Word: authorities
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...four tutorial conferences. Compression of his work during the half year is forced upon the tutor, and filling of chinks in the field of concentration is thereby hastened. In some cases, as that of the Juniors who will in mid-October take the Bible. Shakespeare and ancient author examinations, the assistance of the tutor at the most critical period of the student's college career is clearly impaired...
...Waltz of the Dogs. A boast quite as confident if more sensible than that which Author e. e. cummings attached to the program of him (TIME, April 30) is used to introduce this posthumous play by Leonid Andreyev. "This is not a casual play," wrote Author Andreyev; "The Waltz of the Dogs represents the most hidden cruel meaning of tragedy which renounces the meaning and reason of human existence. . . . This is a responsible work and should be produced with deliberate courage...
Brilliantly translated by Herman Bernstein and brilliantly acted by three members of the cast-Harold Johnsrud, Jules Artfeld and Antoinette Crawford-the icy despair of The Waltz of the Dogs is indeed produced according to the author's recipe. Its somewhat antiquated use of soliloquy and its droning tragedy, unencumbered by contemporary fashions in plot construction, make it a sour entertainment for play-goers drilled in a less difficult tradition. Its sadness is serious and harsh and not the relaxative kind old women...
...lady with a shady past to keep her daughter out 01 the shade. After a fine first act in which the lady in question, well played by Joan Storm, fights with the man who has been keeping her and takes a job in a traveling burlesque show, Author Edward Massey gets so many ideas that he has no more time for true writing. He turns for help to a theatrical cliché-the daughter (Patricia Barclay) falls in love with a man who has been her mother's lover. But even the cliché turns out to be effective...
...Author Macaulay, brought up in Italy, by the sea, now lives and writes in London. Somewhat annoyed that her publishers required further publicity matter than her creditable list of novels (Potterism, Told By An Idiot, Orphan Island) she answered in regard to hobbies: "I don't keep rabbits or collect stamps in these days...