, New Haven, on the twenty-third of May, in the last year of the last century. On that occasion, memorable in itself and in its subsequently fulfilled promise, the Association produced a dramatic version of Chaucer's Pardoner' s Tale, prepared by Mr. Wescott, and a Mediaeval Mystery, Secunda Pastorum. The Object of this student organization was both dignified and scholarly; no cheap bur lesques or so-called musical comedies, devoid as they usually are, even on the professional stage, of both comedy and music, were to be allowed. This good policy has been generally followed. The Association has given, for the first time in English anywhere in the world, representations of Ibsen's Pretenders and of Gogol's Revizo'r: it has revived such plays as Heywood's The Fair Maid of the West (first performance in America), Goldsmith's The good-natured Man, and Sheridan's Critic. Since 1905 the Association has given annual performances outside of New Haven; and this year, for the first time, it will play in Washington, the trip being made during the Christmas vacation, to avoid interference with regular college work.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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- Publication date2020
- ISBN 10 0483915947
- ISBN 13 9780483915947
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages151
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