Word: acorn
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...PEACE. Despite the difficulty of shrinking an oak back into an acorn, this Phoenix Theater production of the mammoth Tolstoy classic is surprisingly dramatic. In this play, and in an alternate offering, Man and Superman, individual acting egos are submerged in beautiful ensemble playing...
...PEACE. Tolstoy's genius grips the Phoenix stage in an alternate offering with Man and Superman. Allowing for the preposterous difficulty of shrinking an oak back into an acorn, the result is surprisingly dramatic. Rosemary Harris as Natasha and Sidney Walker as old Prince Bolkonski inspire the cast with performances of finesse and authority...
...lift an elephant? A. Put him on an acorn and let it grow...
...would think," he writes, "that there could be anything sinister about an acorn and a cup of tea? It certainly surprised me when I discovered that an unexpected combination of the two was causing all the trouble in the Harvard Yard. Last fall, you may remember, Buildings and Grounds began its well-publicized campaign to wipe out the rabid squirrels by scattering poisoned acorns around the elm trees. The deranged squirrels, they reasoned, would overlook the incongruity and bury the nuts for future use. Then, when the Spring thaws came, the animals would dig the acorns, eat them, and expire...
...funny in puppetry than it is in person-the soul of the joke, as Shakespeare tells it, is that real live people are making such asses of themselves. But whenever the film depends less on what is said than on what is seen, it is fantastically good. Let an acorn fall from a tree, does it lie there like any natural nut? No, it is an acorn of the mind that spins like a top, turns suddenly into a busy little brownie and goes bustling off into the grass. Let "proud Titania" glide through a glade, does she flutter like...