Word: becks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that launched a thousand ships. But some of them you might not recognize right away. Giraudoux has chosen his Trojan locale with malice afore-thought. He seems to delight in slipping in anachronistic elements, such as references to the "middle class." Entering the spirit of the thing, director John Beck appears to have added a few of his own: one bare-chested sailor sports a tattoo reading "Mother" --but in Greek, of course...
...Beck has handled the problems of directing a large cast in capable style. Though the movements of characters is at times arbitrary and artificial, these incidents are not distracting, and the general effect is exactly that case which is required...
...supporting roles are adequately handled and the humor is played to the utmost. As Andromache, Johanna Shaw overcomes a certain flatness of tone to portray the concerned and anxious wife of Hector. John Beck, doubling as the crafty Ulysses, presents a fine portrait of the experienced and uningenuous Greek ambassador. Christopher Rawson's portrayal of Paris as a complete sensualist involved an excessive number of effeminate hand-on-hip gestures...
...tackled a large and ambitious play and does it well. John Beck's direction has been carefully planned and successfully executed. Tiger at the Gates is an amusing, yet thought provoking, work and its present production highly enjoyable and rewarding...
Proving that old teamsters never die, fading ex-Teamster Boss Dave Beck, 65, convicted tax dodger out on bail pending his appeals, put on a natty brown suit, shuffled down to his Seattle parking lot, put in a day's work. Huffing and puffing, he explained: "Business was not building up the way it should...