Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ...grounds and is used primarily by the College, four members of the faculty joined with three business men of the town to finance the construction. The work cost $4,500, and though this was more than expected, it would seem to be a small price to pay for so fine an auditorium. Occasional paid performances have helped to pay off the initial cost, and it is expected that the theater will soon be free of debt. Elizabethan Theater, Yankton College This enterprise has been made successful largely through the work of Professor George H. Durand, vice-president of the College. Professor Durand's own account of the results is so interesting that I venture to quote from his letters. He says: v The Garden Terrace Theater "merchant Of Venice" And "as You Like It" "We had to depend on income from the theater to gradually pay off the debt. The first season we had bad luck with weather, but made about enough on one main performance, the Shakespeare Play at Commencement, to pay the interest. The second season, just past, we had the Shakespeare Play, one performance, and the Pageant of Yankton, three performances, and netted on the four about $900, which paid up our interest and reduced the principal. We now feel very confident of the enterprise financially. "We aim to give only high class things. Such an attraction as the Coburn Players, which we had last June with good weather and everything favorable, did not yield us any profit, but it made a delightful performance. Mr. Coburn thinks the Garden Terrace Theater is the most beautiful and practicable open-air theater in the country. But we perceive that we must look to our home talent and community affairs to yield us the needful profits. "Our Shakespeare Play is a...