Word: chapman
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...five entries were read by a committee of judges including George Hamlin, assistant director of the Loeb; Robert H. Chapman, director of the Loeb; Thomas E. Vachon '62-4, president of the Harvard Dramatic Club; and Professors William Alfred, Daniel Seltzer, and Harry T. Levin...
...comedy written by Mr. Congreve is, to be sure, a play of tesserae: nostalgic, constant lovers and great, howling boobies follow each other across the stage with disconcerting briskness, like the well-oiled clockwork figures in the bell tower of some provincial Rathaus. But Mr. Chapman, to revert to the first clever and devastating simile, has fitted all the pieces together with skill and patience, and his Love for Love, consequently, has a coherence and a unity that Mr. Congreve's own play, in cold print, does...
Much of this coherence would not, it is true, have been achieved without the active efforts of the very articulate group of principals that Mr. Chapman has been able to assemble. Mr. Haskell, the Valentino (and the Alceste of George Hamlin's Misanthrope this summer), displays an admirable versatility simply by appearing in his part. But he is more than versatile: his Valentino is a first-rate blend of the faithful and the faltering, the amused and the bemused. Miss Stearns, the Angelica, has a bit of a squint, but it is not distracting--indeed, it transforms her seeming aloofness...
...booby roles, Mr. Chapman has been most fortunate. Mr. Lyons (Donald, is it not?) has been great before, but as the astrologically minded Foresight he has a chance to overact to perfection. This ancient of days has a small and ugly beard which just horizontally from his chin, a tottering gait, and a bottomless stock of half-completed, fluttering and totally impotent hand gestures. To which is added an unpredictable voice that shouts its superstitions in a surprising variety of registers. Mr. Abbott, actor, director, and critic, is Sir Sampson Legend, Valentino's Squire Western of a father. Occasionally...
Despite all this excellence, the major credit must still redound to Mr. Chapman, and his associates the Messrs. and the Mrs. Mr. Soule has never created a more serviceably elegant set, Mrs. Liepmann more gorgeous costumes, or Mr. Warburg more tasteful lighting. And certainly Mr. Chapman has never before come up with so spirited or so captivating a show. Love for Love gives you worth for your money...