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Dates: during 1980-1989
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At the Adams House Swimming Pool

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Ibsen Afloat | 10/23/1987 | See Source »

Similarly, the characters and settings are updated, presumably in an attempt to make Ibsen's satire more relevant to a Harvard audience. Trolls become yuppies. Slave trading becomes arms dealing. War in Greece becomes war in Nicaragua. And the ocean becomes--literally--the Adams House swimming pool. These are all...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Ibsen Afloat | 10/23/1987 | See Source »

Staging a play at the Adams House swimming pool is a clever idea, though the lighting there is so bad that it is difficult to see even the actors' facial expressions. The actors do get to jump in the pool occasionally and thrash about on innertubes and rubber rafts. Its...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Ibsen Afloat | 10/23/1987 | See Source »

"Uncle Jack never made a neutral impression in his life--always positive, always negative," remembered journalist Susan Reed, speaking about her great-uncle, John Reed '10. And last night an audience of more than 50 fellows on whom Reed--journalist, poet, and socialist revolutionary--made a strong impression traveled to...

Author: By Noam S. Cohen, | Title: Revolutionary Reed Remembered by Panel | 10/23/1987 | See Source »

The symposium, organized by the philosopher and editor Corliss Lamont '24, paid tribute to the former Adams House resident who chronicled the Russian Revolution in "10 Days That Shook the World."

Author: By Noam S. Cohen, | Title: Revolutionary Reed Remembered by Panel | 10/23/1987 | See Source »

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