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Though hindered by a further directorial failing on the part of Mr. Hanson, an inability or unwillingness to eliminate exaggerated poses and gestures, the actors were generally only slightly less than adequate. Frederick Blais as the father, and head of the Stanhope family, suffered most from this failing and played...
Fred Blais as the Old Blind Poet, has a pleasingly sonorous voice, and Paul Fithian, as the Third Councilor, the embodiment of Senator McCarthy, is bombastic, verbose and dynamically forceful.
Fred Blais, on his toes at last, portrays admirably the spirit of repressive convention lurking through the ages. Whereas Tillson Ariels the Dionysic Goodchild, Blais Calabans the Apollonic and parsimonious Parson Killjoy.
Despite the serious overtones, the play is above all comedy, which is what evidently escaped the Tufts' players. The cast was unfortunately headed by Fred Blais, who, miscast as Knock, turned in a dismal performance. While maintaining the Doctor's mock-solemnity, he not only failed to imbue him with...
These sightless figures were made by sightless sculptors. They were children (average age: 13) from the Oregon State School for the Blind at nearby Salem. Once a week, instructed by 28-year-old Sculptor George Justin Blais. 16 students (eight boys, eight girls) gathered at the Federal Art Center to...