New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-19
GREEK PLAY SERIES
FOR CITY COLLEGE
New Stadium To Be Dedi-
Gated with Performance
of Trojan Women"
GRANVILLE BARKER
WILL PRODUCE THEM
Mayor Names Fifty Prominent
Citizens to Assist at Free Pro-
auctions In Open Air.

The new stadium of the College OF
the City OF New York, built by Adolph
Lewisohn, will be dedicated on May 20.
feature Of the dedication ceremony
will be a performance Of 1.-THE Trojan
Women" under the direction OF Gran
Vile Barker, the English manager. The
performance will be free, admission
being by invitation. Ali students Of
the colleges of this city and public
school pupils above n certain grade will
be invited. Following this first per-
Torrance there will be a series Of
Greek plays under the direction OF Mr..
Barker. They will be from the trans
lations of Professor Gilbert Murray Of
"Iphigenia" and "The Trojan Women"
The Mayor has appointed a commit
tee of fifty prominent citizens and
women to assist in the productions. In
his letter to the members Of the COM
mittee he said:
81 believe the stadium Of the City
College should fill a very im2ortan:
part in the life of the people Of tire
city, and for that reason, Ps well as
for their immediate educational value,
it is hoped that the proposed produc-
tions will receive wide support. |
am, therefore. appointing a committee
of citizens to cooperate with Presi-
dent Mezes and the faculty and trus-
tees of the College of the City of New
York in making the productions a sue
cess"
The following are members Of the
committee:
Bernard VI. Barlch. Elmer Ellsworth Brown. IL.
D. chancellor New York University. Arnold w
Hrnne-. Mrs Adoph Lewisohn samuel Lcwisohn.
Nicholas Murray Butler president Columbia Uni
ycrsity. Thomas W Churchill. Walter Damr0sch.
John II Finley Ii D.. Judge Samuel Greenbaum.
James otto IT, Kahn. Thomas ". Lamont cRars,
= Lyderker Clarence H. Mackay. Mss Lillian ID.
M T-1 FeIf " Narnure Eeofse W WicEers1s am
ya'h Walter Lppman. Bertram q. Goodhue Dom
Barber. J. Carol Be-kwi'h Mrs. August belmont.
Dodge John Drew. Ebert H. GARY Norman Hap
good. Mrs z. II. Hartman. George Harvey. VIII
tam Dean ll0Hciis Brander Matthews Morgan j.
O'Bren Isaac !. Seugnan James speyer WUlarH
ID. straight. oscar Straus. william X. Vanderbilt It.
Frank A. yanderlip Miss Anne Morgan. A. Barton
Hepburn. Dr. Samuel NcCune Lindsay. Clayton
Hamilton, v EyeHt Macy Leo Kolns and Mrs
John II. Finley.
Mayor Mitchell, in a letter to Mr.
Barker, said he was especially inter
ested in the opportunity for students
VI TIC NOAlfbN anu pAPlAo " VIC iAEAl'i
grades in the public schools to witness
the productions of the great Greek
dramas.
at augurs we'll for the future Of the
stadium" he wrote, "of the city's own
college that it should be opened under
such auspices. | attach much impor
lance to the success of your plans, mo-
only because Of their immediate edu
cational value, but as an inspiration
to make the new stadium of the City
College a centre for great dramatic
productions intended to appeal to large
audiences"
Mr.. Barker replied, expressing The
appreciation Of himself and his wife
for the recognition the city was tC
give to their work in producing the
Greek plays lie referred to the new
stadium as an ideal place for the pro
duction Of such drama, saying that il
WAS IAN almost perfect pattern Of {
Greek theatre"