Word: berard
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Yazzie" is Navaho for "Shorty," the affectionate nickname of Franciscan Father Berard Haile (rhymes with wryly), who has spent 53 of his close to 80 years laboring to bring Navahos to Christianity and Christians to an understanding of the Navahos. It was in the latter role that the little white-haired priest came before the Council last week to speak for an hour and a half in his deep, booming voice...
...country that knows only realistic scenery, the late Christian Berard's setting is a revelation. He gives us no representation of a 17th-century town house, down to the last door-knob. Instead, Berard has found the essence of the play and put it on the stage in simple physical terms. The process is more than an intellectual or emotional one; it is also richly imaginative. This exceptionally rich and sure imagination is what distinguishes Berard's work...
...original Parisian sets of the late Christian Berard are used for this production and are entirely in sympathy with the play as are his bizarre costumes. The American adaptation by Maurice Valency appears to be an excellent job. A word of special thanks must go to Alfred De Liagre, Jr., not only for his direction, but for his courage and foresight in putting on such an obviously 'uncommercial' drama. Mr. De Liagre chose for his garden the almond tree rather than the oil well--and happily has been granted both...