"DRAGON" MAKES INITIAL BOW TOMORROW EVENING

On the stage of the Hasty Pudding Theatre tomorrow evening at 8.15 o'clock, the Harvard Dramatic Club will present "The Dragon," a new play by Lady Gregory, for its premier production in America. The play was first produced at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in Easter Week, 1919, with overwhelming success by Lady Gregory's own company of Irish players. At that time it was enthusiastically reviewed by the British Press, many critics pronouncing it Lady Gregory's best work since "The Workhouse Ward" and joined in high commendation of the masterful treatment of a very difficult subject. Something of the humorous, imaginative spirit that pervades the play may be grasped from the following excerpt from "The Freeman's Journal," Dublin:

Play in Humorous Vein

"Humour is the note of the play, but humor does not exclude the gallant swagger of romance, and when the cook sallies out to fight the dragon, and . . . the right note is struck by a master hand; . . . the conversion of the Dragon to vegetarianism is a stroke of genius. Dickens at his best never contrived a better ending than Lady Gregory, or one more in keeping with the tone of the right kind of fairy story."

In "Sport," of Dublin, the reviewer writes of "The Dragon," "It is the strongest mixture of ancient and modern fun ever concocted, . . . I have not heard so much genuine hilarity for years", while the critic for the "Stage" of London, says, "'The Dragon' must rank as a distinctive achievement."

For its twenty-first production, the Dramatic Club has made every effort to create scenery and costumes, and to gather together players that will do credit to Lady Gregory's work. It has been fortunate in again having the cooperation of the Idler Club of Radcliffe, from which come not only the ladies of the cast but also much valuable aid, and of James W. D. Seymour '17 as coach and director of the play.

Special Ticket Price for Students

Tickets for all Boston and Cambridge performances are on sale at Herrick's Ticket Agency, Leavitt & Peirce's, the Harvard Cooperative Society, and the Copley Theatre. The prices of tickets for the Cambridge performances are $2.20, with a special price of $1.65 for the undergraduates of the University and Radcliffe; and for the Boston performance, $2.20 and $1.65. Wellesley tickets may be procured at the Coop, at Leavitt & Peirce's, and from R. E. Emery, Stoughton 8, at $1.10 and 80 cents. Dancing will follow the Cambridge and Wellesley performances.