Word: acted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Frederic D. Houghteling '50, HLU president, said his group would push for several measures, among them an ADA stand against UMT and a call to the United Nations to act against the Arabs in Palestine. Accompanying Houghteling as delegate of the college chapter will be Ray F. Contombugre...
...things are not going to be as easy" in a few years, Teele warns under graduates advising prospective job-hunters to "act to work" now seeking openings...
...moral force of her character never became quite so overwhelming as it should have. Forbes' portrayal of the blustering father was understanding, but at times slightly forced. In smaller character parts Walter Hudd was entertainly fusty as McComas, and William Devlin added a real touch to the last act with his Jovian portrayal of the positive ("You will, you don't think you will, but you will") Mr. Bohun. Scott Douglas played a nice maid...
There is no denying, however, that certain sections of the play seem somewhat antique. The first act in particular, with part of the second, provokes only a mild and intellectual laughter which leaves on feeling rather distant. Later on things warm up, and the witticisms and the fine, original characters spread richly about make the play definitely worthwhile. In this superlative production it certainly ought not to be missed...
...apprentice, a weak young boy from the workhouse, is brought to the pub through a magnificent storm (Britten lets his furious storm music in each time the pub door is opened). The second act finds Ellen sitting beside the boy in the Sunday sunshine; she discovers that Peter Grimes has already cuffed and bruised him. This is Britten at his musical trickiest: as she sings to the boy, a church choir nearby is chanting words from the Book of Common Prayer; first the soprano's voice, then the choir, fades in & out like music in a radio play...