THESPIANS TO TRY OLD PLAY IN MODERN FORM

"The Orange Comedy" will be the first production of the Harvard Dramatic Club this season. The play, a modernization by Gilbert Vivian Seldes '14 of an old Italian comedy, offers great opportunity to development by the producers.

"The Orange Comedy" was written by Carlo Gozzie and has never before appeared on an American stage. It has been completely revised by Gilbert Seldes, who converted it into an amusing burlesque of modern customs, under the guise of a seventeenth century fairy tale. Prohibition and Puritanism, war and international diplomacy all come in for vigorous comment. Many of the institutions of modern life and all modern eccentricities are presented in broad irony. Present day actors, critics, and audiences; fashions in clothes; movies, and real-estate agents are included.

This adaption of the "Orange Comedy" is Mr. Seldes latest work. His play, "The Wise-Crackers", was produced on Broadway in 1925, and his other writings include a treatise on the World War, a translation of Clemengoan and much literary and dramatic criticism.

Mr. Seldes, who was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, held several scholarships as an undergraduate at Harvard, and among his extra-curricular activities and listed membership in the Dramatic Club and on the Monthly Board.

After graduation Mr. Seldes turned immediately to journalism. From 1914 to 1918 he held positions, ranging from music editor to military expert, on various newspapers. His military experience in the years of the war included service as special correspondent from the British from and membership in the U. S. Army. More recently he has been Associate Editor of Collier's Weekly and Managing Editor of the Dial.