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Word: allens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Ogden, cross-country phenom, Walt Hewlett, Dave Allen, and Jim Smith give McCurdy the solidest mile contingent a coach could hope for. It's so strong, in fact, that McCurdy is talking of holding either Allen or Smith out of the mile to give the Crimson a fresh man to run with Hewlett in the two-mile...

Author: By Philip Ardery, | Title: Track Team May Be Best in East; Pole Vault Looms as Only Pitfall | 12/4/1964 | See Source »

...Adams House Drama Society proved conclusively last night that Strindberg's The Creditors is a very unpleasant play. Those with a taste for the ghasty should unquestionably go, if only to see Diane Allen's fantastic performance as Tekla. Orchestra find the play sickening, but they cannot fail to be impressed...

Author: By Harrison Young, | Title: Two by Strindberg | 12/4/1964 | See Source »

Without Miss Allen, however, production would have been a bit flat, for Temin and Goldstein never build to any very intense moment. But as soon as Tekla enters, everything becomes clear: Adolf's anguish, Gustav's talk about guilt...

Author: By Harrison Young, | Title: Two by Strindberg | 12/4/1964 | See Source »

Tekla is a selfish woman who wants to have her way, to be flattered, to flirt, but never to admit that anything is her fault; a vulgar coquette who must be assured of her charm and virtue. Miss Allen is that exactly. She is infuriating. She radiates stupidity and sick sexuality She justifies every relationship, every line, in the play...

Author: By Harrison Young, | Title: Two by Strindberg | 12/4/1964 | See Source »

...necessarily limited, but thoroughly opressive, as it probably should be. Miss Allen's costume is superb...

Author: By Harrison Young, | Title: Two by Strindberg | 12/4/1964 | See Source »

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