Miss Clarissa Harrold

              Miss Clarissa Harrold Impersonations From Dramatic Literature



Season 1915-1916





Appreciations



Miss Clarissa Harrold seems to me to possess every attribute that a good reader should possess.  Sympathy, tenderness, a loving heart, a keen intelligence, an appreciation of that which is beautiful in literature and in life, a fine sense of comedy, together with a gracious and beautiful presence, make her eminently fitted for the art of public reading.  Especially have I enjoyed her reading of plays.




Carol Hoyt Powers.




Mrs. Leland Powers, Leland Powers School, Boston, Mass.




I can speak with genuine enthusiasm of the platform work of Miss Clarissa Harrold.  She is gifted with beauty and unusual talent.  She is very able in character, as well as in the interpretation of great literature.  Best of all, she has a winning sincerity which assures her success with any audience.




Phidelah Rice.  Member of the Faculty in the Leland Powers School.




Miss Harrold's artistic readings were very acceptable to the large and enthusiastic audience.  We were fortunate, indeed, to secure her.




C. F. Quillian, Ass't Sec'y Los Angeles (Cal.) Y. M. C. A.




Miss Harrold has a pleasing personality and reads charmingly.  Her readings assured the success of our concert.  We commend her services to any one desiring high class entertainment.




W. E. Strayer, Ass't Sec'y East Liberty Y. M. C. A.





I wish to bear testimony to the value of Miss Clarissa Harrold, as a reader and impersonator.  Miss Harrold has given a number of recitals here in this city and has always greatly interested and delighted her auditors.  She has great natural ability and, with acquired ability, is a most captivating reader.




Rev. Dr. A. E. Piper, D. D. Pastor of Emory M. E. Church, Pittsburgh, Pa.




Miss Harrold fascinated the large audience.  Her unusual talent and easy delivery are most delightful.  She is a universal favorite wherever she appears.




Current Events Class, Fort Pitt Hotel, Pittsburgh, Pa.




Miss Harrold's dainty, artistic and altogether charming readings pleased our club immensely.




Coenonnia Club, Somerset Hotel, Boston, Mass.




Those who desire programs that are pleasing and inspiring should hear Miss Clarissa Harrold.  Her recitals have been steadily growing in favor with those wishing an artistic entertainment.




NOTE—Graduate of Leland Powers School.




Studied play coaching under Mrs. Rachel Noah France (formerly associated in leading parts with Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett, and Joseph Jefferson).




Address 5814 Rural Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.






Repertoire





The Truth
 a three-act play


Clyde Fitch






Clyde Fitch's comedy, 
The Truth,
 deals with a man's inability to understand his wife's habit of telling fibs.  Becky Warder, the heroine, lies so charmingly, so insinuatingly, so naturally, that she makes all the women in the audience—and the men, too—at least sympathize with her.  This play has a universal appeal.




One-Art Plays
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How He Lied to Her Husband


Bernard Shaw




The Maker of Dreams


Oliphant Down




Mistress Penelope


Thomas L. Marble




The Traveling Man


One of Lady Gregory's Plays






Miscellaneous
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Behind the Beyond

A clever burlesque on the modern problem play.


Stephen Leacock




Cutting from Lady Frederick

A young man's sad disillusionment.


W. S. Mangham




The Dawn of a Tomorrow

That little drama of heart gripping interest and good cheer.


Frances H. Burnett




The Selfish Giant

A beautiful fairy tale of the Christ-child.


Oscar Wilde






Bible Stories.




Evenings with Modern Poets:—Robert Browning, Alfred Tennyson, Alfred Noyes, James Masefield, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Service, Oliver Herford, Henry Longfellow, and James Russell Lowell.




Shakespearian Repertoire
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Scenes selected from:—
The Merchant of Venice,
 
The Taming of the Shrew,
 
Twelfth Night,
 
Romeo and Juliet,
 
Much Ado About Nothing,
 
As You Like It,
 
Hamlet.