Word: anderson
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...melodrama by a rising generation of playwrights with something to say about America, not just about the commonplace, tired excuses for dramatic themes that until then were the bulk of theater in this country. The best, or at least the most successful, of that generation of writers was Maxwell Anderson, whose Winterset (1935) is currently in performance at the Loeb. Anderson tried to work modern themes into the dramatic contexts of his plays without overwhelming the drama for the sake of the message. Sometimes it worked-as in High Tor, a delightful play about "progress" and a poltergeist-inhabited mountain...
...Flower Shoppe sign. Elaine's of Olde Town, the Kitchen Shoppe, and the Olde Towne Tennis Shop also soon fell prey. This cultural resistance movement is causing, well, some local unease. "We don't know who is responsible for this," said Olde Towne Tennis Shop Manager Marilyn Anderson. "We like the es. It's part of the town's heritage." The city's official guidebooks demur. Says Alexandria Travel Guide Helen Judy: "The official spelling is Old Town...
...Scott Anderson and the Rebels--Inn-Square Men's Bar, Inman Square, Friday and Saturday...
Winterset--The Loeb's latest offering--Maxwell Anderson's American beauty. At the Loeb, Brattle St., Friday at 8, Saturday...
Play: Harvard Summer Repertory Theater--Winterset, by Maxwell Anderson. 8 p.m., Loeb Drama Center. $5, $6, $7.50. Through July 29; Tues...