Word: amphitryon
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last fall the group presented "Amphitryon 38." It paid off most of the "Survivor" deficit, and went $5000 into debt on "Amphitryon...
Then it presented "The Man Who Came to Dinner." It paid off most of the "Amphitryon' 'deficit, and went $500 into debt...
...choices of plays have not been all wise, nor even of artistic merit, at times. "Waiting for Lefty" was given the best production, but the talent could better have been lavished on a less dated play. "Amphitryon 38' was also well done, and like "Lefty" made a profit for the Club, but it was a play unsuited for amateur production, containing too few characters and demanding too much of its inexperienced principles. Anyone that tries to make a profit out of reviving Ibsen these days is very foolish, as was the HDC last year with "An Enemy of the People...
...heavy debt from the failure of the Shaw play has influenced both selections for this year. "Amphitryon 38" was played up in the advance publicity as being very sexy, etc., and consequently must have disappointed some patrons. This spring, the HDC took a very daring step it brought in a Hollywood actor and a press agent with a limitless credit account. The amount of money spent on "The Man Who Came to Dinner," is rumored to be up in the 5-digits, but the Club apparently is going to be able to meet its old debts from the profits...
WHRV will broadcast the Harvard Radio Workshop production of Noel Coward's "Private Lives" tonight. The HRW adaption of the Coward play, in which Tallulah Bankhead currently stars on Broadway, was made in 1945. Anna Prince '48, recently featured in "Amphitryon 38," Bob Miller '48, Harvard Dramatic Club president, Daniel Nichell '45, and Lydia Hind make up the four character cast...