Word: ayrton
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...often that a director of Norman Ayrton's caliber comes to direct a play at Harvard. There is no real drawing card, because drama at Harvard is a pastime, not a pursuit. Technically, the Loeb provides a magnificent facility, but otherwise Harvard does not have a professional atmosphere for drama. So, it's unusual for a professional to show an interest in Harvard. But, nevertheless, Norman Ayrton is here directing "The Rivals," which opens tomorrow night at the Loeb. And Ayrton is very definitely a professional...
Picasso is not only the most famous artist in history, he is also the richest. "Currency is worth less in Picasso's hands than a sheet of blank paper," remarked the English artist and critic Michael Ayrton, "and this condition promotes the problems with which the legendary Midas had to contend." Picasso can get anything by drawing for it. Shortly after World War II, he acquired one of his Midi villas, now relinquished, by exchanging it for a set of lithographs. His own collection of Picassos, several hundred oils (not counting his sculpture, much of which he has kept...