Comments by Elliot Forbes ’40 The completion of Sanders Theatre afforded a welcome expansion of concert space. Although the theatre had not been designed for music making, at the 1876 Commencement, the acoustics were judged well suited. And so, a concert was planned. A logical choice was the Theodore Thomas Orchestra. In the seventies its…
The Theatrical Tradition
Comments and recollections of William Morris Hunt II ’36 In 1895, the English Department constructed in Sanders the first Elizabethan stage in The United States. The set, which was based on original plans for London’s Fortune Theatre, was first used for a production of Ben Johnson’s The Silent Women. The forward projected stage was surrounded by…