Performances, Films, and Exhibits

    Entries drawn from the college history timeline


Dramatic Club Presents "As You Like It"

Sat., Jun. 21, 1919

The Dickinson Players of the Dramatic Club performed As You Like it, a play by William Shakespeare, during the 1919 commencement weekend.

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits

1920 Commencement Concert

Fri., Jun. 11, 1920

The commencement concert for the 1919-1920 academic year was held in Bosler Hall at the start of commencement weekend. The program opened with the Choir singing von der Stucken's "Our Glorious Land" and Sullivan's "The Lost Chord".  George Vanaman then gave a reading from Ben Hur and...

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits

Dramatic Club Presents "Sherwood"

Sat., Jun. 12, 1920

The Dramatic Club performed Sherwood, a play by Alfred Noyes, at 8:00pm in Bosler Hall.

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits

Devereux Players Perform
Mon., Dec. 13, 1920

Clifford Devereux and his theatre company performed five shows over two days in Bosler Hall. The first show, Her Husband's Wife by A. E. Thomas, was on Monday at 8:15pm. On Tuesday afternoon, beginning at 2:30pm, the company performed a scene from William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night...

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits

1920 Philomel Club Concert

Mon., Dec. 20, 1920

The Philomel Club presented  their 1920 winter concert in Bosler Hall. They sang Harris' "Venice", Cesek-Roepper's "Slumber Song", von Weber's "Jubilee Overture", Hervey's "Once", de Fontenailles' "Resolve", Rachmaninoff's "The Captive", Stair's "Little Dutch Lullaby", Spross' "Harp of Winds",...

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Miss Buttorff Sings in Chapel
Sat., Apr. 2, 1921

Miss Mary Burttoff of New York City performed a song recital in the chapel that was very well received by the audience. The program was composed of a series of British, Russian, and American songs.

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits

Dramatic Club Presents "The Silver Box"

Sat., Jun. 4, 1921

The Dramatic Club performed The Silver Box, a play by John Galsworthy, in Bosler Hall during the 1921 commencement weekend.

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits

Philomel Club Performs "An Adamless Eden"

Sat., Jun. 4, 1921

The Philomel Club performed An Adamless Eden, a comic opera by H. S. Glard and W. A. Slaughter, at 8:00pm in Bosler Hall.

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits

1922 Philomel Club Spring Concert
Tue., Mar. 14, 1922

The Philomel Club presented their spring concert at 8:00pm in Bosler Hall. They began with Grieg's "Peer Gynt Suite": "Morning Mood", "Asa's Death", "Anitra's Dance", and "In the Hall of the Mountain King". The program continued with Verdi's "Caro Nome", Barratt's "It was a Lover and His Lass"...

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Philomel Club and Ray Hearn Perform "The Land of Chance"

Sat., Jun. 3, 1922

The Philomel Club and Ray Hearn presented The Land of Chance, a comedic operetta by Fay and Alice Monroe Foster, at 8:00pm.

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits

Dramatic Club Presents "Sweet Lavender"
Mon., Jun. 5, 1922

The Dramatic Club performed Sweet Lavender, a play by Arthur W. Pinero, in Bosler Hall.

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits

Frank McEntee and Company Perform "As You Like It"

Tue., May 15, 1923

Frank McEntee and Company from the Shakespeare Playhouse in New York performed As You Like It in Bosler Hall.

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits

1923 Glee Club Concert
Mon., May 21, 1923

The Glee Club performed for their 1923 spring concert at 8:15pm in Bosler Hall. The program included Troters' "Marching", Holden's "When Twilight Dews", Nevin's "The Rosary", Schmann's "The Two Grenadiers", Widener's "Honey Town", Cadman's "At Dawning", Adams' "Far Away in the South", Reichardt'...

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Glee Club and Orchestra Perform "The Maid and the Middy"
Sat., Jun. 2, 1923

The Combined Glee  Clubs and Orchestra of Dickinson College performed The Maid and the Middy, a comic operetta by David Stevens and George Lowell Tracy, at 8:15pm.

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits

Dramatic Club Presents "The Importance of Being Earnest"

Mon., Jun. 4, 1923

The Dramatic Club performed The Importance of Being Earnest, play by Oscar Wilde, at 8:00pm in Bosler Hall.

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits

Greek Club presents "The Iphigenia in Tauris"
Wed., May 14, 1924

The Greek Club performed The Iphigenia in Tauris, a play by Euripides, at 4:00pm in front of Old West. A part of the 1924 Founder's Day celebration, the production featured a chorus and a ballet.

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits

1924 Commencement Concert

Sat., May 31, 1924

The Men's and Women's Glee Club, assisted by the "Famous 1914 Glee Club", performed a program of eleven songs for the 1924 Commencement Concert in Bosler Hall. The men sang Massanet's "Elegy", Trinkaus' "Can't Yo' Heah Me Callin'", Nachez's "Dances Iziganes", Edgar's "Salut d'Amom", Kreisler's "...

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits

Dramatic Club Presents "The Master Builder"

Mon., Jun. 2, 1924

The Dickinson Players of the Dramatic Club performed The Master Builder, a drama by Henrik Ibsen, in Bosler Hall.

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits

Dramatic Club Presents "Peg O' My Heart"
Thu., Mar. 5, 1925

The Dickinson Players of the Dramatic Club performed Peg O' My Heart, a comedy by J. Hartley Manners, in Bosler Hall. Between the first and second acts, Katherine Coulter sang and the College Glee Club Quartet performed between the second and third acts.

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits

Dramatic Club Presents "The New Poor"

Mon., Jun. 8, 1925

The Dickinson Players of the Dramatic Club performed The New Poor, a play by Cosmo Hamilton, at 8:00pm in Bosler Hall. During the intermission between the first and second acts, Helen Miller of Harrisburg and Baltimore sang a group of songs.

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits

The Paul Vernon Quintet performance

Tue., Oct. 27, 1925

The Paul Vernon Quintet performed for students in chapel. Four members of the quintet also played with the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra.

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits

Dramatic Club Presents "The Whole Town's Talking"

Tue., Mar. 16, 1926

The Dickinson Players of the Dramatic Club performed The Whole Town's Talking, a play by John Emerson and Anita Loos, at 8:00pm in Bosler Hall.

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits

Professor Losey discusses Shakespeare's "King Lear"

Tue., Apr. 13, 1926

As part of the faculty entertainment committee's program series, Dr. Frederick D. Losey gave two lectures on the same day about Shakespeare's "King Lear." The first lecture focused on debunking and explaining the incorrect popular beliefs about the play. For the second lecture, Dr. Frederick...

Event Type: Lectures and Symposia, Performances, Films, and Exhibits

Dramatic Club Presents "Kempy"

Fri., Jun. 4, 1926

The Dickinson Players of the Dramatic Club performed Kempy, a play by J. C. and Elliot Nugent, at 8:00pm in Bosler Hall. In this show, the title role of Kempy was played by Paul C. BeHanna.

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits

Dorothea Spinney performs the Hippolytus of Euripides

Sat., Nov. 13, 1926

Dorothea Spinney, an interpreter of Greek Drama, presented the Hippolytus of Euripides, an ancient Greek play during chapel on Saturday, November 13, 1926.

Event Type: Performances, Films, and Exhibits

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