Word: assassin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...getting so that the Broadway critics scarcely had time to duck. Maxwell Anderson had socked them for their treatment of Truckline Café (TIME, March 11). This week Playwright Irwin Shaw, in a preface to the published version of his short-lived Assassin (Random House; $2), socked them harder...
...ARMY CENSORS: who had to pass on the script of The Assassin, because Shaw was in uniform, "After holding it just long enough to halt production that year, it was passed-with one reservation. In the third act the hero is asked where he got the gun with which he assassinated the tyrant. In answer, sardonically, he says, 'From three medical students in exchange for the address of a Spanish whore.' The Army objected to the word 'Spanish,' explaining that Spain was a neutral country whom we did not wish to offend. They suggested...
...Other name playwrights have not made much news. You Touched Me!, by The Glass Menagerie's Tennessee Williams, is just a mild draw; The Next Half Hour, by Harvey's Mary Chase, did a fast fold. So did Irwin Shaw's The Assassin. Robert E. Sherwood's The Rugged Path (TiME, Nov. 19) can largely thank its star, Spencer Tracy, for so far being a box-office hit; it was panned as a play...
Perhaps the most distinctive feature of "The Assassin" is a lively portrayal of the title role by Frank Sundstrom. In a difficult part, Sundstrom, formerly Sweden's top-ranking actor, presents with charm and conviction the conflicting sentiments and ideologies of a quixotic young monarchist...
...spite of the excellence of both cast and play; in spite of Martin Gabel's direction and Boris Aronson's ingenious settings, "The Assassin" may not receive the acclaim it deserves on a musicomedy-packed Broadway...