The 47 Workshop will present the first of the two performances of "Eyvind of the Hills," a play in four acts by Johann Sigurjonsson, in Agassiz House Theatre this evening at 8 o'clock. The presentation of this Icelandic drama is the second of the Thornton M. Ware memorial productions and the second set of performances by the Workshop this year. The play, which was originally written in Danish, has been translated by Henninge K. Schanche and published by the American Scandinavian Foundation. Tonight's performance will be the first production of the play on this continent.

Johann Sigurjonsson owes his fame as one of the younger generation of Icelandic dramatists largely to this stern tragedy of the North, which has been received so favorably in England, Denmark, Norway, Germany and Sweden. The success of the play abroad and the strong recommendation of the Scandinavian-American Foundation has prompted the Workshop to take advantage of this opportunity to develop the more sombre and serious technique of the drama.

The scenery has been especially designed for the play by authorities on the different types of settings, and the color effects have been arranged by an expert on electrical stage lighting. Advice is staging the production has been received from Dr. Hermansson of Cornell, and Mr. W. S. C. Russell, of Springfield, who has travelled widely in Iceland.