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...first of the plays, The Words Upon The Window-Pane, is far and away the best. Written in prose and naturalistic in form, the work reflects Yeats' lifelong preoccupation with spiritualism by restaging a seance in modern Dublin. The seance is disturbed by the intrusion of a "hostile spirit," who turns out to be Jonathan Swift. It is a wonderfully gripping work, with an atmosphere both eerie and convincing...
...influence of Japanese Noh drama. At first glance, this play would seem to be ideally suited for the purposes of the tiny Poets' Theatre, since it was written for intimate production before a select audience. But the difficulties of the play, which would probably remain obscure in the best of productions, are all too apparent in the present performance...
...other hand Pete Briggs and Bob Shaunessy, the varsity's two biggest and perhaps its two best linemen, have both been hobbling around on gimpy right ankles all week, and it is extremely doubtful that they will be able to play at all this afternoon...
...long as our own and with an exposure to the apparatus that developed nations have--automobiles, refrigerators--and yet with chronic over-populations, a lack of marketable natural resources, and a demoralizing lack of opportunity for western-quality education, a natural frustration and discontent is generated. This was best expressed by a native who said bitterly to me, "I'd rather be a lamp-post in New York than the governor of this whole damned island." This sort of ambition can be seen as well in the plaintive glances into shop windows...
This discontent is furthered by by having comparatively the best education in the Caribbean. Having smelt the fruit, they find it unattainable...