Word: amphitryon
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...Harvard Dramatic Club has a treat in store for you at Sanders Theater this weekend. "Amphitryon 38" is a sparkling theaterpiece that has delighted audiences and playwrights through thirty-eight versions, beginning with that of Plautus--down through Moliere, Dryden, to the late Jean Giradoux. It has possibly become more polished each time, for this most recent telling could hardly glisten more than it does...
...assured performance that missed few opportunities to play up all aspects of his prank on Alkmena. David Bauman was adopt as Mercury, the pandering, puckish son of Jupiter of an earlier affair. He achieved, through good timing, the proper tinge of irony to his barbs. Though the role of Amphitryon, thanks to the machinations of Jupiter, is relatively small, John Seiler handled it skillfully...
...several years. He has made no concessions to the peculiarities of Sanders and has achieved a picture-frame stage through ingenious use of curtains and cables. The direction of Robert Seaver was commendable. He has done wonders with a play in which pace and timing are essential to success. "Amphitryon" clicks along with complete certainty of purpose...
Advance sales for tonight's performance of "Amphitryon 38" are the highest in the history of the Harvard Dramatic Club, Publicity Chairman Peter D. Dibble '48 announced last night. Over 600 tickets had already been purchased up to last evening...
...Harvard Dramatic Club will stick to an unexpurgated production of "Amphitryon 38" despite increased disapproval which grew from the announcement of the Club's stand last week...