Word: anther
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Robinson Jeffers, American poet and anther has written a new version of Enripides' "Medea" and has made the Greek tragedy excellent modern theater fare. This is quite an accomplishment, but the success is not all Mr. Jeffers', nor did he intend it so. The "free adaptation" was written expressly for Judith Anderson. Mr. Jeffers has done double service to the theater in giving it an actable version of "Medea" and giving Miss Anderson an opportunity to make theater history...
Perhaps the Odets drama has lost just a little of its fiery workers-of-the-world-unite spirit--at any rate the current Pasadena address of its anther hangs in the background to dispel any idealist fervor. But the Dramatic Club cast manages to wring from the script more of the tragic social significance than could be expected perhaps even of a professional group...