Word: alfieri
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Moreover, this sturdy little play aspires above its station. Obviously affected by delusions of tragedy, Mr. Miller has outfitted his work with a one-man chorus named Alfieri, who takes a small part in the action (he is a waterfront lawyer), but spends most of his time making superfluous references to the passionate nature of the Mediterranean peoples and the inevitable doom of Eddie Carbone. This device imparts to the play an air of pretentiousness, which Joseph Plummer does not dissipate by playing Alfieri like the dear old professor of a very recondite subject...
...powerful and almost successful attempt at a new kind of poetic realism in the field of tragedy. Robert J. Lurtsema brought first-rate dynamism and nobility to the leading role of Eddie Carbone. Dana Bate was fine as his older cousin Marco. And Dean Gitter '56 played the lawyer Alfieri with intelligence...
Experimenting with the form of classical tragedy, Mr. Miller has introduced a pseudo-Greek chorus in the character of Alfieri, the neighborhood lawyer who comments on and occasionally participates in the action. This part is intelligently and movingly played by Dean Gitter, though one might wish he had chosen either to perfect or to ignore the Italian accent. His last soliloquoy was particularly effective, I felt...
President OMAR ORSI Executive Director Officine Alfieri Maserati S.p.A. Modena, Italy...
...Adolfo bought the Alfieri Maserati firm, then financially foundering, as an addition to his scrap-iron and farm-implement businesses, later used the plant as the base of a new machine-tool business. Racing cars were only the frosting on the cake to give the tools a famous name. By last year the combination was bringing in $3,000,000 annually. But along with the cash came trouble...