IT is probable that, before the end of the present academic year, a Greek play will be performed in Sanders Theatre, and that too, with more attention to details than was given to the performance of the Agamemnon at Oxford this spring. The Oedipus Tyrannus has been selected; some of the parts have already been assigned, and Prof. Paine is said to have finished the score for the music of the first chorus. The choruses will all be sung, and perhaps the dance which accompanied the singing will be attempted also. The seats will be taken from the floor of Sanders Theatre in order that the chorus may take its place there. Mr. Riddle has already begun the no small task of committing the many hundred lines which fall to Oedipus. It is very gratifying that such an undertaking should have been begun under so good auspices, and with so much enthusiasm. It should have the thorough commendation of all lovers of the classics, and it cannot fail to add to Harvard's reputation as a progressive institution.
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