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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1919
Page
5
Elizabeth H. Armstrong, chair of Wigs and Cues, calls for a progressive drama blending scenery costuming acting and play writing. She notes students can act and design costumes and suggests using local talent to create original scenery rather than relying on external playwrights.
A letter to the editor argues against serious drama in class shows at Brinckerhoff stage. It favors broad student participation and local humor over polished Broadway style works, contending community relevance enhances audience involvement and lessons of sophistication.
Barnard students push for Shakespeare and Euripides in campus drama while debating Bolshevism and originality. A letter praises the idea of King Lear as a bold Barnard production, imagining Cornelia Lear and euphony versus Bolshevik satire.
A short puzzling note cites M. E. O. dated 1920 expressing a wish for a more serious desirable end. It mentions two terms level of wigs and cues and bas tard as a whole, reflecting a tongue in cheek or cryptic closure in a periodical puzzle or correspondence.
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