Word: anitra
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Lady Colefax's typical suspiration, "If one's friends will put on Peer Gynt, one must see it," changed to enthusiasm as Ibsen's murky poetic drama, in a fresh translation by Norman Ginsbury, took on pace and clarity. When Peer made love to fat, giggling Anitra, the audience whooped. When he was crowned Emperor in a madhouse, everybody got goose pimples. With Ralph Richardson brilliant as Peer and Dame Sybil Thorndike a tender, humorous Aase, the play swept on to a 20-minute ovation...